{"id":32290,"date":"2023-06-05T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?p=32290"},"modified":"2024-12-28T23:28:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T22:28:27","slug":"naydenov-barcelonagate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/naydenov-barcelonagate\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Connection Comes Out in Barcelonagate"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fellow student of Valentin Zlatev<\/strong> and Alexander Chaushev<\/strong> from the Soviet MGIMO Institute in Moscow is a subject of interest in the Barcelona Gate case, according to sources of Bivol<\/strong> and BIRD. Assen Lyubenov Naydenov<\/strong> has so far remained under the radar of investigative journalists, but he is a key figure, as he is also a confidant of Borisov’s former life partner – Tsvetelina Borislavova<\/strong>. The Panama Papers and the Pandora Papers<\/strong>, to which Bivol and BIRD have access, as members of the international consortium of investigative journalists ICIJ, reveal Naydenov’s role in the offshore schemes of former Lukoil boss Valentin Zlatev.<\/p>\n

After years of chicane and beating the ball, the conflict between Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev and former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has accelerated the investigation into the money-laundering scandal, garnished with a secret love affair and a child – Barcelonagate<\/strong>. He came out of a Spanish newspaper. “Periodico”,<\/strong> according to which the Spanish prosecutor’s office and the Catalan police have conducted an investigation into the laundering of more than 5 million euros related to the then Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov<\/strong> and the model Borislava Yovcheva. <\/strong>This story became known after Bivol<\/strong> published the secret recordings between judges Vladimira Yaneva and Rumyana Chenalova in the company of lawyer Momchil Mondeshki, known as Yaneva Gate.<\/strong><\/a> From the conversations of Vladimira Yaneva, who is close to GERB, and several media statements by Borisov himself, the hypothesis arose, which suggests that he has a sentimental relationship with the young beauty and a child from her. who was born in 2012.<\/p>\n

Since 2013, Yovcheva has led a luxurious life in Barcelona, lives in a house for 3 million euros and runs a fashion boutique on the navel of the Catalan capital, according to investigators in Spain. However, they failed to establish the origin of these funds and officially transferred the investigation to the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office. At the same time, the house in the luxurious part of Barcelona and the boutique in the city center were sold, and Borislava Yovcheva, her father and the child with one parent left the country.<\/p>\n

Last week, Boyko Borisov<\/strong> himself, Valentin Zlatev<\/strong> and former Miss Bulgaria Ivayla Bakalova<\/strong> were questioned on Barcelonagate. The latter confirmed to the media that she knows Yovcheva, that she has communicated with her and according to her her child is from Borisov. After the interrogation of Valentin Zlatev last week, Asen Naydenov’s offices were searched and documents and computers containing bank transfer data were seized, sources close to the investigation confirmed. Some of them are suspected to be related to the house in Barcelona, the boutique and the luxurious maintenance of the family in the Catalan capital.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Banker of Zlatev and Borisov<\/h2>\n

Naydenov’s career is closely related to Zlatev as a representative of his company “Agrohold”. He appeared in the management of Roseximbank when the future governor of the BNB Ivan Iskrov<\/strong> was also on its governing board. Asen Naydenov also represents Agrohold as a shareholder in Bulgarian-Russian Investment Bank<\/strong> . He was appointed liquidator of the Bulgarian-Russian company for the supply of Russian oil to Neftochim Burgas Rosbulneft. <\/strong> He was present in the management of strategic companies working mainly with Russian capital, such as Neftoimpex and Lukoil Garant Broker. His key involvement in a number of strategic Russian business projects clearly testifies to the degree of trust and importance of the Russian-born and graduated from Moscow State University.<\/p>\n

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Source: Daxi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Through Agrohold, Naydenov is also a shareholder in CIBANK<\/strong> of Slavcho Hristov, who transferred it years ago for a symbolic amount to Tsvetelina Borislavova. Then there were publications that Hristov was under serious pressure from the rising Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior Boyko Borisov to quickly part with his bank and hand it over into the right hands. Naydenov and Borislavova became members of the Bank’s Supervisory Board in 2002, according to a report from the State Gazette. Before him, a member of the Supervisory Board was another loyal person of Zlatev \u2013 the lawyer Mihail Lyubomirov Dalakliev.<\/p>\n

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Source: Daxi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The role of Borislavova for the financial and business prosperity of Boyko Borisov is discussed in detail in the so-called. “Swiss Report”<\/strong> on Borisov’s criminal past, first published by Bivol. It also includes the name of Asen Naydenov as part of the structures of CIBANK.<\/p>\n