The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel and Rucriminal.info continue to talk about the people who practically control the money laundering market and transfer it from the Russian Federation in circumvention of sanctions. The main Moldovan businessman in illegal operations using cryptocurrencies is Ilan Shor. In addition to the Grinex crypto exchange we mentioned earlier, he also owns another money laundering structure, A7A5. In addition to the FSB of the Russian Federation, Roman Abramovich oversees all of Shor's activities. According to the source, he also introduced Shor to the management of PSB Bank, which (obviously with the approval of the FSB) involved PSB and the funds entering it in Shor's money laundering activities. Well, in the "good old world" of money laundering through banking operations, there is no equal to the owner of Slavia Bank, Asad Mehdiyev, who is closely connected with a number of officials and representatives of the Russian FSB. As a source of the VChK-OGPU said, Mehdiyev's right hand in activities related to money laundering was previously his relative Anar. Since 2020, this place has been taken by Nikolai Baranov. They are brought out simply - through foreign economic activity schemes. For purchases, supplies, etc. They are brought out to Azerbaijan, Turkey and Arab countries. "Under the sanctions, Russia is now in the golden age of such as Mehdiyev, Baranov," the source notes, "The demand for their services is colossal." Also, Mehdiyev and Baranov are some of the main fixers in the Russian tax market. They are second only to Alexander Udovov. Any tax fixer must have a corrupt contact with the APS from the FSB to the Federal Tax Service. Now it is Pokrovsky. Before that, there was Styozhka, who now holds a senior position with Mishustin in the government apparatus. Baranov, as the interlocutor notes, is personally in contact with Pokrovsky, with the leadership of the Federal Tax Service - Egorov, Shepeleva, Shulga. What can we say about the regional inspectorates. The Federal Tax Service-5 of Moscow is completely under Baranov's control. In fact, Baranov controls the entire inspectorate through its deputy Kapustin. He also personally communicates with the head of the K Department of the FSB of the Russian Federation Ivan Tkachev and the leadership of the 2nd and 7th departments of the "K" Department.

Mehdiyev and Baranov actively help regional leaders steal and withdraw budget funds from the country. For example, Baranov personally closely communicated with the now arrested former governor of the Tambov region Maxim Egorov.

Among the clients of Mehdiyev and Baranov is businessman Gennady Stepanyan - a partner with Samvel Karapetyan from "Tashir" in the Yerevan Plaza shopping center. Mehdiyev and Baranov are in close contact with the head of the "F" Department of the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Combating Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexander Ivanov. Ivanov is very closely integrated into the Azerbaijani business diaspora. In particular, he is close to the structures of God Nisanov and Zarakh Iliev. Ivanov can often be seen at lunch with fixers in the Ervin and Chef restaurants near the Ukraine Hotel. Mehdiyev and Baranov are also partners of the former Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and former Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev, in the activities of his holding company, Agrocomplex. Baranov was integrated there by Sergei Efimtsev. The latter is the husband of Elizaveta Yushchenko, the former wife of the son of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, Andrey. Elizaveta Yushchenko is one of the best friends of the Baranov family. They constantly vacation together at the most expensive resorts of the Maldives and Dubai, and in the summer they sail yachts with helipads along the Cote d'Azur. Mehdiyev and Baranov earn tens of millions of dollars a month on illegal banking operations and fixing. Baranov is the main keeper of Mehdiyev's secrets. Baranov is Mehdiyev's main consigliere. He controls the entire gray part of Slavia. And the white part is controlled by Belyaeva. The legal one is Petr Karpenko.

Arseniy Dronov

To be continued