Under sanctions: EU, UK, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine, New Zealand
Assets: two apartments (Germany), two apartments of the spouse (Germany) […]
Deputy of the State Duma from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Roman Lyabikhov became in 2020. Prior to that, he several times tried to be elected to the same State Duma and regional parliaments, but unsuccessfully. Lyabikhov has been in business for many years, headed the Leader Group construction holdings Alexandra Nekrasova and Atlant group of companiesimplementing development projects in Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
In June 2022, the Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office reported on the investigation of a criminal case against a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and his wife for violating the EU sanctions regime. The “Agency” established that they are Roman Lyabikhov and his wife Elena Kuznetsova.
@agentstvonews, 06/21/2022 00:0568: After analyzing the information from the leaked databases and data from the register of legal entities, the “Agency” found out that Lyabikhov’s wife, most likely, is Elena Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova is a trustee in Lyabikhov’s Spetsstroy company. In addition, in the leaked bases, Kuznetsova and the deputy have the same addresses of residence in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
In 2014, running for the Moscow City Duma, Lyabikhov indicated in declarationsthat he and his wife own an apartment and a parking space in Germany. AT declarations for 2021, published on the website of the State Duma, the deputy and his wife list more than 30 real estate objects in Russia and premises in the United Arab Emirates, but there is no data on German apartments. — Inset K.ru
According to the prosecutor’s office, the couple rented out their three apartments, receiving a monthly income of 3,500 euros, although sanctions prohibit them from conducting economic activities. The prosecutor’s office arrested Kuznetsova’s account, where the money from the rent was received, and initiated the confiscation of real estate. This could set a precedent, because until now the authorities of various countries have only frozen Russian assets – they have no legal basis to seize them.
But so far the precedent has not taken place. “Important Stories” found not three, but four apartments in the Munich district of Aubing from the deputy’s family. According to the District Court of Munich, two are jointly owned by Lyabikhov and Kuznetsova, and Kuznetsova owns two more. The Munich prosecutor’s office declined to answer questions from Important Stories, citing an ongoing investigation.
In addition to the sanctions regime, Lyabikhov may have violated Russian anti-corruption laws: MP did not declare none of his and his wife’s apartments in Munich. Of foreign real estate, Lyabikhov’s declaration lists only a room of 108.7 square meters in the UAE. For concealment of income and property, Russian legislation provides for the resignation of the mandate for deputies of the State Duma.
Roman Lyabikhov supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at least by voting in the State Duma for military laws, recognition of the LPR and DPR, annexation of the annexed regions of Ukraine to Russia.
Under sanctions: EU, UK, USA, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine, New Zealand
Assets: father’s wife’s apartment (Czech)
Deputy of the State Duma from United Russia since 2016, before that he was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region and the Yekaterinburg City Duma. The main family asset is the Kirovsky supermarket chain (172 stores and shopping centers in Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region), which was founded by the deputy’s father, Igor Kovpak.
Kovpak Sr. until recently owned an apartment in Prague in the elite residential complex Pod Mrazovkou; in December 2022, he donated the property to his wife, Yulia Kovpak. In 2017, Yulia Kovpak notified the Russian authorities that their joint son, Maksim Kovpak, had Czech citizenship.
Wife of State Duma deputy Lev Kovpak, Veronika Kovpak, owns account in the Czech Sberbank, which contains about 250 million Czech crowns (about 800 million rubles). Due to sanctions, the account was frozen.
Lev Kovpak voted for military laws, recognition of the DPR and LPR, but did not vote for the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia.
Under sanctions: EU, UK, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine, New Zealand
Assets: son’s company building (France), son’s company villa (France), son’s company house (USA)
Member of the State Duma from United Russia since 2007, uncle of a Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaskahis mother’s brother, Valentina Deripaska. MP’s son Pavel Ezubov – co-owner of Deripaska’s Russian business projects, and after the oligarch fell under Western sanctions, foreign assets were transferred to him.
In particular, through the French companies 33 Rue de l’Universite and Winberg Saint Tropez, together with Deripaska’s mother, he owns a building in Paris and a villa in Saint-Tropez, respectively, and through Hestia International – home in Washington.
When registering in foreign registries, Pavel Ezubov indicated that he was a citizen of Cyprus, as well as his Cypriot address – villa in the coastal village of Kouklia, near Paphos. It is impossible to find out if Ezubov owns the villa: Cyprus does not disclose information about the owners of the property.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union, the UK and Switzerland turned on Pavel Ezubov in the sanctions lists as a cousin of Oleg Deripaska, to whom he transferred his assets to avoid sanctions.
State Duma deputy Aleksey Ezubov voted for military laws, for recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR, but did not vote for the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia.
Under sanctions: USA, New Zealand
Assets: apartment (Spain)
Deputy of the State Duma from United Russia since 2021, before that he was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Chelyabinsk Region and Deputy General Director of the Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant and the Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant, which are part of the Pipe Metallurgical Company Andrey Melnichenko.
In the deputy declarations Vladimir Pavlov for 2021 is an apartment in Spain. The only suitable Vladimir Pavlov in the Spanish property registry is a Russian MP.
Vladimir Pavlov regularly visits Donbass; controls the dispatch of humanitarian aid, drove Russian military armored vehicles on a remote control for demining the area, as well as took part in the formation of the military fleet of the DPR. The deputy introduced a bill to increase the salaries of employees of defense enterprises and regularly comments military operations in Ukraine, distributes interview Chelyabinsk media, arranges live broadcasts on the topic of mobilization. At the end of September 2022, he assured that the mobilized would not be sent to the front line in the near future. […]
Under sanctions: EU, UK, USA, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine, New Zealand
Assets: two apartments of the daughter’s company (Austria), matchmaker’s house (Montenegro)
Member of the State Duma from United Russia since 2003, brother of the ex-minister of agriculture and former governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexandra Tkacheva (both brothers are under sanctions). The main asset of the family is the N.I. Tkachev Agrocomplex, the largest agricultural enterprise in Russia, operating in the Krasnodar Territory.
Alexey Tkachev voted for military laws, friendship treaties with the DPR and LPR, the admission of the occupied regions of Ukraine to Russia. Tkachev supports the war on his social networks. […]
Despite all this deputy’s daughter, Anastasia Krattli, through the Cypriot Optimal Spirit Investment and the Austrian Myras, owns two apartments in the center of Vienna, and her mother-in-law, Natalia Krattli, owns a house in Montenegro (directly).
