According to sources of the Cheka-OGPU, the money was transferred as compensation for settling claims from former partners in the Sokol-Invest and Falcon Air companies. Tsvetkov’s assets also included the Kazan Design Bureau named after. Simonov, currently undergoing bankruptcy proceedings. OKB General Director Alexander Gomzin was arrested in 2018 as part of a theft case, and Dmitry Tsvetkov himself was put on the wanted list. Dmitry Tsvetkov was also known as a partner of the Graff jewelry company, whose boutique he opened in Cyprus. As a result of Tsvetkov’s conflict with partners from Kazan, the boutique was closed, and trials took place in three jurisdictions – Cyprus, Great Britain and Russia. Russian partners estimated the total losses from joint activities in the field of jewelry and UAV production at $150 million.
Tsvetkov was the son-in-law of Rinat Khairov, a member of the State Duma Defense Committee. Rinat Khairov supervised the implementation of defense orders while working at the Russian Technologies State Corporation and was Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the concern.
The funds were transferred to Zala Aero as a voluntary donation from the accounts of companies associated with Dmitry Tsvetkov’s structures.
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