Ruben Tatulyan (Robson) fled with an Abkhazian passport
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put a businessman from Sochi on the wanted list Ruben Tatulyan under a criminal article, it follows from the card in the department’s database.
It states that the wanted person can use a diplomatic passport received in Abkhazia in 2020. It is not specified under what specific article the businessman is wanted.
In early September Izvestia reportedthat Ruben Tatulyan’s house on the ninth floor of the Office Plaza shopping center in Sochi was searched. According to the publication, Tatulyan was then in the status of a witness in a case of fraud in the construction of shopping centers and residential complexes in Sochi, as well as in a murder case. “Channel Five” citing a source, reported that the businessman is supposedly in Armenia.
In addition to Tatulyan, according to our information, searches were conducted at the lesser-known businessman Andronik Mumdzhyan. The businessman officially owns only the Optimum network of medical laboratories, but his “shadow business,” as the security forces found out, is much larger. He is also currently hiding abroad. They are looking for Tatulyan and Mumdzhyan.
In 2014 Forbes included Tatulyan to the list of the largest investors in hotel real estate in Sochi. At that time, he was an assistant to State Duma deputy Alexander Karelin and president of the Sochi Wrestling Federation.
In 2017, the US Treasury, as part of the fight against the organization “Thieves in Law” contributed Ruben Tatulyan and his two companies – Vesna Spa Hotel CJSC and Novy Vek-Media LLC – are on the sanctions list. According to American authorities, in 2010 Tatulyan (Robson) was appointed criminal “supervisor” of Sochi. In 2015, he was detained as one of the participants in a meeting of thieves in law in Sochi, and at the same time one of the detainees turned out to be Zakhary Kalashov (criminal authority Shakro Molodoy). In addition, Tatulyan many times provided legal assistance to thieves in law, the US Treasury claimed.
Ruben tried his best to look like a decent, law-abiding businessman. He avoided scandals, and sued those who argued. Several years ago, he achieved the removal from the Internet of a video in which, allegedly, his motorcade rammed a barrier at Sochi airport. He actively donated money to charity and talked about it.