Russia announced in tracing the wife colleague Navalny – BBC Russian

Russia announced in tracing the wife colleague Navalny – BBC Russian

• February 13, 2015

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The investigation learned that Markvo left Russia and declared it an international arrest warrant

Civil wife colleague Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Ashurkova and owner of the company JSC “Office 17″ Alexandrina Markvo declared internationally wanted on criminal charges of fraud.

However, the investigation is looking Markvo its driver, as well as a number of “unidentified persons “.

At the end of December in respect Markvo was a criminal case under article” fraud on a large scale “.

The wife Ashurkova suspected frauds in the performance of government contracts. According to investigators, part of the allocated money was stolen and used to finance the activities of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his party.

Last summer, he was Ashurkov the federal wanted list on suspicion of fraud in connection with the financing of the election campaign Navalny.

Vladimir Ashurkov was wanted in the summer of last year.

Now Ashurkov and Markvo are in Britain, where they appealed to the authorities asking for political asylum. Previously, both declined to comment on the matter excited.

The application for arrest in absentia Alexandrina Markvo consider February 16.

Markin: writers “accidentally” turned out to be members of opposition organizations

“Case Writers”

The so-called deal about the festival “Books in the Park” initiated upon publication on the site LifeNews called “Kremlin secretly financed the bulk” .

The publication claims to have discovered evidence of covert support to opposition by the Russian authorities. The Kremlin then called the allegations LifeNews “complete nonsense”.

Markvo and its driver Andrew Mylnikova who allegedly was a dummy director of advertising agency “Office 17″, accused of stealing a total of more than 60 million rubles 2010-2014 years.

The investigation alleges, inter alia, that the company Markvo stole funds allocated by the literary contest “News from the classics” and prizes to the winners, as well as to promote reading in a Moscow park.

TFR spokesman Vladimir Markin said that in activities that suit Markvo Alexandrina, attended by well-known writers sympathetic to the opposition.

Ashurkov and Markvo are in the UK and asked for asylum there

Markin has named Dmitry Bykov, Lev Rubinstein, Boris Akunin and Viktor Shenderovich. According to Markin, Boris Akunin, learning about the call to the investigator, left Russia and Lev Rubinstein and Viktor Shenderovich refused to communicate with the investigation.

“The charges are the same crazy, but there appeared more bulk, – written opposition Alexei Navalny in his blog. According to him, there is no evidence that Markvo “something there kidnapped and sent the stolen money to fund Navalny and his party”.

In fact Markvo and Ashurkova he sees the same techniques that are used against him – putting pressure through the prosecution of loved ones.