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- 03 May 2012, 14:26
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
The General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation in close collaboration with foreign colleagues continues the criminal prosecution of Boris Berezovsky for committing a number of grave crimes in the structure of a transnational criminal community.
Regarding to Berezovsky and his accomplices a number of convictions have been already pronounced in Russia and abroad. The investigation of some other criminal cases are still under execution.
Nevertheless, B. Berezovsky, using every opportunity, tries to misinform the society declaring that his criminal prosecution in the Russian Federation is stipulated by political motives, and that in other countries there is no any claim of a criminal nature available against him.
on April 28, 2012 the mass media spread the information about a regular declaration of Berezovsky in which he denied the fact of the arrest in France of yachts and real estates belonging to him.
In order to give an opportunity to wide audience both in Russia and outside of it for adequate evaluation of these provocative statements, the General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation decided to publish separate extracts from some of the procedural documents relating to Berezovsky which had been compiled and used as evidences by the judicial authorities of the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
Particularly, the General Prosecutor's office of Russia on June 20, 2011 already posted on its website the information connected with the arrest by the French competent authorities of the yachts «Thunder B» and «Lightning» belonging to the accused Berezovsky, and referred to the testimonies of Berezovsky and his authorised representative Michael Kotlik as to evidences of the ownership of these properties. They gave these testimonies to High court of England and Wales respectively on March 31 and April 01, 2010 at the trial upon the case of Edmiston against Berezovsky». Today we publish extracts from the originals of these testimonies in English language, certified by the seal of the British court as well as by personal signatures of Berezovsky and Kotlik with attached translations.
The testimonies of Berezovsky and Kotlik.
The content of the given testimonies and the date of their compilation show for themselves and completely disprove both the own statements of Berezovsky as well as the statements of the company «Shift Line Ltd» which is trying to prove that allegedly it is the owner of these yachts from 2009.
With regard to forgetfulness of Mr. Berezovsky relatively to the existence of his real estates in France, It would be desirable to remind the following. In the course of the investigation on the criminal case against Berezovsky and his accomplices about the theft by means of fraud of foreign exchange funds in a Russian Bank «SBS-Agro» and their legalization by means of transactions of purchase and sale of real estate on behalf of the General Prosecutor's office of Russia from August 02, 2007 in France it was imposed a judicial mortgage on the estate «Clocher de La Garoupe» (seaside Alpes, the Cape of Antibes), consisting of 3 houses (total number of rooms - 42), swimming pool, garage, terrace and a wooded Park on the area of 36 acres in the value of about 13 million Euro. The actual beneficiary of this property is Berezovsky.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
03 May 2012, 14:26
The General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation publishes separate procedural documents related to Boris Berezovsky and his accomplices
The General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation in close collaboration with foreign colleagues continues the criminal prosecution of Boris Berezovsky for committing a number of grave crimes in the structure of a transnational criminal community.
Regarding to Berezovsky and his accomplices a number of convictions have been already pronounced in Russia and abroad. The investigation of some other criminal cases are still under execution.
Nevertheless, B. Berezovsky, using every opportunity, tries to misinform the society declaring that his criminal prosecution in the Russian Federation is stipulated by political motives, and that in other countries there is no any claim of a criminal nature available against him.
on April 28, 2012 the mass media spread the information about a regular declaration of Berezovsky in which he denied the fact of the arrest in France of yachts and real estates belonging to him.
In order to give an opportunity to wide audience both in Russia and outside of it for adequate evaluation of these provocative statements, the General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation decided to publish separate extracts from some of the procedural documents relating to Berezovsky which had been compiled and used as evidences by the judicial authorities of the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
Particularly, the General Prosecutor's office of Russia on June 20, 2011 already posted on its website the information connected with the arrest by the French competent authorities of the yachts «Thunder B» and «Lightning» belonging to the accused Berezovsky, and referred to the testimonies of Berezovsky and his authorised representative Michael Kotlik as to evidences of the ownership of these properties. They gave these testimonies to High court of England and Wales respectively on March 31 and April 01, 2010 at the trial upon the case of Edmiston against Berezovsky». Today we publish extracts from the originals of these testimonies in English language, certified by the seal of the British court as well as by personal signatures of Berezovsky and Kotlik with attached translations.
The testimonies of Berezovsky and Kotlik.
The content of the given testimonies and the date of their compilation show for themselves and completely disprove both the own statements of Berezovsky as well as the statements of the company «Shift Line Ltd» which is trying to prove that allegedly it is the owner of these yachts from 2009.
With regard to forgetfulness of Mr. Berezovsky relatively to the existence of his real estates in France, It would be desirable to remind the following. In the course of the investigation on the criminal case against Berezovsky and his accomplices about the theft by means of fraud of foreign exchange funds in a Russian Bank «SBS-Agro» and their legalization by means of transactions of purchase and sale of real estate on behalf of the General Prosecutor's office of Russia from August 02, 2007 in France it was imposed a judicial mortgage on the estate «Clocher de La Garoupe» (seaside Alpes, the Cape of Antibes), consisting of 3 houses (total number of rooms - 42), swimming pool, garage, terrace and a wooded Park on the area of 36 acres in the value of about 13 million Euro. The actual beneficiary of this property is Berezovsky.
