LLCInvest
LLCInvest (LLC Invest) is a large conglomerate of companies with assets worth tens of billions of dollars. Almost all organizations included in LLCInvest do not have public activities.[1] The company became widely known on June 20, 2022, after the publication of a journalistic investigation by Meduza and OCCRP.[2] Most of the organizations are tied to Rossiya Bank,[3] often described as Vladimr Putin’s personal cashbox.[4]
The llcinvest.ru domain is owned by Moskomsvyaz,[1] that is closely linked to Bank Rossiya.[3]
Closely affiliated assets
In total, there are more than 85 companies and organizations, that use mail from the llcinvest.ru domain (use as its official email or by directors or shareholders). They own monetary assets in the amount at least 4.5 billion dollars.[1][5] Among them:
Real estate
- Putin's Palace[3]
- Vineyards and Winery Lazurnaya Yagoda near Putin's Palace[3]
- Igora Ski Resort[3]
- Igora Drive motorsport complex[3]
- Mansion near Igora[3]
- Fisherman's Hut and 420 hectares of land near Lake Ladoga[3]
- Villa Sellgren[1]
- Villa in Rus Sanatorium in Sochi[3]
- Land and buildings near Dolgiye Borody residence[3]
- House of Katerina Tikhonova[3]
Vessels
Other affiliated assets
Companies Delta and Ena-Invest did not use llcinvest domains, but do have visible connections to LLCInvest companies.[3] Delta owns 17 % share in Sibur, Ena-Invest owns 19 % share in Novatek. These assets have value almost 12 billion dollars.[3]
References
- "LLC Invest: еще один кооператив Путина и его друзей Никто не знает, сколько у них денег. Но мы нашли структуру, которая, видимо, помогает им управлять своим богатством. Расследование "Медузы" и OCCRP". meduza.io.
- Boffey, Daniel. "Russian palaces, villas and yachts linked to Putin by email leak – in pictures, maps and video". The Guardian.
- Olesya Shmagun (OCCRP); Denis Dmitriev (Meduza); Miranda Patrucic (OCCRP); Ilya Lozovsky (OCCRP). "Mysterious Group of Companies Tied to Bank Rossiya Unites Billions of Dollars in Assets Connected to Vladimir Putin". www.occrp.org.
- "Secret records reveal Vladimir Putin's network of money men". The Toronto Star. 2016-04-04. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- "Russian emails appear to show 'network' holding $4.5bn assets linked to Putin". The Guardian. June 20, 2022.
- Рассказываем, как мы обнаружили цифровой «кооператив „Озеро“» друзей Путина — и почему это не похоже на «информационную стряпню» (как утверждает Кремль)