To continue the topic, 'I think we can benefit from the exacerbation of relations,' as said by a man, who's wanted by Russia's Investigative Committee for several fraud charges. The fugitive entrepreneur, Aleksey Shmatko, is hiding in London. He seems to be happy with the Skripal poisoning scandal. Another one claims to only be afraid of mysterious Russian agents, while fully supporting the position of the UK government. That was stated by another fugitive fraudster, Vladimir Ashurkov. He isn't worried, saying that the UK makes informed decisions. He probably means that the Crown willfully covers for him and those like him before Moscow. Oleg Tinkov's daughter, Darya stands out in this situation. Apparently, she's now ashamed to be Russian in London. She thinks people in her home country don't know how to behave properly. She eventually deleted her post from Instagram (запрещена в РФ), but the damage is done. All these people are responsible for their own statements. However, we'd like to ask their opinions on the fact that the UK has been refusing to extradite over 40 Russian fugitives for years. Their guilt has definitely been proven, from former bankers to murderers. Who are they? Stanislav Bernvald will explain.
-Stanislav?
-Hello.
-Hello. What about the serial killer? Did they figure out who it is?
We can call Mr. Zakaev a serial killer, or a maniac, there are plenty of options. Russia has been trying to get many suspects to be extradited for many years, like the terrorist, Akhmed Zakaev, who's facing a life sentence upon his return home. But, it's of no use. In England, he's a political refugee, and he feels safe there. Trust Bank owners Ilya Yurov, Nikolay Fetisov, and Sergey Belyaev did an English exit from Russia. They moved to the UK after they took 114,000,000,000 RUB. Before his license was revoked, Anatoly Motylev, the owner of the Russian Credit Bank transferred 62,000,000,000 RUB to England, moving there soon after, following his money. According to the experts, dozens of bankers and fraudsters stole over 1,000,000,000,000 RUB.
Grigory Krasovsky, lawyer: "Tax evasion, failure to pay custom duties, larceny, abuse of office. Billions of rubles were illegally transferred from banks, along with money laundering. But, these people move to London, immediately declare themselves political refugees, and the UK refuses to extradite them. At this time, we don't have effective leverage to make the UK extradite the criminals, who are wanted in the Russian Federation".
In the 21st century, the UK has only extradited two Russians, who turned out to be common criminals. In 2013, Maksim Vintskevich was extradited from England. He was charged with grievous bodily harm, resulting in death. Stanislav Dzgoev, charged with robbery in Russia, was extradited last October.
Vadim Lyalin, lawyer: "This was a mere formality, so we can't claim that they don't extradite anyone. They don't extradite 99% of criminals. Our so-called partners refuse to help us. But, if they need something, they scream on every corner that Russia does something wrong".
Here's what fascinates me. Seeing England as a freedom isle away from Russian justice, fugitive oligarchs, or so-called politico-economical immigrants, might easily lose their Russian billions in the fog of that same Albion.
Vadim Lyalin, lawyer: "England acts the same way as the US does. This way is actively implemented. If one fails to prove the legitimacy of their income, of all their millions and billions, that money will be confiscated. That's what will happen unless they prove the money is legit".
Besides the fact that UK benefits from holding Russian fugitives hostage, having access to their funds, it's a great opportunity to hurt Moscow from time to time, thus demonstrating their superiority.
Aleksandr Nekrasov, political expert: "The issue of extraditing people, who've committed political, economic, and other crimes, those, who Russia demands to be extradited to them, was covered by the UK politics. They refused to extradite those people, even when presented with hard evidence of their guilt. Thus, this game continues, and it will continue".
Having a UK passport protects those with skeletons in their closets, or even arms covered in blood up to their elbows. Look at the picture of the so-called political immigrant, Chichvarkin. He left for London in search of a better life. It makes you think that London is an asylum for hypocrites.
That was Stanislav Bernvald, telling us who hides behind the London fog.
