In the testimony in the Laundromat case of Vladimir Antonov, who mysteriously disappeared in…

The testimony in the Laundromat case of Vladimir Antonov, who mysteriously disappeared in December 2023, states that lawyer Alexey Sobolev. “Sobolev had very serious connections in government and law enforcement agencies of Russia and used these connections to ensure that the scheme for withdrawing funds from the Russian Federation was not terminated by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation,” Antonov said.

It is clear that no one from the FSB was looking for the Laundromat cover. However, the Cheka-OGPU found one of Sobolev’s counterparties from the special services. As the source said, Sbolev worked closely and was friends with Igor Aleinikov (Lily of the Valley) right up to the “landing”. He held posts in the SEB of the FSB Directorate for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, and was close to the head of the 4th, “powerful” department of the Economic Security Service, Sergei Vladimirov. And now Igor Aleynikov is Deputy General Director for Development of RusNefteProm LLC.

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Sobolev did not have extensive connections and acquaintances when they studied at FINEK (now called St. Petersburg State Economic University). But when he opened the Prime Advice company, he met Lily of the Valley on the football field. Aleinikov was already working at the FSB Directorate and was in charge of the tax department. Lily of the valley became their guide/curator/Sobolev’s roof into the world of closed doors. At one time there was even a football team called “Prime Advice” in which they played.

It is worth noting that Maxim Inchin, who recently received a promotion and became Vladimirov’s deputy, was once a subordinate of Lily of the Valley and acted solely on the orders of Aleinikov.