Russia

Motion for Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Anti-Suit Injunction in JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. v. VTB Bank, P.J.S.C., of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to hold VTB to its contractual promises, and enjoin it from continuing litigation in Russia, in violation of the parties’ forum selection clause" in JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. v. VTB Bank, P.J.S.C., of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Another letter from Germany-based IBFS Europe, apparently acting as a reputation manager for Igor Riel, again threatening legal and other action against OffshoreAlert unless we removed details of legal action against Riel from our website.

Letter from Grigorij Ginzburg, of IBFS Europe, in Germany, threatening legal action unless OffshoreAlert removed from its website information about Igor Riel that "discredits" his "honor and dignity".

Application by Evgeny Mariashin, a Russian lawyer residing in Cyprus, to take discovery from Google, LLC for use in legal proceedings in England brought by Alexander Gorbachev against Andrey Grigoryevich Guriev, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by SBK ART LLC to take discovery from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP "in connection with a proceeding in Malta and an anticipated action in the Netherlands or some other foreign court", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by SBK ART LLC to take discovery from Kroll LLC "in connection with a proceeding in Malta and an anticipated action in the Netherlands or some other foreign court", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition "to preclude any sale or transfer of assets, including any real estate assets in Florida, owned by Defendants 777 Partners LLC and Joshua Craig Wander pending the arbitration in London, United Kingdom" in Nakula Management Limited, of Cyprus, described as part of a group whose "founder and principal investor" was "Oleg Viktorovich Boyko, a Russian and Italian citizen residing in Switzerland" v. Joshua Wander and 777 Partners LLC, described as "guarantors owing more than EURO 9 million to Petitioner" at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.

Complaint in Nordboen Shipping Ltd., of Malta v. M/V Bulk Spencer and Bulk Spencer Navigation Ltd., of the Marshall Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Writ of Summons in Carlyle Aviation Management Limited, SASOF IV (E) Aviation Ireland DAC, SASOF II (A10) Aviation Ireland DAC, Lapis Aircraft Leasing Limited, Ltd., SASOF III (A21) Aviation Ireland DAC, and Fly Aircraft Holdings Thirty-One Limited, who "are the owners, lessors, trustees and/or assignees in respect of the financing of airframes and engines" v. Best Meridian Insurance Company, of Miami, Florida, USA; Best Meridian International Insurance Company SPC, c/o Hyperion Insurance Management (Cayman) Limited; Global BRG LLC, of Sunrise, Florida, USA; Ingosstrakh Insurance Company Ltd., of Moscow, Russia, and JSC Group of Insurance Companies Ugoria, of Ugra, Russia, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands

Forfeiture Complaint regarding real property allegedly associated with money laundering and Russian nationals Viktor Pavlovich Perevalov and Valeri Vyacheslovovich Abramov in USA v. Units 1616 and 1617 at 10295 Collins Avenue, Bal Harbour, FL 33154, USA at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Sergey Vitalievich Kurchenko, described as "a citizen of Ukraine believed to be residing in the Russian Federation", at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Application by Loudmila Bourlakova, described as "a resident of Monaco who was born in Ukraine", and Veronica Bourlakova, who "lives in the United Kingdom, and was born in Ukraine", described as the widow and daughter, respectively, of Oleg Bourlakov, described as "a Ukrainian, Russian and Canadian national" who "developed and set into motion a plan to hide Bourlakov Family Assets from his wife and adult daughters", to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. for use in legal proceedings in England, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging false statement and creating a false and fictitious record involving the "Ukrainian industrial conglomerate Burisma Holdings, Limited" and "the Obama-Biden Administration" in USA v. Alexander Smirnov at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by SBK ART LLC, "which used to be a subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia, and which was acquired by Dubai businessman Saif Alketbi on October 31, 2022", to take discovery from Houlihan Lokey, described as a "Los Angeles-based global investment bank", for use in legal proceedings in Malta alleging that Open Pass Limited, described as a Malta-domiciled company whose "key ultimate owner ... is a Croatian tycoon, Mr. Pavao Vujnovac”, and the management of Fortenova Group, described as "a major food and retail company based in Zagreb, Croatia" that "has annual revenues that exceed 5 billion Euro and employs more than 40,000 people”, engaged in a scheme “to fraudulently remove SBK ART from its rightful ownership in the Fortenova Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Second Amended Complaint in Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, described as a citizen and resident of Russia v. Compagnie Monégasque de Banque, a.k.a. CMB Bank, of Monaco; Ashot Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Ashot Egiazaryan, described as "a Russian criminal on the Interpol “Red” list living amongst us in a luxury estate in Beverly Hills as a citizen of California"; Suren Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Suren Egiazarian; Artem Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Artem Egiazaryan; Stephan Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Stephan Egiazaryan; Vitaly Gogokhia, described as a resident of London, England; Natalia Dozortseva, described as a citizen of Russia residing in France; Murielle Jouniaux, described as a resident of France; Alexis Gaston Thielen, described as a resident of Luxembourg; Ratnikov Evgeny Nikolaevich, described as a citizen of Russia who "falsely and fraudulently held himself out to be an impartial Russian bankruptcy officer overseeing Plaintiff’s bankruptcy filing in Russia"; H. Edward Ryals, described as a lawyer residing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and Prestige Trust Company, Ltd., described as "a Nevis company" whose "managing director, Stevyn L. Bartlette, is an individual residing in Florida", at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Originating Application in Terrae Nominees Ltd. v. Paul Pretlove, as Liquidator of Reachway Overseas Limited, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Terrae Nominees Ltd. v. Paul Pretlove, as Liquidator of Rabalo Limited, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Terrae Nominees Ltd. v. Paul Pretlove, as Liquidator of Olyserve Inc., at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in I.F.B.C Director Services Ltd. v. Paul Pretlove, as Liquidator of Garland Solutions Limited, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in I.F.B.C Director Services Ltd. v. Paul Pretlove, as Liquidator of Diamond Forca Ltd., at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Terrae Nominees Ltd. v. Paul Pretlove, as Liquidator of Blanche Union Ltd., at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in the matter of Russia-China Venture Fund LP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in PJSC National Bank Trust, of Russia v. Coniston Management Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Criminal Indictment alleging "a global, long-running scheme by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to fund the Government of Iran and the IRGC through black-market sales of Iranian crude oil and other petroleum products produced by the National Iranian Oil Company" whose buyers "include entities in the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation, and the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria" in USA v. Behnam Shahriyari, Morteza Rostam Ghasemi, Mohammadreza Aliakbari, Mohammad Sadegh Karimian, Sitki Ayan, Nahaddin Ayan, and Kasim Oztas at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission that it has revoked the Financial Dealers License of Solar Group Limited.

Consolidated Second Amended Class Action Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme and course of conduct that operated as a fraud or deceit on purchasers of Qiwi’s publicly traded securities by disseminating materially false and misleading statements and concealing material adverse facts" in Moset International Company Limited, as Lead Plaintiff v. Qiwi Plc, described as a Cyprus company that "provides online, mobile, and physical payment services to consumers and merchants primarily in Russia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Belarus, Romania, the United Arab Emirates, and other overseas markets"; Boris Kim, Sergey Solonin, Andrey Protopopov, Alexander Karavaev, Varvara Kiseleva, Vladislav Poshmorga, and Pavel Korzh at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of an unregistered crypto security known as LDO in Andrew Samuels v. Lido DAO, described as "a general partnership running an "Ethereum staking" business" that "has ended up staking more than twenty billion dollars at a time" and whose "founders" were identified as "are Kasper Rasmussen, who is Danish and lives in Copenhagen; Vasily Shapovalov, who is Russian and lives in Cyprus; Konstantin Lomashuk, who is Russian and lives in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an external territory of Australia; and Jordan Fish, who is British and whose whereabouts are unknown"; AH Capital Management LLC, d.b.a. Andreesen Horowitz; Paradigm Operations LP, two of whose "agents" were identified as Arjun Balaji and Georgios Konstantopolous; Dragonfly Digital Management LLC, and Robot Ventures LP, described as "an entity used to manage the investments of Robert Leshner and Tarun Chitra", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Public Notice by the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission of its Intention to Revoke the Financial Dealers License of Solar Group Limited.

Judgment setting aside an order to serve defendants ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd., ADM Germany GmbH, Grove Services Inc., Bunge SA, Bunge CIS LLC, Dauren Bekbergenov, Ekaterina Kuzmicheva, Mukhtar Ablyazov, Roman Solodchenko, and Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov out of the jurisdiction in JSC BTA Bank, of Kazakhstan v. Timur Sabyrbaev, Dilara Dyusembayeva, Assel Zhaxybayeva, Asel Suindikova, Marina Aitzhanova, Janelle Utemuratova, Svetlana Chvanova, Veronika Efimova, Saduakas Mameshtegi, Dina Abdykalykova, Akzholtay Mukanovna Kalenova, Kairat Sadykov, Irina Kanaphina, Madina Nurgozhina, AEG Systems Inc., Calernen Finance Inc., Zathen Holding Investments Limited, formerly Carsonway Limited; Comwork Ltd.,Kinmate Trading Limited, Estar Developments Limited, Lingard Industry Limited, Daniels Tradecorp Inc., Mabco Inc., Klostrade Financial Group Ltd., Dana Trade Corp., Global Team Company, Tramlanes Investments Limited, formerly Bergtrans Contracts Corp.; Moranta Invest (Cyprus) Limited, John Wortley Hunt, Luis Davis, Stan Gorin, Vasiliki Argyrou, Labonte Elisana Marie-Antoinette, Diego Jacinto Batista Valdes, Carlos Alberto Mendoza Murillo, Suseth Walthia Parris, Kellee France, Geoffrey Taylor, Belinda Lanyon, Christopher Blythe, Roger Alberto Santamaria, Nicholetta Christodoulidou, ADM-ACTI Trade Resources Inc., ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd., formerly Toepfer International Asia Pte. Ltd.; ADM Germany GmbH, formerly Alfred C. Toepfer International GmbH; Eric Richardson, Grove Services Inc., Bunge SA, Bunge CIS LLC, Dauren Bekbergenov, Ekaterina Kuzmicheva, Mukhtar Ablyazov, Roman Solodchenko, and Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

In this episode, OffshoreAlert’s David Marchant discusses Russia, China, Ukraine, FIFA, Trump & more with former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.

First Amended Complaint in Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, described as a citizen and resident of Russia v. Compagnie Monégasque de Banque, a.k.a. CMB Bank, of Monaco; Ashot Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Ashot Egiazaryan, described as "a Russian criminal on the Interpol “Red” list living amongst us in a luxury estate in Beverly Hills as a citizen of California"; Suren Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Suren Egiazarian; Artem Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Artem Egiazaryan; Stephan Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Stephan Egiazaryan; Vitaly Gogokhia, described as a resident of London, England; Natalia Dozortseva, described as a citizen of Russia residing in France; Murielle Jouniaux, described as a resident of France; Alexis Gaston Thielen, described as a resident of Luxembourg; Ratnikov Evgeny Nikolaevich, and H. Edward Ryals, described as a lawyer residing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

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The financial dealings of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, particularly his newly revealed offshore structures, are set to be a key focus at the upcoming OffshoreAlert conference in London. These revelations, part of the 'Cyprus Confidential' investigative project, have shed light on complex financial arrangements involving high-profile individuals.

Complaint alleging legal malpractice against the defendants "arising out of their concurrent representation of the adverse interests of two clients in connection with a series of commercial transactions, including secured loans and sales of membership interests related to mixed-use real estate at 172-174 Madison Avenue and 176 Madison Avenue (a/k/a 21 East 33rd Street), New York, New York" in Luiza Dubrovsky v. John Steven Stewart, an attorney, and Cole Schotz PC, a law firm, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A series of major investigative news articles from a project known as 'Cyprus Confidential' will be breaking globally this week and, to accommodate this significant development, a session on it has been added to the agenda of next month's OffshoreAlert London conference. December 4-5, Leonardo Royal London St. Paul's, London.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitration Award in JSC DTEK Krymenergo, described as "one of the largest privately-owned electricity distribution companies in Ukraine and prior to Russia’s unlawful occupation and annexation of Crimea, maintained investments in Crimea" v. The Russian Federation at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to defraud the USA, conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act, fraud, money laundering, and smuggling in USA v. Nikolay Goltsev, Salimdzhon Nasriddinov, Kristina Puzyreva, Vladimir Bochkarev, Pavel Chernikov, Yekaterina Vetoshkina, and Oleg Zenchenko, all citizens of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Complaint charging the defendants with what the U.S. Department of Justice described as "conspiracy and other charges related to a global procurement scheme on behalf of sanctioned Russian entities, including companies affiliated with the Russian military" in USA v. Nikolay Goltsev, described as "a dual Russian and Canadian national who resides in Canada"; Salimdzhon Nasriddinov, described as "dual national of Russia and Tajikistan who resides in Brooklyn, New York", and Kristina Puzyreva, described as "a dual Russian and Canadian national who resides in Canada", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

List of Directors for Invest International Finance Ltd., obtained from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission on October 26th, 2023.

List of Directors for Millemarin Investments Ltd., obtained from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission on October 26th, 2023.

Search Report for Invest International Finance Ltd., obtained from the British Virgin Islands Register of Companies on October 23rd, 2023.

Search Report for Millemarin Investments Ltd., obtained from the British Virgin Islands Register of Companies on October 23rd, 2023.

Search Report & Directors for Errigal Marine Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on October 23rd, 2023.

Search Report & Directors for Nereo Management Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on October 23rd, 2023.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "a 348-foot luxury superyacht - the M/Y Amadea - that is beneficially owned by Suleiman Kerimov, a Russian national" in USA v. The M/Y Amadea at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion for Return of Cayman Islands-registered Motor Yacht Amadea, described as "an asset valued by the government at $330 million", in Eduard Yurievich Khudainatov, described as "a Russian national who is not, and has never been, sanctioned in the United States", and Millemarin Investments Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. USA at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Originating Application in FX Choice Ltd., Ilya Lysenak, LFR Present Ltd., Veles Management Corp., and Solum Capital Ltd. v. Long Mountain Services Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has suspended the financial institution license of MTACC Ltd., which trades as ePayService, for regulatory breaches.