According to the publication, the permit applies to private jets, real estate, yachts, and other property in England and France.
A London court issued a warrant to seize the property of Kolomosky and Bogolyubov (Read more about it in the article Gennady Bogolyubov: What Privat's other half is keeping quiet about?) due to a lawsuit filed by the Russian company Tatneft.
One of Ukraine's most influential oligarchs, Igor Kolomoisky, and his partner, Gennady Bogolyubov, are among four businessmen facing a global asset freeze of $380 million. A London court issued the order.
Bloomberg reports that the asset seizure is related to a lawsuit filed by the Russian oil company Tatneft. It accused Ukrainian businessmen of illegally seizing a joint venture oil refinery in Ukraine and laundering hundreds of millions of dollars through shell companies. Therefore, the Russian plaintiff is demanding $334 million from the Ukrainian billionaires.
"These are outdated charges that have been revived now in the context of historical events. We are convinced that the charges expired long ago," assured Bogolyubov's lawyer, Ali Malek.
The asset freeze order covers private jets, yachts, and real estate in England and France. Kolomoisky owns a villa in France, which occupies a hectare of land. The order also covers another 50 acres of land in Haute-Savoie.
Meanwhile, Bogolyubov faces the seizure of his expensive London property, specifically a house on Belgrave Square near the gates of Buckingham Palace. Bogolyubov's house is valued at $5,7 million. Tatneft confirmed the lawsuit against the Ukrainian billionaires, as well as against two other businessmen: Alexander Yaroslavsky and Pavel Ovcharenko. The latter two are accused of embezzling funds in 2009 that Tatneft allocated for the delivery of oil to the Kremenchug Oil Refinery.
The publication reports that Ukrtatnafta, where Ovcharenko serves as executive director, declined to comment on the lawsuit, as did a representative for Yaroslavsky. It was recently announced that Russian authorities will auction off eight "nationalized" properties belonging to Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov in Crimea. The auction is scheduled for late May or early June of this year.
In February of this year, the Russian administration in Crimea auctioned off Igor Kolomoisky's Foros sanatorium. The property was sold at auction for 1,429 billion rubles. The Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Tatarstan won the bid.
Igor Kolomoisky, among other things, is a co-owner of PrivatBank, which ceased operations in Crimea after the peninsula's annexation by Russia. The bank had 337 branches in Crimea.
As previously reported, the new "Crimean authorities" nationalized Kolomoisky's property on the peninsula, planning to auction it off. PrivatBank filed a lawsuit against Russia in The Hague Tribunal, accusing Moscow of violating the November 27, 1998, agreement between the governments of the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the protection of investments.
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