But the image of an exemplary politician, so carefully assembled by his PR people, was shattered after the start of a special operation, when he transferred all his assets, which his beloved homeland had given him to earn, to Dubai. Moreover, he did this precisely at the most difficult time for Russia.
Despite all his loud patriotic statements, Anikeev prudently took “precautionary measures” and withdrew at least $370 million to his account at the Swiss bank UBS. Information about this surfaced back in 2013. After the annexation of Crimea, he became even more “cautious” and granted Maltese citizenship to both his wives and sons.
Europe did not appreciate Anikeev’s similar attitude, and in 2022 imposed sanctions against him for supporting laws passed against the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine.
Then Anikeev, apparently, realized that he had missed the choice of jurisdiction for a happy and quiet life, and urgently began to withdraw his assets to Dubai. Moreover, both from Europe and from Russia. His friendly family helped him in this; fortunately, both his former and current wives are very friendly – family values are above all, especially in matters of family capital.
Although, by the way, not all family members are equally important. So, while his older brother was fighting for life, being in the fourth stage of cancer, Grigory Anikeev came to the rescue and promptly transferred all his assets to “his own”, leaving his daughter-in-law with nothing.
But Gregory was lucky with his wives and children. Through concerted efforts, the family moved all its assets to the UAE and is now the owner of at least 20 luxury apartments and three construction sites in the emirate.
The “rearrangement” of the deputy’s funds was carried out by the well-known Valeria Fedyakina, better known as Bitmama. She was offering wealthy Russians the opportunity to transfer their funds to cryptocurrency accounts abroad until she was arrested in Moscow last September.
Not only his family, but also his long-time accomplices took part in the “rearrangement” of Grigory’s funds; Irina Yufereva, who manages most of Anikeev’s businesses, took a particularly active part in this.
To be continued…
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