-Kirill Cherkalin
5-25-19 Detained for corruption, Colonel of the FSB Kirill Cherkalin "fervently prays in the Lefortovo prison cell," URA media reports. It is also known about sports, to which the prisoner devotes part of his time. In the jail, he was visited by members of the Moscow Public Observation Commission.
They concluded that Cherkalin is held in a repaired cell with all conveniences. His cellmate decorated the walls of the cell with icons. The image of the saints also appeared to be on the back of the bed. According to the author of one of Kommersant’s materials about Cherkalin, his cell began to resemble a prayer room or a monastic cell. Cherkalin himself has already started growing a beard in jail. The ex-colonel of the FSB devotes time to sports – he squats and wrings.
Cherkalin told public figures that he was satisfied with everything in prison and confirmed that he was treated well by prison staff. Cherkalin praised the prison food, especially noting the soup with buckwheat, potatoes and chicken. https://en.crimerussia.com/corruption/journalists-are-told-about-conditions-in-which-billionaire-from-fsb-kirill-cherkalin-held-in-prison/
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7-13-19 This week’s biggest news, if not this year’s — is the resignation and flight from Russia of Valery Miroshnikov, the first deputy head of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA). It is a state agency responsible for the liquidation and financial rehabilitation of Russian banks. During Miroshnikov’s tenure at the agency $500 bln was taken out of the banking system and the DIA received $15.8 bln of Central Bank subsidies. It is no coincidence that the fate of this seemingly inconspicuous official as Miroshikov became the center of media attention: as The Bell and Proekt discovered (Rus), he was one of the links between the banking sector and the FSB. Thanks to Miroshnikov’s story, it emerged how officials with ties to the security services made billions on the dark hole through which the money fled out of Russia. The story emerged in April 2019 when a colonel of the FSB’s“banking”division, Kirill Cherkalin, and two of his colleagues were arrested on fraud charges. Cherkalin was
also accused of receiving bribes of $820 thousands in exchange for “favors”.
Miroshnikov fled Russia immediately after Cherkalin’s arrest (allegedly to seek medical
treatment). Two and a half months later the DIA announced his resignation. As The Bell
and Proekt reported, the real reason for his departure was his
treatment). Two and a half months later the DIA announced his resignation. As The Bell
and Proekt reported, the real reason for his departure was his
involvement with Cherkalin, and Miroshnikov is now part
of the case against Cherkalin, Kommersant claims.
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The tale of Life is just one in which Cherkalin, 38, and his FSB colleagues played starring roles. Cherkalin’s department at the FSB oversees the financial sector (banks, pension funds and insurance companies) and is one of the most powerful branches of the notorious Department K, which is responsible for economic security.
The two men arrested at the same time as Cherkalin were his former boss, Dmitry Frolov, and the more junior Andrei Vasiliev. While Cherkalin was still in his post when he was detained, Frolov and Vasiliev were dismissed several years earlier, after newspaper Novaya Gazeta published details of real estate allegedly owned by them on the shore of Lake Maggiore in Switzerland and Italy.
“Brilliant, very smart, well-versed in the field” is how Cherkalin was described by one major Russian banker. “But these are business guys, that’s what their [whole] generation is like.”
These sorts of commercially-minded FSB officers rose to power in the early 2000s at the same time as Russia’s money laundering business was booming, according to a source close to the FSB familiar with Cherkalin and his colleagues. “You know the principle: If you realize it’s useless to fight something, you have to lead it,” he explained. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/08/03/the-rise-and-fall-of-an-fsb-run-money-laundering-empire-a67226
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Besides that, Miroshnikov actively cooperated with an ex-head of ‘K’ directorate of the Federal Security Service - general Viktor Voronin who had been a curator of the bank system in Russia. Over recent years, Voronin was a head of the security service of Uralsib. It was him who actively helped a banker Vladimir Kogan in reorganization of Uralsib by supporting the bank’s merging into a governmental corporation - the Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The Central Bank received many complaints. There were multiple rallies protesting against the bank’s illegal activities. It was only in March, this year, when head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina finally turned her attention to the activity carried out by the Deposit Insurance Corporation and, according to some reports, started contemplating as to how painlessly liquidate it - and at the same time investigate all the mistakes by the insurers headed by Miroshnikov.
https://en.crimerussia.com/corruption/deputy-head-of-deposit-insurance-corporation-flees-abroad-following-detention-of-federal-security-se/
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