Russian law enforcement agencies search one of tycoon Gutseriyev's companies - reports

Record ID: 1448994

  • Title: Russian law enforcement agencies search one of tycoon Gutseriyev's companies - reports
  • Date: 18th December 2019
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - DECEMBER 26, 2018) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF RUSSIAN TYCOON MIKHAIL GUTSERIYEV (LEFT) TALKING TO RUSSIAN TYCOON VLADIMIR YEVTUSHENKOV (RIGHT) TYCOONS SEATED BEFORE MEETING WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN GUTSERIYEV TALKING TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF RUSSIAN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUND KIRILL DMITRIEV
  • Embargoed: 1st January 2020 14:12
  • Keywords: Russneft Said Gutseriyev oild company oligarch searches FSB tycoon
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Company News Markets,Economic Events
  • Reuters ID: LVA001BAI6VT9
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Russia's interior ministry and the Federal Security Service on Wednesday (December 18) searched the Moscow office of oil company Forteinvest headed by Said Gutseriyev, son of tycoon Mikhail Gutseriyev, two leading business newspapers reported.
    Forteinvest is a controlling shareholder in Russian oil refineries Orsknefteorgsintez and Afipsky, and is part of a wider Safmar group of companies, the umbrella Gutseriyev's family business.
    Three sources working at Forteinvest confirmed the searches to Reuters but could not say who the people were. One of the sources said that several people accompanied by a number of masked people were taking out documents in the Forteinvest office in central Moscow.
    Russian business daily newspapers Kommersant and Vedomosti, citing their sources, said that the searches were jointly conducted by the interior ministry and the Federal Security Service.
    Both newspapers said that searches were also conducted in other companies linked to Mikhail Gutseriyev.
    The Russian Investigative Committee and the Federal Security Service did not immediately reply to Reuters' requests for comments. A spokesman for the Russian interior ministry said he did not have immediate information about any searches.
    In a statement on its web-site, Safmar said that the media reports did not "correspond with reality", adding that "law enforcement bodies do not have any claims to the companies of the group".
    Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call on Wednesday the Kremlin was unaware of the searches.
    Other Safmar assets include mid-sized oil producer Russneft, M.Video electronics retailer, A101 real estate developer, as well as assets ranging from coal and potash to the financial sector and hotel business.
    (Production: Dmitry Turlyun)
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