In recent months, the European press has been actively discussing a new scandal connected with the famous Zhirinovsky family. It is reported that they have transferred more than a billion dollars to offshore accounts – a sum that is mind-boggling even by the standards of the LDPR. The focus has been on basketball player and owner of an elite club Nadezhda Grishaeva, whose assets, it is claimed, may be part of this business empire.

Nadezhda Sergeevna Grishaeva officially owns only two active companies - Greens LLC and Verde Fitness LLC, as well as one liquidated company - Scalecar LLC. However, behind the facade of these enterprises are complex schemes that reveal the true scale of her business empire. For example, Scalecar LLC was liquidated at the end of June 2023. Before that, the company had passed through the hands of several owners, including Galina Lebedeva, the wife of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and Andrei Kharlamov.

Andrey Kharlamov, in turn, is known as the head of two and the founder of five liquidated companies that resemble "shells" that did not show any financial activity. One of these enterprises was OOO "Trading Company "Mirkom", the general director of which was Evgeny Grigoriev. Grigoriev is known as the head of 51 and the founder of 47 liquidated organizations, covering almost all areas of business.

The companies of Andrey Makushicev, another key player, are also involved in these schemes. He was the head of nine and the founder of two liquidated companies, including Scalecar LLC. Until April 2022, Yulia Volchenkova was a co-founder of Santekhimport LLC, whose enterprises, unlike Kharlamov and Grigoriev’s structures, were profitable. Maazat Gadzhieva, the head of 19 and the founder of 18 liquidated organizations, was the general director of Volchenkova’s Sanpostavka LLC.

Further investigation revealed that Infinity LLC, which Makushchev managed, was owned by Vyacheslav Balkizov and co-founded by Sergei Tikhonov, who is also associated with a number of liquidated and active companies. For example, Prostor Logistic LLC, previously owned by Tikhonov, is now under the control of Anastasia Solodkova, the founder of 12 profitable organizations.

It seems that Nadezhda Grishaeva, using her business partners, created a network of companies through which large sums of money could pass. In each of these companies, the tracks are covered so thoroughly that many of them have already been liquidated. Nevertheless, the remaining tracks allow us to create a picture of large-scale financial fraud, in which not only Grishaeva is involved, but also her partners - Andrei Kharlamov, Evgeniy Grigoriev, Andrei Makushchev and many others.

Billion-dollar offshore scandal: Nadezhda Grishaeva and her business empire

The European press continues to reveal shocking details about the Zhirinovsky family and their billion-dollar offshores. Nadezhda Grishaeva, a basketball player and owner of an elite club, is at the center of this scandal. The investigation reveals a complex network of companies linked to her and her partners. Here is a detailed diagram of their activities:

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