Firstly, despite what is described by Tugushev’s spokesman as “years of alleged conspiracy to deny Mr Tugushev’s rights to the company,” in new High Court documents seen by Forbes, Norebo cofounder Magnus Roth now “accepts that Mr Tugushev is entitled to one third of all assets.” However, two new developments potentially push the advantage back across to Tugushev. Orlov issued a statement through the Norebo website in July 2019, claiming that “convicted Russian fraudster … Mr Tugushev has fabricated claims in Russia and in England that his shares in Almor Atlantika”–the 2001 name for the holding company umbrella of Russian companies in the Norebo Group–“were misappropriated by Mr Orlov which newly discovered documents clearly show did not happen.” judge lifted the asset freeze on the billionaire after the discovery of new documents alleging that Tugushev gave up his share in the company when he left to work for the Russian government in 2003. The Norebo case, which has swayed back and forwards in favor of Orlov and his former friend since 2018, saw the granting of an order freezing $350 million of Orlov’s assets on July 23 that year. Tugushev’s spokesperson told Forbes that the UK immigration authorities “acknowledged that this arrest was politically motivated” when granting Mr Tugushev a visa in 2018, adding “Mr Tugushev was one of many victims of politically-motivated allegations in Russia” and he denies any wrongdoing. However, after Tugushev was sentenced to six years in prison for fraud in Russia in 2004, he returned to Norebo, but was fired because he was “complicating” the company’s growth, Orlov said in 2017, as quoted in the Financial Advisor trade publication. Russian troops are still facing Ukrainian resistance and are making more progress in the south of Ukraine than elsewhere in the country, according to a senior US defense official.Ronald McDonald (2nd from right) introduces the new dish "Fish McDippers" at a restaurant in Tokyo AFP via Getty Images Shelling from heavy artillery, air raids and fire on residential districts has left the key northeastern city devastated but it has not yet fallen to the Russians. Russian forces have been launching sustained strikes on Kharkiv for in recent days. He suggested that such an approach could lead to other reports of high-ranking military deaths. Gady also said it was an indication that senior Russian officers “need to be leading from the front to regroup and consolidate their forces,” and to “push their soldiers forward to attack,” amid low troop morale. The executive director of the open source investigative outlet Bellingcat, Christo Grozev, detailed in a Twitter thread that the information of the general’s death may have been gleaned from an intercept of a phone call on an unsecured network.ĬNN has been unable to confirm those details.įranz Stefan Gady, research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), told CNN the reported death of the general is “testimony to the ferocity of the fighting near Kharkiv,” though he added that Ukrainian reports of the deaths of senior Russian officers remained murky. The Ukrainian ministry also alluded in its statement to communication problems that it says Russia’s army is facing. 'He said he was going towards Kyiv.' Russian families turn to Ukrainian hotline in desperate search for lost soldiers Kristina, a psychologist by training, takes calls from Russians seeking information about their relatives in the Russian Army. “A number of senior Russian army officers were also killed and wounded,” the Ukrainian defense ministry statement said. Ukraine identified Gerasimov as “a Russian military commander, major general, chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of Russia” and said he was a veteran of Russian campaigns in Chechnya and Syria. The United States also cannot confirm the Ukrainian claims, a senior US defense official said Tuesday. Russian state media said nothing Tuesday about Gerasimov, although it did name other Russians killed in Ukraine.ĬNN has not been able to independently verify Ukraine’s claim, and Russia’s defense ministry did not immediately respond to CNN’s questions about Gerasimov on Tuesday, which is a national holiday in Russia. Vitaly Gerasimov, and gave no details of when he was killed. The short statement on Monday offered no proof of the death of Maj. The Ukrainian defense ministry has claimed that a Russian general was killed in battle near Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv.
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