Court cases in Cyprus and Dubai have revealed that relatives of Putin's aide have a net worth of $300 million
During court proceedings in Cyprus and Dubai, details emerged regarding overseas assets worth nearly $300 million linked to the family of Igor Levitin, an aide to the Russian president and former head of the Ministry of Transport. Documents from the Cypriot company Quortia, owned by Nelya Levitina—the wife of the official’s brother—were submitted to the Dubai court. As of 2021, Quortia’s assets totaled $282.9 million.
Case files reveal that Levitina invested approximately $8.8 million through the Dubai-based firm Yarkee, including in a luxury real estate project in Ras al-Khaimah and a Czech nursing home. An attempt to divest the Czech asset led to a dispute with German citizen Frank Irrling, whom Levitina’s company accuses of fraud and extortion. Due to a bank’s refusal to finance the deal with a Russian resident, Irrling was to become the nominal owner; however, he did not transfer the 3.52 million euros in loan proceeds to Levitina and demanded an additional 5 million euros.
As a result, Quortia filed a lawsuit in Cyprus and secured a freeze on Irrling’s assets in Dubai. A Dubai judge noted that the uncovered scheme bears the hallmarks of money laundering.
Source: THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURT.
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