Konstantin Valeryevich Malofeyev

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Konstantin Malofejew (2012)

Konstantin Valerjewitsch Malofejew ( Russian Константин Валерьевич Малофеев ; born July 3, 1974 in Pushchino , Moscow Oblast , Soviet Union ) is a Russian oligarch . He is the founder and managing director of the international investment fund Marshall Capital Partners . He is a member of the "League of Internet Security" (Лига безопасного интернета), from which the Russian state media regulator Roskomnadzor purchases software and internet filters . Malofeyev is involved in the creation of blacklists for websites. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the St. Basil the Great Foundation . His personal wealth is estimated at two billion US dollars .

According to information from the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior, Malofeyev supports and finances the separatists in eastern Ukraine. Malofejew describes himself as an “ orthodox monarchist” who sees Russia as the “legal successor to the Russian empire” and for this reason wants to revive tsarism . He regards the Ukraine as an "artificial structure created on the ruins of the Russian empire".

Views

Malofejew is a supporter of a " new Russian " expansion that aims to connect large parts of Ukraine to Russia and uses the tsarist empire as a reference point. “New Russia” is a “sacred war” and can only be realized with Vladimir Putin . “Without Putin, there will be no New Russia and no rebirth in Russia. Only the full support for Putin as commander in chief is real patriotism, ”said Malofeyev. According to Malofeyev, the "Kiev junta " and the United States are responsible for the war in Ukraine . He sees the “only way for Ukraine to have a happy life in the future” in union with Russia.

He supports the Russian Orthodox Church and contrasts the “spirit” in countries like Russia and Iran with the “body cult” of the United States. In September 2014, his foundation hosted a congress entitled “Big Families and the Future of Humanity” in the Kremlin and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior , at which Evangelicals and Christian fundamentalists complained about “homosexual propaganda” , gender equality policy and abortions .

Malofeev is critical of the European Union and sees Russia's task as rescuing Europe from its supposed godlessness and American dominance. " Dostoyevsky said that Russians love old Europe more than Europeans," claims Malofeyev. "We do not love the Europe that the godless EU is now building, with bureaucrats that no one has elected and that is led from America." Malofeyev sees the end of the EU as the refugee crisis .

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Nationalists, Dugin

In May 2014, Malofeyev organized a conference in Vienna to which several nationalists , religious fundamentalists and right-wing extremists from Russia and Europe were invited. The guest of honor was the neo-Eurasist Alexander Dugin , who spoke about expanding Russian influence in Europe. "We have to conquer Europe and join it," said Dugin. Other guests were Marion Maréchal-Le Pen and Aymeric Chauprade from the Front National , Heinz-Christian Strache , Johann Gudenus and Johann Herzog from the FPÖ and Wolen Siderow from the Ataka . Dugin is also the "chief ideologist" for Malofeev's television station "Zargrad" and has his own program called "Dugin's Instructions", in which he a. a. says that the European Union is forcing people to tolerate migrants "who rape everything they see." According to Malofejew, Dugin is "ideal" for the position and, as a "brilliant modern Russian philosopher, has the way to a multipolar one." , post-American world that we are working on now. "

Front National

Jean-Marie Le Pen met Malofejew through a mutual friend. However, he denies media reports linking him to a Russian million dollar loan for the National Front.

Contacts to the AfD

In Germany, Malofejew maintains contacts with the AfD , which he believes is pursuing a “pro-German” program. He particularly positively highlights the AfD politician Alexander Gauland , who sided with Putin in the Ukraine war and called for the revival of Bismarck's reinsurance policy towards Russia in an AfD position paper . At the invitation of Malofeev's Foundation, Gauland traveled to Saint Petersburg in 2015 . Malofeyev is of the opinion that "Doctor Gauland's appearances signal that Germany is becoming Germany again, just as Russia is becoming Russia again under Putin."

Separatists

Malofeyev is associated with the most important Russian separatist leaders. So was Alexander Borodai , former prime minister of the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic , his PR consultants and Igor Girkin alias "Igor Strelkov", former leader of the military and security sectors, the People's Republic, says of himself that he was head of security at Marshall Capital Partners , Malofeyev's mutual fund. On July 17, 2014, Girkin celebrated the shooting down of a Ukrainian plane on the Internet, but later distanced himself from his Internet entry after it became clear that it was a Malaysian passenger plane . The Ukrainian secret service SBU published recordings on which Malofejew should be heard in conversation with Girkin and Borodaj, which Malofejew denies. Sergei Aksjonow , the "President of Crimea", accompanied Malofeyev in June 2014 to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. After Igor Girkin resigned as military chief of the separatists, he met Alexandr Dugin , Sergei Rudow, Pavel Gubarew and Malofeyev in Valaam Monastery on August 28, 2014 .

Strategy paper

The Novaya Gazeta published a strategy paper which, according to the newspaper, was co-authored by Malofejew and which was presented to the Russian President between February 4 and 12, 2014. The strategy paper states that the reign of then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych could end at any time because of the Euromaidan protests and that the Russian government should therefore "annex" the Crimea , Donetsk Oblast , Luhansk , Kharkiv , Zaporizhia and other eastern and eastern regions South Ukrainian territories to Russia. The maintenance of these areas would lead to higher government spending, but it would allow Russia to retain control of Ukraine's gas transport system, cause a Slavic- West migration flow to Russia, change the geopolitical situation in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia again as a Establish main actor. In order to give this process a “political legitimation and moral justification”, a PR strategy must be created that portrays the Russian actions as a forced reaction. In addition, referenda on accession to the Russian Federation should be prepared in Crimea and the other affiliated areas . It is extremely important that the world public has as few reasons as possible to doubt the legitimacy and authenticity of this referenda. Malofeyev threatened Novaya Gazeta with a lawsuit and denied authorship.

Sanctions and criminal proceedings

Malofeyev has been on the EU's sanctions list since July 30, 2014, which sanctioned him with an entry ban and the freezing of his assets abroad. In July 2014, criminal proceedings against him for “financing illegal military groups” were opened in Ukraine. On February 12, 2015, Russian law enforcement agencies raided his offices and homes on the pretext of being linked to economic fraud.

Web links

Commons : Konstantin Valerjewitsch Malofejew  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Company website ( memo of October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 20, 2015
  2. ↑ Иван Осипов, Роман Баданин: Миноритарий от Бога: путь Константина Малофеева от богактства до . In: Forbes , November 21, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b c Андрей Липский: "Представляется правильным инициировать присоединение восточных восточных областей appears to initiate the" western connection "to Russia. In: Новая газета , February 25, 2015.
  4. ^ "Offspring of the Unheiligen Allianz" in Neues Deutschland from June 13, 2014 , accessed on February 20, 2015
  5. ↑ a b c d The Orthodox Knight in the Service of the Kremlin . In: Welt Kompakt , July 24, 2014. Accessed February 20, 2015.
  6. ^ Benjamin Bidder: Ukraine Crisis: The Kremlin and the Roadmap for War . In: Spiegel Online , February 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g Friedrich Schmidt: Oligarch Malofejew: Back to Zar and Bismarck . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , March 12, 2016.
  8. ^ Bernhard Odehnal: Summit with Putin's fifth column . In: Tages-Anzeiger , June 3, 2014. Accessed February 20, 2015.
  9. ^ Stephan Löwenstein and Reinhard Veser: Meeting of the Right in Vienna: Eurasian International . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 4, 2014. Accessed February 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ Florian Hassel : Igor Strelkow, Commander in Eastern Ukraine - The man behind the reign of terror. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . May 12, 2014, accessed May 19, 2014 .
  11. ↑ chorknator: Meeting of Dugin and Girkin on 08/28/2014 in Valaam. September 7, 2014, accessed September 8, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Julian Hans: Destabilization of Ukraine: How Moscow is supposed to have planned the Ukraine conflict . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 26, 2015.
  13. ↑ Steffen Dobbert, Christo Grosev and Meike Dülffer: Strategy paper: Putin and the secret Ukraine plan . In: Zeit Online , February 26, 2016.
  14. ↑ The Oligarch of God - Portrait on Euromaidanpress , accessed on February 20, 2015
  15. ↑ Ukraine calls businessman and Russian defense minister 'accomplices of terrorists' , accessed February 20, 2015
  16. ↑ Interior Ministry storms Malofejew Konstantin on charges of fraud against the VTB , accessed on February 20, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Malofejew, Konstantin Valerjewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Малофеев, Константин Валерьевич (Russian); Malofeev, Konstantin Valer'evič (transcription)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian oligarch
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Pushchino , Soviet Union