Pavel Eduardowitsch Melnikow

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Pawel Eduardowitsch Melnikow ( Russian Павел Эдуа́рдович Мельников ; * 1964 ) is a Russian businessman with several citizenships who is the owner of various companies in Russia and who has extensive land holdings in Finland. It has been the subject of investigations by the Finnish authorities into money laundering operations since autumn 2018.

identity

According to research by the New York Times in October 2018, Melnikov is a businessman from St. Petersburg who owns six companies in Russia, including a plumbing company . He has a passport from the Republic of Malta , with a registered address in Sliema . He is also said to be registered in Hungary and also to have the citizenship of several small Caribbean islands.

activities

In 2007 Melnikow co-founded the Finnish company Airiston Helmi , which has bought various properties in Finland . These include objects in the Archipelago National Park off the coast of Turku . Between 2011 and 2018, Airiston Helmi carried out real estate transactions amounting to 9.2 million euros without officially generating profits. The managing director in 2018 was an Italian citizen who stated that he had taken the position for a Russian friend as a favor. In September 2018, Finnish authorities launched a comprehensive search of 17 properties linked to Russian owners. According to official information, this happened in the course of an investigation into suspected money laundering , tax evasion and other allegations. 2 people were taken into custody and around 3 million euros in cash were seized.

The searched facilities of Melnikows on the island of Säckilot ( 36 ° 28'16 "N 37 ° 43'16" E ) contain various accommodations for a larger number of people, a helipad and nine landing stages for boats. The Finnish press speculated whether Melnikov was just a straw man and whether the facility was planned by the Russian military to serve as a staging area for Russian troops in the event of a military conflict.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Andrew Higgins: "On a Tiny Finnish Island, a Helipad, 9 Piers - and the Russian Military?" New York Times October 31, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c Matthew Vella: "Russian with Maltese citizenship in € 10m money laundering probe has Tigné residence" maltatoday.com.mt of September 25, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Melnikow, Pawel Eduardowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Мельников, Павел Эдуа́рдович (Russian); Melnikov, Pavel Eduardovich (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian businessman
DATE OF BIRTH 1964