Navalny has filed a lawsuit against Putin – RBC

The opposition leader Alexei Navalny Photo: AFP

Alex Navalny has filed an administrative suit against Vladimir Putin. He argues that the president violated the law “On Combating Corruption”. The Kremlin said that the president does not know about the lawsuit

The opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on his website that he had filed in the Tver Court of Moscow administrative claim, in which the respondent is the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. This information was confirmed in his blog Rubanov Roman, director of the Foundation created Navalny fight against corruption (FBK).

The suit entered, confirmed to RBC, the press service of the Tver court. The adoption of an administrative statement of claim will be reviewed for three days, said the press service of the court.

Bulk believes that the president violated the federal law “On Combating Corruption”, namely article 10 ( “Conflicts of Interest “). In it, in particular, it says that under the conflict of interest “means a situation in which the personal interest of the person to replace the position of … affects or may affect the proper, objective and impartial performance of official (service) duties».

a conflict of interest Bulk saw that the President ordered to allocate funds from the national Wealth Fund company “Sibur”, among whose shareholders have Kirill Shamalov. Then in October of last year, the government issued a decree that allocates $ 1.75 billion from the National Welfare Fund (NWF), the largest project of the company “Sibur” for the construction of the West-Siberian petrochemical plant. In reference to the document states that the order is prepared by the Ministry of Economic Development in the execution of his orders.

In a statement Navalny asks “the inaction of President for the prevention and settlement of conflict of interest” and “to oblige the administrative defendant to abstain on the resolution of the question of allocation of funds for the construction of the West-Siberian petrochemical plant of NWF “taking himself or herself.

According to Reuters, in February 2013 businessman Cyril Shamalov and Katerina Tikhonova that the agency has named Vladimir Putin’s daughter got married. On the big annual press conference in December, Putin answered a question about the RBC Tikhonova, which formerly was called the media and his daughter. “I never discuss issues related to my family. They (my daughter -. RBC’s ) is not engaged in business and not get involved in politics, it will not climb “- then said the president

According to Navalny, Shamalova, whom he calls. son-Putin owns through OOO “Yauza 12″ big package “of the largest petrochemical enterprises of Russia” – the company “Sibur” (22 th place in the rating of RBC 500). President “personally issued an order that the issue of $ 1.75 billion from the National Welfare Fund” after Shamalov became a shareholder of “SIBUR” Navalny wrote.

The oppositionist acknowledges that not signing orders it was legal violations. “Had he is right, only had to declare a conflict of interest”, – Navalny said. The lawsuit referred to Navalny gave in his blog, opposition asks to recognize the “Russian Federation President’s inaction to prevent and resolve conflicts of interest” and “to oblige the administrative defendant to abstain on the resolution of the question of the allocation of funds for the construction of an integrated petrochemical complex” West Siberian petrochemical plant “of the national welfare Fund».

Together with filing a claim in the Tver court of Moscow, Navalny, as he writes in his blog, he sent a complaint to the prosecutor’s office and the presidential administration.

The Kremlin said that Putin was not aware of submission of the claim Navalny to him, according to TASS. On the question of the agency, if the president knows that against him filed a lawsuit by the opposition Navalny, a spokesman for the head of state said: “No,»

The concept of “conflict of interest”. spelled out in the federal law on combating corruption, but under Russian law, the President of the Russian Federation is not a subject of this offense, said RBC head of the Kaliningrad center “Transparency International – Russia” Ilya Shumanov. According to him, currently the president in this situation is outside the law, therefore, most likely, the claim will not be taken into consideration, he said. In Russia, there is no procedure governing the conduct of checks on the possible conflict of interest with respect to the President, since it is usually the employer is engaged in suspected violations. According to current legislation, the president of the employer are citizens of the Russian Federation, he said.