The ex-head of the Republic of Mari El, Leonid Markelov, who is under investigation, and his family own real estate worth more than 500 million rubles. Yoshkar-Ola is lined with replicas of Italian Renaissance palaces and castles, some of which belong to the former governor and his family. Markelov also has real estate in Moscow.
Leonid Markelov. Photo: GlobalLook
In one of these "castles" in the city center on the banks of the Malaya Kokshaga River, Markelov himself lives with his daughter and son, reports L!fe. The ex-head of the region owns two apartments in the house with total area nearly 500 sq. m, as well as commercial property on the ground floor. The total cost of these three facilities is 30 million rubles.
In the capital, Markelov owns an apartment in club house on Mashkova street, 9, near Chistye Prudy. The area of the apartment is 71 sq. m, it costs about 30 million rubles. Markelov acquired these apartments back in 1998, when he was a State Duma deputy.
An apartment of 400 square meters was also bought with Markel's money. m worth about 10 million rubles. in the center of Yoshkar-Ola. Now she is registered with the ex-wife of a disgraced official.
The richest member of the ex-governor's family is his stepmother, 71-year-old Tatyana Ivanovna. A retired Muscovite owns a number of companies with billions in turnover and net profit about 500 million rubles a year. Markelova's sphere of entrepreneurial interests is extensive - this includes investing in securities, and rental property, and quarrying, and media activities.
The stepmother also owns a significant part of Markelov's real estate empire in the amount of approximately 300 million rubles. They include three mansions (a country family estate on the picturesque Karas Lake), five land plots with a total area of almost three hectares and a luxurious hotel "Ludovico Moro" in the center of Yoshkar-Ola with a suburban "branch" on the shore of the same lake. The hotel business brings the stepmother 30-40 million rubles each. annually.
The pearl of the Markelovs' collection - office building downtown. It is a copy of the Florentine Palazzo Vecchio, where the Medici family lived. Most of it is occupied by a store, the rest of the commercial space is given to a restaurant, radio station and other organizations. On the turret of the "palace" there is a local landmark - a movable sculptural composition "12 apostles".
Tatyana Markelova controls real estate through her companies - TV Company 12 Region, which earned 285 million rubles last year, and Voskresensky Park.
Data on the assets of the ex-governor will be filed with the criminal case. If it is confirmed that the property was bought with bribes, it may go to the state.
Leonid Markelov is accused of taking a bribe in the amount of 235 million rubles. Together with him, the director of the same "Telecompany 12 region" Natalya Kozhanova and a local businessman, head of the Akashevskaya Poultry Farm OJSC Nikolai Krivash were in the case. Investigators believe that Markelov helped Krivash receive subsidies from the budget for bribes, and Kozhanova played the role of an intermediary. So, in 2015, Markelov "knocked out" more than 4 billion rubles for the poultry farm. subsidies.
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow had previously arrested Leonid Markelov and Natalia Kozhanova until June 12, 2017. Both defendants plead not guilty.
During searches in the mansion of the former head of Mari El Leonid Markelov in Yoshkar-Ola, luxury items of historical and cultural value were found, the online magazine "7x7" reports.
According to the publication, employees of the central office of the Federal Security Service of Russia seized from a mansion in the center of Yoshkar-Ola a lifetime edition of poems by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin with a personal autograph of the "sun of Russian poetry", as well as manuscripts of the famous Russian historian and writer of the XVIII century Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin.
In addition, works of art by world-famous Italian artists (Botticelli and Raphael), sculptors and architects of the Renaissance were also found in the mansion. It is noted that some of the found works of art are on the international wanted list.
Official footage of the property confiscated from Markelov, according to the site, will be published later this week. Meanwhile, experts have estimated the value of works of art found at Markelov's at several tens of millions of euros.
The searches were carried out as part of a criminal investigation into a bribe, which the former head of the region is suspected of receiving. Earlier, the lawyer of another defendant in the case, businessman Nikolai Krivashin, Igor Trunov, reported that in addition to searches in Markelov’s Yoshkar-Ola apartment, searches were also held in the apartment of Markelov’s daughter in Moscow, as well as in the house of his wife.
The Life TV channel reported on a large list of real estate worth about 500 million rubles that Markelov and his family members could own. According to the publication, in Yoshkar-Ola, the Markelov family owns two apartments with a total area of about 500 square meters. meters and commercial in the building on Voskresenskaya embankment. In Moscow, the disgraced politician owns an apartment on Mashkov Street near Chistye Prudy with an area of 71 square meters. meters and cost about 30 million rubles.
Markelov's ex-wife, according to media reports, owns an apartment and commercial real estate with a total area of 400 sq. meters and cost about 10 million rubles. And the most wealthy representative of the "Markelov clan" the publication calls the stepmother of the ex-head of the republic Tatyana Markelova. She owns a luxury hotel, an office building, three mansions and land with a total area of about 3 hectares. The cost of these facilities is estimated at about 300 million rubles.
The former head of Mari El, Leonid Markelov, was detained in Yoshkar-Ola on the morning of April 13. The Investigative Committee suspects the ex-governor, known for his promise to dig a road in a village where he was not well received, of trying to get a bribe of 250 million rubles for patronage and subsidies to the Akashevskaya agricultural holding.
Money in the form of bills, according to the TFR, was transferred to Markelov by one of former owners and the founders of the holding, Nikolay Krivash, a deputy of the Mari Legislative Assembly, who managed to travel abroad. The mediator in the transfer of the bribe was the director of the Mari TV channel "12 region" Natalia Kozhanova.
A criminal case was initiated against Markelov on the grounds of crimes provided for by part 6 of article 290 (“Taking a bribe”), part 5 of article 291 (“Giving a bribe”), part 4 of article 291.1 (“Mediation in bribery”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
On April 14, the Basmanny Court placed Markelov in custody until June 12. During the court session, Markelov complained about the arbitrariness of the operatives during the searches at his house. “They are terrorizing me with searches: all the mattresses have been torn apart, the award weapons have been destroyed,” he said.
Italian palaces, hotels and mansions
The former head of Mari El, Leonid Markelov, created his own "little Italy" in Yoshkar-Ola - copies of palaces and castles. Most of them are owned either by the ex-head of the region himself, and now the person involved in the criminal case, or: the total value of the property owned by the Markelovs is estimated at more than 500 million rubles.
Investigators who are working on the case of the former head of Mari El Leonid Markelov, suspected of taking a bribe of 235 million, are now investigating what assets the official and his family have, as well as how they all earned it. If it is confirmed that the property was bought with bribes, it may go to the state.
Markelov the Magnificent
The head of the Florentine Republic, Lorenzo Medici, was called Lorenzo the Magnificent for his love of luxury, as well as for supporting people of art. The former head of the Republic of Mari El, Leonid Markelov, received almost the same nickname from local residents.
He adores Italy and Lorenzo de' Medici himself. Yoshkar-Ola is lined with replicas of Italian Renaissance palaces: here is the pseudo-Venetian Doge's Palace, and the Florentine castle of Palazzo Vecchio, where the Medici lived, and dozens of other buildings in a similar style.
According to media reports, during searches in the mansion of the former head of Mari El, Leonid Markelov, luxury items of historical and cultural value were found. Paintings by Italian artists Botticelli, Raphael, manuscripts by Nikolai Karamzin, Pushkin's poems autographed by the poet were found at Markelov's. The media report that some of the works of art found at the ex-head of the region are on the international wanted list. Markelov's lawyer Pyotr Sevruk said: his ward did not acquire valuable paintings, especially those on the wanted list.
The mansion of the ex-head of Mari El Leonid Markelov in Yoshkar-Ola was searched. According to the online magazine "7x7", during the investigation, luxury items of historical and cultural value were found in the house. In particular, according to the publication, paintings by Italian artists Botticelli, Raphael, works of sculptors and architects of the Renaissance were found. Also seized from Markelov was a lifetime edition of Alexander Pushkin's poems with his personal autograph and manuscripts of the Russian historian and writer of the 18th century Nikolai Karamzin.
The report says that part of the works of art is on the international wanted list. Experts estimated the value of the things found at Markelov's at several tens of millions of euros.
At the same time, the lawyer of the ex-head of Mari El, Pyotr Sevruk, told RIA Novosti that Markelov did not acquire valuable paintings, especially those on the wanted list. “I was in Markelov’s pre-trial detention center, and he said that he did not collect or acquire any valuable works of art, did not steal, and even more so, had nothing to do with the paintings that are on the international wanted list,” Sevruk said.
According to him, he saw only one report of the search at Markelov's. The document spoke of the discovery of a collection of coins. The lawyer noted that these coins are of no particular value.
Recall that a criminal case was previously initiated against the former head of Mari El under articles on taking a bribe, giving a bribe and mediation in bribery. According to investigators, Markelov received 235 million rubles from the agricultural holding. for assistance in obtaining state support.
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