Paris, 29
June, 2012 – Today was released Court decision
made in Nice on 19 June 2012. The prominent Russian
Businessman, Vitaly ARKHANGELSKY, 37, has obtained a very important
decision in his favor from the High Court of Nice (France). Thanks to
this decision, he is now a step nearer to the proof of the 750
million € fraud of which he has been the victim in 2009,
orchestrated by the Bank of St. Petersburg and some high profile
authorities of the St. Petersburg Region. Recently, the Court of
Appeal of Aix en Provence refused for the second time to extradite
the businessman considering he would not be granted a fair trial in
Russia and is under a risk of inhumane treatment (i.e. torture) if he
is extradited.
According to this
decision, Bank of St. Petersburg’s managing staff as well as
authorities that have presented forged and fraudulent documents to
the Court must now be investigated by a French Criminal Investigating
Judge and cannot obtain enforcement of Judgments obtained against
Arkhangelsky in Russia until the Criminal Investigation has come to
an end.
The Oslo Marine Group,
Mr. Arkhangelsky’s Group of companies has been seeking justice
before the courts of Europe as it is apparently not possible for them
to overcome corrupt and malign influences operating in the courts of
St. Petersburg.
Mr. Arkhangelsky, the
owner of a shipping and insurance empire valued at $ 1 billion in
2008, points the finger at conspiracy and fraud involving shadowy
Cypriot and BVI companies, owned and/or controlled by the Bank and/or
Mr Savelyev the managing director of the Bank. These persons, it is
alleged, participated in a conspiracy to expropriate assets belonging
to the Oslo Marine Group, probably also in conjunction with the
Governor of St Petersburg and an ally of Vladimir Putin, Mrs.
Valentina Matvienko, as well as the chief of police, Mr Piotrovsky.
Mrs. Matvienko is presently Speaker of Federation Council, the upper
chamber of Russia's Parliament.
In these proceedings, the
Arkhangelskys claim, amongst other things, damages in conspiracy and
fraud for the wrongful expropriation of their group’s assets. The
assets in question, an insurance company and a shipping terminal,
were seized in 2008 by the bank in a dispute over a loan.
In 2009 Arkhangelsky fled
to France fearing arrest in a police probe. Since then, he has been
granted asylum in France and two attempts of the Russian Aithorities
to get him and his family extradited to Russia were unsuccessful.
Earlier last year, Mr.
Arkhangelsky filed a criminal complaint with the Principal
Investigating Judge of the Court of Nice alleging that the Bank of
St. Petersburg’s director and a group of unidentified persons have
falsified documents in an attempt to seize his property in France
(see:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BwUKAc-dFC_HN2RhZDAwZDMtNDNjYS00ZDBiLWFhZDEtZDY5OWJlMGUyNWYz&hl=ru).
As part of that campaign
the Bank, Mr. Savelyev and the other co-conspirators, probably also
in conjunction with the Governor of St Petersburg, Mrs Matvienko, and
the chief of police, Mr Piotrovsky, using the “administrative
resources” at their command, entered into a conspiracy, amongst
other things, to fabricate a criminal case against Mr. Arkhangelsky
using documents and seals removed from their offices and belonging to
the Group companies, by police officers that seem to have acted on
the direct instruction of Mrs Matvienko/Mr Piotrovsky. Mr.
Arkhangelsky is convinced that the fabrication of that criminal case
is part of the conspiracy which is personally directed by Mrs.
Matvienko.
“ We are determined to
bring those responsible for the conspiracy to defraud us and our
Group to justice leaving no stone unturned in that process”, said
Mr. Arkhangelsky. - I intend to pursue all of the wrongdoers in
whatever jurisdiction is open to me”.
For more information
please contact:
François
AMELI Esq. William
BOURDON Esq.
Cabinet
BEA Cabinet BVB
7 rue de
Chaillot 156 rue de Rivoli
75116
Paris 75001 PARIS
France
FRANCE
Tel: +33 1
53 57 78 00 Tél. : +33 1 42 60 32 60
Mr.
Vitaly ARKHANGELSKY
E-mail:
petrogradedoo@gmail.com
My congratulations, Vitaly!
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