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The 28 gigabytes of data from the Russian Central Bank, published by the Anonymous, contain information on Bulgarian assets in Russian banks and assets of Russian bankers in Bulgaria, an inspection by BIRD.BG showed. Most of it is publicly available data on exchange rates and data on foreign trade turnover of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n

Bulgarian property is found in four Russian banks:<\/p>\n

Rosprombank<\/strong>, in which Dimitar Krastev Ilov<\/strong>,\u00a0Mario Emilov Petrov<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Blagovest Stefanov Staykov<\/strong>\u00a0are shareholders through Cypriot companies.\u00a0Ilov is the son of Bulgaria\u2019s former ambassador to Libya and owner of the\u00a0Armaco<\/a>\u00a0arms company.\u00a0Mario Petrov cannot be unambiguously identified, as his date of birth is missing, while Blagovest Staykov is the owner of the Bulgarian company Bosteli with a capital of BGN 100. Most likely Petrov and Staykov are nominal owners, as their business history does not suggest them having money for bank investment.<\/p>\n

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IC Bank<\/strong>\u00a0\/Investment Cooperative Bank\/ in Tatarstan, which is known to be under the control of\u00a0Ivo Kamenov and Marin Mitev<\/strong>\u00a0from the notorious Varna-based group TIM, through a complex corporate structure.\u00a0The story of Kamenov and Mitev’s Tatarstan investment has been known for years and has been the subject of several journalistic investigations (see\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0) in connection with pro-Putin politician\u00a0Yuri Trutnev<\/strong>, whose son works at IC Bank.\u00a0What is new is that among the persons in control of the bank are also\u00a0Ventsislav Dimitrov Stefanov<\/strong>\u00a0from the former SIC group<\/a>, the daughter of General\u00a0Lyuben Gotsev\u00a0Rumyana Lyubenova Gotseva \u2013 Yordanova <\/strong>and the wife of Mladen \u201cMajo\u201d Mihalev\u00a0Elena Blagoeva Mihaleva<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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TCB BANK<\/strong>\u00a0\/Transcapital Bank\/, in which 1.84% is held by Julieta Ivanova Toneva as owner of the Cypriot DOLMIANO INVESTMENTS LIMITED, which holds 100% of the capital of the Russian company Elkrip.\u00a0Born in 1972, Toneva has no business history in Bulgaria and is probably a straw person with another owner behind her.<\/p>\n

Rosbusinessbank<\/strong>, in which the National Revenue Agency holds 4.96%, as the legal successor of the bankrupt Elitbank.<\/p>\n

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In addition, the data published by the Anonymous reveals the property declarations of the governors and directors of the Central Bank of Russia, in which Bulgarian assets are declared.\u00a0For example, in 2014, Chief Inspector\u00a0Larisa Labudeva<\/strong>\u00a0declared an apartment of 37.5 square meters.\u00a0An inspection by BIRD showed that it is located in the Sunny Beach Black Sea resort, in the Rainbow 3 hotel development. In 2017, the director of the department of expertise and methodology\u00a0Svetlana Repina<\/strong>\u00a0declared that her husband owns six apartments in Bulgaria.\u00a0Her husband’s name is not specified.<\/p>\n

All documents mentioning Bulgaria can be downloaded from this\u00a0link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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