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Russian asset recovery agency comes into the US's firing line

After several months of suspense, Russia's Deposit Insurance Agency now faces the threat of action by the West against its activities as an administrator of bankrupt banks and recoverer of supposedly misappropriated assets. Its general director has been placed on the US sanctions list. [...]

Published on 30.09.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Andrey Melnikov
Central Bank of the Russian Federation
Deposit Insurance Agency
Elvira Nabiullina
Hogan Lovells
International Bank of Saint-Petersburg
Joseph Morelle
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Sergei Pugachev
Steve Cohen
Vneshprombank

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MP Serhiy Taruta supports Jason McCue's pro-Ukraine lawfare ambitions

Ukrainian MP Serhiy Taruta has helped to open doors for British lawyer Jason McCue in Kyiv, where McCue is campaigning to be Ukraine's unofficial lawfare champion against Russia.

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Raedas extends its global client base through hire of star CIS lawyer

The new head of client relations at London investigations firm Raedas will be expected to make use of her connections in regions ranging from Russia to Brazil in order to attract lawyers looking for backup on legal cases.

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Ukraine
Ukrainian asset recovery agency replenishes military coffers

Behind the military front in Kyiv is a war for control of private assets. Registered on Ukrainian soil, these assets and entities can be seized under criminal investigations or on the basis of sanctions, then sold for the benefit of the country's defence system.

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Russia
Russian spy to participate in UN roundtables on fighting organised crime

A domestic intelligence officer has joined the Russian delegation taking part in the United Nations working groups on fighting transnational organised crime. The spy will be particularly attentive to regulations and technical assistance solutions for tracking embezzled or corrupt assets.

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Spotlight | France, Russia
Moscow poised to recover funds in French court asset tracking case

An upcoming French court decision could see the properties belonging to the New York wife of a former Moscow official, accused of fraud in Russia, seized by the French state. With Moscow still under sanctions, such an outcome could change the way Russia goes about claiming assets.

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Spotlight | Ukraine
Kyiv to appoint new head of asset recovery

Ukraine's asset recovery agency, another of the country's anti-corruption tools, is following Kyiv's good governance path and focussing its efforts on managing assets seized from sanctioned individuals.

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Russia, Ukraine
Kyiv and Moscow battle it out at Financial Action Task Force

Despite Ukraine's efforts to have it excluded from international finance systems, Russia has managed to keep off the international Financial Action Task Force's blacklist, thanks to skilled lobbying and taking advantage of the task force's procedural idiosyncrasies.

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Russia, United Kingdom
Russian Alfa Group's investment arm A1 still going strong as litigation funder in London

The entity that helps Russia's Deposit Insurance Agency fight its legal battles, A1, is still helping it hunt for assets. The UK sanctions on its leaders, including founder Mikhail Fridman, do not seem to have hindered its work in London.

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Russia
DIA suffers setback in Georgy Bedzhamov asset recovery case

Spurred on by the litigation funder A1, Russia's Deposit Insurance Agency is still going all out to recover assets allegedly stolen from the bankrupt Vneshprombank by Georgy Bedzhamov. But although these moves have worked in Moscow, the courts in London are proving more difficult.

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Insiders | Russia, United Kingdom
Dmitry Vozianov, rider for Russian raiders

A former A1 executive, Dmitry Alexeyevich Vozianov has rapidly become a key contact for oligarchs embroiled in legal and commercial battles in both London and Moscow. Operating in the shadows, the litigation shooter relies on a broad network of allies, built up over many years at Alfa Group.

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Dmitry Vozianov, litigation shooter and polo player.

France, Russia, Switzerland
Louis-Dreyfus escapes the clutches of the Russian asset recovery agency

Louis-Dreyfus Company, which claimed that the International Bank of Saint Petersburg made abusive debt claims against it, has won its case before an English court. The verdict marks yet another setback for Russian state body Deposit Insurance Agency, which is trying to recover the bank's assets, and a victory for Louis-Dreyfus chairwoman Margarita Louis-Dreyfus.

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Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, CEO of Louis-Dreyfus Company.

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Andrey Melnikov
Central Bank of the Russian Federation
Deposit Insurance Agency
Elvira Nabiullina
Hogan Lovells
International Bank of Saint-Petersburg
Joseph Morelle
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Sergei Pugachev
Steve Cohen
Vneshprombank

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