Suleiman Kerimov – new defendant on “potassium case”

Belarus’ Investigatory Committee has included the Russian oligarch in the international wanted list.
Uralkali’s shareholder Suleiman Kerimov has been named a defendant on the criminal case against the officials of the closed corporation Belarusian Potassium Company. The information came from Investigatory Committee’s information and public relations department, BelTA reports.
Resolutions have been made on his detention and inclusion in the wanted list, including the Interpol mechanism.
Suleiman Kerimov’s actions have been qualified by the investigation as arranging power abuse (paragraph 4 of the article 16 and part 3 of the article 424 of the Criminal Code of the republic of Belarus). The article’s top punishment is imprisonment for up to 10 years and the deprivation of property.
According to the representatives of the Investigatory Committee, in the course of the criminal case investigation materials have been revealed on Suleiman Kerimov, Vladislav Baumgartner and other defendants’ committing the actions, which caused significant damage to the Russian Federation and detain the attributes of violations of Russia’s criminal legislation.
In this regard, considering Russia’s interest in the case, the Investigatory Committee is analyzing and summarizing the materials in order for them to be sent to Russia Prosecutor General’s office.
We would remind that on BPC’s case charges have been brought against the chairman of the company’s supervisory board Vladislav Baumgartner, a member of the supervisory board Oleg Petrov, first deputy director general Kanstantsin Solodovnikov, deputy director general of finance Igor Evstratov, the head of the freight department Dmitry Samoilov. The reason for bringing the charges were the materials on these people’s committing apparent power abuse, which caused significant damage to state and public interests of the Republic of Belarus and large-scale damage to the public association Belaruskali and the closed corporation BPC.
Vladislav Baumgartner has been arrested in Minsk on 26 August. Russian authorities have already demanded his immediate release.
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