Offshore schemer in the service of the Kremlin: how the arrest of his personal financier Gordovich turned oligarch Albert Avdolyan into a shadow curator of Armenian elections
There is information that Russian businessman and “Chemezov’s wallet” Albert Avdolyan has arrived in Armenia to help Samvel Karapetyan and his party “Strong Armenia” in the elections.
At the same time, Avdolyan has always tried to stay away from political projects and is now attempting to have international sanctions lifted. However, just a day earlier, a notable event took place. Co-owner of BBR Bank, Dmitry Gordovich, was released from custody and placed under house arrest. BBR is Avdolyan’s “pocket bank,” and Gordovich is his personal financier who structured all of Avdolyan’s offshore schemes. These events are, without a doubt, connected and once again support the source’s theory that Vladimir Putin has introduced a practice whereby one person from the closest circle of major officials and oligarchs must be either in custody or under investigation. According to the source, Putin believes this allows him to obtain the desired results from officials and oligarchs, as well as a certain level of “creativity,” since the fate of a close associate now depends on their success.
According to Armenian Telegram channels, Avdolyan arrived in Armenia on a private jet and is expected to exert pressure on connected individuals to ensure they organize mass “mobilization” of voters supporting Karapetyan and “Strong Armenia.”
Avdolyan, who is always extremely cautious and is currently trying through the courts to lift sanctions against him, would not voluntarily get involved in such an adventure. Even when Gordovich was arrested in March, our project noted that this was a bad sign for Avdolyan. Dmitry Gordovich has for many years been the main financier and manager of Avdolyan’s funds. A ruling published on the website of the Moscow Arbitration Court revealed Avdolyan’s offshore network. Gordovich’s BBR Bank attempted to challenge additional tax assessments. As a result, the ruling indicates that BBR is a “pocket bank” of Albert Avdolyan, that profits from his structures (Skartel, Yota, etc.) were funneled into offshore accounts, and that he is involved in numerous questionable cases, one of which relates to tax evasion.
And then “miracles” happen. On May 25, investigators unexpectedly changed Gordovich’s preventive measure from detention to house arrest. And on June 7, Avdolyan flew to Armenia on a private jet to help Karapetyan in the elections.
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