General Prosecutor’s Office refused to check the legality of the crime case of Ural Rakhimov

The lawyers of the former President of Bashneft, U. Rakhimov, put on the international wanted list on the accusation of the theft and legalization of funds from the sale of the enterprises of the Bashkir Fuel and Energy complex, were refused in their bid to terminate his criminal prosecution. The General Prosecutor’s Office didn’t consider the claim in which the protecting party pointed at the expiry of a decade’s statute of limitation by the incriminated articles. Now the lawyers plan to make a claim to the General Prosecutor and the Courts.

The General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia refused to consider the claim about the illegality of the criminal case initiated in April by the Chief Investigation Management of the Investigation Committee of Russia in respect of the son of the ex-President of Bashkiria and former President of Bashneft, U. Rakhimov. He was accused of the acquisition (article 160 of the Criminal Code) and legalization (article 174) of money from the sale of the enterprises of the Bashkir Fuel and Energy Complex to AFK Sistema in absence, he was also put on the international wanted list. The investigation thinks that using the position of his father, M. Rakhimov, U. Rakhimov organized the acquisition of the controlling packages of shares of the enterprises of the Fuel and Energy sector with the total value of over 130 bln roubles having gained an opportunity to dispose of them at his will.