Konstantin Ernst has already commented on the mention of his name in the Pandora dossier.
What is “Pandora’s Dossier”?
On October 3, 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published the so-called Pandora Dossier.; (The Pandora Papers), which contains information that the leaders of a number of countries, show business stars and other well-known persons in the world were involved in offshore schemes.
More than 600 journalists from 117 countries studied in detail the archive of the 14 largest offshore registrars. Important stories from Russia took part in the work of ICIJ*.
The investigators told about the offshore transactions of more than 100 billionaires, as well as 35 leaders of world countries and 400 government officials.
The material is based on information from more than 11.9 million files, the total volume of which is 2.94 terabytes, obtained due to the leak of offshore data, called by journalists the largest in history.
Before that, the largest case of leakage of closed documents was called the Panama Archive, which was publicly available in 2016, where it was said about the offshore schemes of a huge number of businessmen and politicians from around the world.
Which of the world leaders owns offshore companies?
In the new “Pandora’s dossier ”, in particular, there is a mention of the name of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky who used offshore schemes to get his family profits abroad without declaring these incomes.
It is reported that during the election campaign in 2019, the current leader of Nezalezhnaya transferred to his close friend Sergey Shefir 25% of shares in an offshore company.
Recently, the name of Shefir, who is now Zelensky’s first assistant, appeared in the media in connection with an attempt on an official.
In addition, Zelensky and his associates may be involved in the transfers of $40 million from structures associated with the Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, who, by the way, according to journalists, was engaged in laundering billions of dollars through shell companies.
In addition to Zelensky, according to investigators, the family of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was involved in offshore schemes, which earned about 400 million pounds in recent years through the sale of real estate in the UK.
Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babis could use offshore companies to buy a castle in France for $22 million
The documents also mention the Pakistani politician Munis Ilahi and the minister in the government of this country Imran Khan, King of Jordan Abdullah II, former Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair and other world leaders.
The name of Russian President Vladimir Putin is not mentioned in the Pandora dossier.
The stars mentioned in the Pandora dossier
But the materials feature a supermodel Claudia Schiffer and singer sHakira, who appeared in 2019 before a Spanish court for non-payment of taxes. It is noteworthy that during this period, the world star issued new offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands.
Singer Julio Iglesias, according to investigators, opened at least 20 companies in offshore zones, through which he bought houses for $112 million.
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Appears in the dossier“ and the current coach of the football club “mAnchester City”Josep Guardiola Who, while working in Barcelona, hid from the Spanish tax inspectorate in the bank of Andorra about 500 thousand euros received from the Qatari club “Al-Ahli”.
What offshore companies were used by Russian officials and Putin’s inner circle?
The Pandora dossier says that the CEO of Channel One Konstantin Ernst he acted as a secret partner in the acquisition of real estate in Moscow. According to journalists, 39 cinemas, funds for which were allocated by Russian state banks, got into the objects.
It is alleged that Ernst could have received a share in the deal for organizing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi.
Ernst himself stated that he had never concealed his participation in the privatization deal, stressing that this deal was not compensation for his work at the Olympics.
appears in “Pandora’s dossier” and Svetlana Krivonogikh, whom journalists previously called a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Her investigators found an apartment in Monaco for 3.6 million euros and parking for two cars.
The ICIJ lists also mention the family of the head of ROSTEC. Sergey Chemezov. In particular, according to journalists, the 34-year-old stepdaughter of the official Ekaterina Ignatova and her grandmother own assets and property worth 22 billion rubles through Virgin offshore companies, including the luxury 85-meter yacht Valerie and a villa in Spain.
Journalists claim that the former son-in-law of the head of “Transneft” Nikolay Tokarev He has the citizenship of Cyprus, and the head of Sberbank, Herman Gref, held about $50 million in family offshore companies in Singapore, Panama and Samoa about 10 years ago.
The nephew of the Russian leader also appears in the lists published by ICIJ Roman Putin, student friends of the president Victor Khmarin and Nikolay Egorov, head of the AP Anton Vaino, son-in-law of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Alexander Vinokurov, as well as relatives of some Russian officials.
Earlier, topNews wrote that Vladimir Zelensky had offshore companies found. The investigation was published in 2019.
*According to the decision of the Ministry of Justice of Russia, “Important stories” are included in the register of mass media performing the functions of a foreign agent