MOSCOW, April 25 (RAPSI) – The Moscow City Court has lifted seizure of one of apartments belonging to Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Grigorishin’s who stands charged with tax evasion amounting to 674 million rubles ($10.2 million), the court told RAPSI on Monday.
Earlier, investigators revealed that a flat in central Moscow is owned by the son of Grigorishin and lifted an attachment of this property. However, other assets including a cottage in the Moscow Region are still гunder distrainment.
The businessman has been put on the international wanted list.
Investigators’ motion for Grigorishin’s arrest in absentia will be considered on April 26.
Russian investigators claim that from 2009 to 2010, Grigorishin failed to pay taxes worth 674 million rubles on "PIK Sozidanie", the company he owns.
In 2015, Forbes ranked Grigorishin as “leading river ship owner in Ukraine” with a $1.1 billion fortune. According to the magazine, despite the fact that the billionaire was born in Zaporozhye and most of his assets are in Ukraine, he is a Cyprus national and does not have a Ukrainian passport.