Panama list Retired Russian media executives three people reported Panama document
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パナマ文書報じたメディア幹部３人が退職 ロシア
ロシアでは、いわゆる「パナマ文書」でプーチン政権とタックスヘイブン＝租税回避地との関わりが明らかになったことなどを伝えたメディアグループの幹部ら３人がそろって退職し、政権による圧力ではないかという見方が出ています。
ロシアのメディアグループ「ロス・ビジネス・コンサルティング」は１３日、グループの編集部門の責任者と傘下にある経済紙と通信社の２人の編集長、合わせて３人の幹部が１３日付けで退職したと発表しました。
メディアグループの社長は、「グループの今後を巡る重要な問題で意見の一致が得られなかったため」と説明しています。
このグループの経済紙はこれまでに、いわゆる「パナマ文書」でプーチン政権の幹部の親族が租税回避地、いわゆるタックスヘイブンにある法人を所有していたことが明らかになったと伝えたほか、政権と実業界の癒着を追及してきました。
Retired Russian media executives three people reported Panama document
In Russia, the so-called retired to "Panama document" Putin regime and tax haven = tax havens and involvement is executives three media groups reported and it was revealed in a uniform, or not in the pressure by the regime and it has the view that.
Russian media group of "Los Business Consulting" is 13 days, two of the editor-in-chief of the person responsible for the communication company and the economy paper under the umbrella editing department of the group, retired three executives 13 days with the suit today announced that it was.
President of the media group, has explained, "because the consensus in the important issues surrounding the future of the group could not be obtained."
Economic paper of this group is in the past, so-called "Panama document" relatives of the executives of the Putin regime in the tax havens, in addition to that owned the corporation which is in the so-called tax haven has reportedly revealed, and the regime we have been pursuing the adhesion of the real industry.
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Кто фигурирует в новой базе журналистов-расследователей
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В базе «панамских архивов» встречаются имена тезок 16 из 77 российских долларовых миллиардеров. Многие их офшоры были закрыты к 2015 году, когда в России вступило в силу антиофшорное законодательство
Who appears in the new base of Investigative Journalists
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The database "Panamanian archives' names namesakes met 16 of the 77 Russian billionaires. Many of offshore companies were closed in 2015, when came into effect Anti- offshore legislation in Russia
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released on Sunday a database of beneficiaries of foreign offshore companies, whose names were known due to leakage of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. It was made public information, a total of about 214 thousand. Offshore companies registered in the 21 jurisdiction of the US state of Nevada to Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands.
Directly from materials of 11.5 million documents, caught in the disposal of ICIJ, not published - made public in a database can be verified to find only the names of the investigators (ie verified printouts of documents IDs Mossack Fonseca) owners of offshore companies and communication between different companies.
The data set was added to the existing three-year basis, which contained information on more than 100 thousand. offshore companies. This ICIJ says that owning offshore companies and trusts is not in itself evidence of violations of the law. "We do not want to give the impression that any of these individuals, companies or organizations included in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database, broken the law or acted in a reprehensible manner", - said the consortium.
Large Chinese offshore
Judging from the materials shared data Mossack Fonseca and previous leaks, the creation of offshore companies is extremely popular among the Chinese, and the citizens, not only China but also Hong Kong and Taiwan. These three jurisdictions account for almost 79 thousand owners and beneficiaries of offshore companies -. More than in all EU countries, USA, Japan, Russia and other BRICS states together. In fourth place - the USA (7325 personal cards), the fifth - Russia (6285), followed by Great Britain (5676) and Switzerland (4595). If we compare the number of beneficiaries of offshore companies per capita in the list of countries that will be far behind China - will lead Hong Kong (3.54 beneficiary per 1 thousand people.) And known for its liberal tax legislation of Cyprus (3.13) and Luxembourg (3 , 06). In Russia, this figure was twice as high as in the US or China, the same (0.043 versus 0.023 and 0.024, respectively).
To generalize on the basis of pure statistics should be treated with caution: many owners or beneficiaries of the offshore companies are not defined in the database ICIJ as citizens of a state, and some are attributed to unexpected jurisdictions. Thus, the namesake of the former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alfred Koch and full namesake of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev were among the German owners of offshore companies, and namesake of the former owner of "Northgas" Farhad Ahmadov - among Saudi of beneficiaries of such companies. Some cards are duplicated (in the database can be found, for example, three Roldugin Sergeev). Rybolovlev representative told RBC that the businessman is nothing in Germany - neither citizenship nor assets. Koch did not answer the question.
namesakes billionaires
ICIJ database does not provide the possibility to identify it for certain defendants. Just Mossack Fonseca papers referred to the full namesake 16 of the 77 Russian billionaires. They were the beneficiaries of a total of 49 offshore companies, 19 of which continue their work so far (most of the closed or granted the status of "inactive" were closed in the period 2013-2015).
"The closure of companies in the offshore due to the fact that in the late 2014 passed a law on controlled foreign companies - says partner Paragon Advice Group Alexander Zakharov. - An offshore company from the Russian business does not become smaller, but now owners prefer to open them not to themselves, but to the nominees are often not tax residents of the Russian. "
Namesakes Russian tycoons who worked with Panamanian law firms, often found themselves the owners of the companies in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) - this accounts for 47 offshore jurisdiction. Only two have been registered in the Bahamas and the only one - in the Seychelles.
Among the namesakes of Russian businessmen often in Mossack Fonseca database name found Alisher Usmanov. On the namesake founder and main shareholder of USM Holdings in the archive opened 11 cards, which indicate its connection with 15 offshore companies.
As the number of offshore companies it is followed by a full namesake of a Russian investor Alexander Svetakova - he owned at different times of 11 firms. All of them were registered in the British Virgin Islands, though (except for a single company) in 2005-2006. Some records Svetakov listed as Alexander Svetakov 76%. It is known that his namesake, the Russian businessman owns 76% of investment group "Absolute". Five of the 11 offshore companies have closed or preparing for liquidation.
One was open to offshore namesake chapter of "Rusal" Oleg Deripaska (the beneficiary was registered in the BVI company, which worked from 2003 to 2015) and V.V.Anisimova (owner of Coalco International and a former partner in the holding Usmanov "Metalloinvest" with the same surname name Vasily), as well as for the shareholders of Bank of Cyprus Dmitry Rybolovlev (April businessman representative confirmed that he belongs to an offshore company Xitrans Dinance Ltd). In namesakes co-owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananiev and board chairman Dmitry Pumpyansky Pipe virgin offshore steel company closed in 2011 and 2015 respectively.
The current offshore, BVI opened five years ago, the number of namesake chapter board of directors of Russian Copper Company Igor Altushkin. In addition it acts as shareholder and Ruslan Baysarov (namesake of the director general of the Tuva energy industrial cor tion (EPDM)), which occupies the 89th place in the ranking of Forbes «Richest Russian Businessmen 2016" with $ 0.9 billion of capital). In 2014, offshore it appeared in the same jurisdiction and namesake investor Andrey Rapoport.
The brothers Arkady and Boris Rotenberg also has a namesake in the papers Mossack Fonseca, on each of them were registered three offshore. Two Arcadia - Breckenridge Global (registered in the British Virgin Islands in 2009) and the Causeway Consulting (working in the same place since 2010) continue to operate. Boris was left alone - Kenrick Overseas, this year marks the tenth anniversary of its activity.
On account namesake shareholder "Alfa Group" German Khan had three offshore (two in the British Virgin Islands, one - in the Seychelles), the two companies continue to work. At namesake Vladimir Skoch (pensioner, State Duma Deputy Andrei Skoch father and his nominee shares in USM Holdings and Vnukovo airport) - eight offshore.
RBC has sent requests listed businessmen expect answers. The representative of Deripaska, Rapoport, SMP Bank Rotenberg has refused to comment. The representative of Andrei Skoch told RBC that the deputy away, so he can not comment on the information.
USM representative Usmanov told RBC that "information about some of the group companies USM Holdings Limited, its directors, employees and beneficial ownership" in the database ICIJ "does not contain any information about any violations committed by group companies." "As we have repeatedly stated, all companies and businesses Usmanov operate transparently and in strict accordance with the principles of corporate governance and legal norms. This also applies to foreign companies, which are only used where necessary and act in strict accordance with the spirit and letter of the law ", - he said.
One of the defendants, "the Panamanian archive», IBS Group President Anatoly Karachinsky (he was listed in the database owner POLYPACK CORPORATION, registered in the BVI), told RBC that the data on this offshore and so were in the public field. First, this information is published when the IBS Group made an IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and then it has published SEC (US regulator) when Luxoft did an IPO in 2013 on the New York Stock Exchange. According to him, in 2015 at the request of the government has changed the ownership structure of the company and now owned by IBS Karachi as a private person directly in Russia. "I do not know what law firms enjoyed our lawyers, but it is not very worried about me. As far as I know, there are no legal prohibitions to use offshore companies has never been and is currently not for private persons ", - he stressed.
Deputies in the offshore
Among the owners of the "Panamanian offshore companies" there are a few MPs. This participant list, Forbes Michael Slipenchuk (British Virgin Islands, according to the database, since 2000 it is registered offshore Euroimpex Group Corp.), a deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party, Igor Ananskikh (since 2000 in the BVI registered company Westquality Inc., she continues to work) and the former chairman of the Yukos board of directors Sergei Muravlenko. Muravlenko and his wife Nina appear the owners of shares in the Auger International ltd (Bahamas), who worked in 2000-2010. On Muralenko also registered company Tempo Finance ltd (British Virgin Islands and worked in 2001-2007).
"I was not the owner of the company Euroimpex Group Corp. 2015. Until 2007, I had owned a small stake in the company, acquired solely for investment purposes, which did not allow the company to manage and monitor its activities. In 2007, I sold these shares ", - says Slipenchuk. Assistant Muravlenko could not comment on RBC data "Panamanian archive." Direct dial phone Muravlenko at the time of publication of the article was not available. According to his assistant, he is now "on treatment".
Ananskikh told RBC that the information contained in these documents, "nonsense" and has nothing to do with him. In March 2014 the deputy became a defendant in the investigation of the Fund to combat corruption Alexei Navalny. According to the fund continues to hold eight Ananskikh undeclared apartments in Miami: he sold them offshore, which registered the company he headed before he became a member.
Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the appearance of the next portion of "Panamanian archives", said that they "steal" and that offshore companies themselves "do not belong to the category of something illegitimate." Alexander Zakharov of Paragon Advice notes that in itself is the opening of offshore companies is not against the law, but those whose names were on the list and whose offshore companies are following the adoption of Anti- offshore laws, likely to be in focus of regulatory authorities.
With the participation of Farida Rustamova, Mary Makutinoy Siranush Sharoyan, Denis Puzyreva, Timothy Dzyadko, Elena Tofanyuk, Irina Yuzbekovoy
More details on the RBC:
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