https://threads.chez.work/en/tags/leontiev/Recent content in Leontiev on Chez unrollsHugoenChezRDMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/glossary/zheleznyakgate/Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/glossary/zheleznyakgate/Zheleznyakgate — the scandal around Probusinessbank, Leontiev, Zheleznyak, and Lomov: asset stripping, falsified reports, Ashurkov&rsquo;s affidavit, promotion of the narrative about ties to Navalny/FBK, and political cover for the bankers.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/ashurkov-dud-obman/Tue, 12 May 2026 23:13:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/ashurkov-dud-obman/Analysis of a fragment from Vladimir Ashurkov&rsquo;s interview with Yuri Dud: what really happened with the Weybridge house, Calleri Ltd, and the bankrupt PNB Banka. The asset-stripping scheme, assignment of rights to Said Mehraik, and attempts to manipulate public information.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/ashurkov-interview/Tue, 12 May 2026 15:00:00 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/ashurkov-interview/The London School of Bullshitteryhttps://threads.chez.work/en/posts/reputation-institute/Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:52:54 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/reputation-institute/<div class="tweet-link-section"> <a href="https://x.com/ChezRD/status/1956680337980821626" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="tweet-anchor"> <span class="tweet-label">link to tweet</span> </a> </div> <h2 id="hottentot-selectivity">«Hottentot» Selectivity</h2> <p>In any healthy political environment, the «reputation institute» is a mechanism of accountability. It is based on a simple principle: your words and actions have consequences that determine the level of public trust in you. It is a system of checks and balances that, like an immune system, rejects unethical, dishonest, and incompetent actors, preventing them from lingering in the public sphere. But in the Russian opposition, this mechanism has mutated into its opposite: it has become not an immune system, but an autoimmune disease that devours healthy cells while protecting cancerous tumors.</p>https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/half-life-chronicles/Mon, 11 Aug 2025 19:17:26 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/half-life-chronicles/This text is not an investigation or an indictment. Rather, it is a personal attempt to reflect on what has happened and to understand how we got to where we are. It is an attempt to assemble a coherent picture from the fragments of facts and my own feelings, in order to stop deceiving myself.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/questions-to-maria-pevchikh/Wed, 21 May 2025 17:52:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/questions-to-maria-pevchikh/Leonid Volkov claimed that they (Zheleznyak’s firm) put all their efforts into Noon Against Putin, and that is why it succeeded. This is false.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/zheleznyakgate-part-one/Mon, 07 Apr 2025 03:05:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/zheleznyakgate-part-one/I set out to compile, in chronological order, every on‑record mention of Alexander Zheleznyak or Sergey Leontiev I could find on YouTube and add context that many may have missed due to the lack of adequate coverage.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-vyvod-aktivov/Wed, 29 Jan 2025 02:24:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-vyvod-aktivov/An overview of key aspects of asset stripping from Probusinessbank (PBB). Analysis of schemes via DMBL, OCIL, BCS Cyprus, Larienta, Lankora, links to investigations by Maxim Katz and The Bell, plus previously unnoticed episodes and the hole in the bank’s balance.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/lankora-and-falcon/Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:26:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/lankora-and-falcon/A previously little‑known scheme to siphon around USD 50 million from AKB Probusinessbank via Switzerland’s Falcon Private Bank. Deal specifics, the Central Bank’s role, and what ultimately happened to Falcon.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/solodkiy-gave-himself-away/Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:11:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/solodkiy-gave-himself-away/By the way, Nerses rightly pointed out to me this morning that here Solodkiy slipped up again, admitting that Leontyev was not involved in the “Navalny’s card” project.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/who-is-david-aminov/Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:03:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/who-is-david-aminov/Aminov, David Isakovich, Doctor of Law, Professor; Academician of the Academy of Military Sciences.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/vazhnost-affidavita/Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:48:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/vazhnost-affidavita/Why did Vladimir Ashurkov’s sworn statement, as FBK’s executive director, become decisive in the Probusinessbank case? We break down how a single witness helped avoid a hearing on the merits under the pretext of “political persecution,” and what that meant for depositors.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/what-makes-me-sad/Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:13:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/what-makes-me-sad/Reflections on FBK’s actions and public speakers in the context of Leontyev, Zheleznyak, and Probusinessbank. This is not about politics, but about justifying crimes.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/tokmakov-and-larienta/Mon, 04 Nov 2024 02:03:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/tokmakov-and-larienta/This is a story about yet another scheme for siphoning assets out of Probusinessbank. If I were asked to show what corruption looks like, it would look exactly like in this photograph.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/tokmakov-za-pevchikh/Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:29:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/tokmakov-za-pevchikh/Few people know that behind Maria Pevchikh stands Sergei Tokmakov. Few know he was the irremovable director of the now-liquidated Larienta Management Limited, which nearly brought down Binbank.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-likbez-2/Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:23:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-likbez-2/Clarification of key elements of embezzlement using the case of Probiznesbank and a response to criticism from FBK and Professor Mironov.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-likbez/Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:44:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-likbez/A professor breaks down the main arguments in defense of Probiznesbank bankers and explains why they do not refute the fact of illegal withdrawal of funds.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-khishchenie-a-ne-risk-shifting/Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:20:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-khishchenie-a-ne-risk-shifting/In an article by ‘The Insider’ and in an interview between Andrey Zayakin and Alexander Plyushchev, two questionable narratives emerged about the asset diversion from Probusinessbank. The first — about alleged ‘risk shifting’, the second — about the impossibility of confirming theft due to the ‘disappearance without a trace’ of the money. Here’s why this was not risk shifting but straightforward theft, backed by legally structured offshore schemes, and why such claims raise serious questions.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/affidavit-ashurkova-and-navalny-card/Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:32:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/affidavit-ashurkova-and-navalny-card/Once again (hopefully for the last time) I’m writing a thread about the “Navalny Card,” about Ashurkov’s “affidavit,” and how bankers use Vladislav Solodkiy’s story.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/about-ledorub-article/Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:34:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/about-ledorub-article/I was looking for information about Sergei Leontyev’s lawyer, who apparently devised the defense strategy with publications in the business press ahead of trials in Western countries — Jonathan Reich, an employee of Grid Market Research owned by Leontyev.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/about-kvitman/Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:27:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/about-kvitman/Kvitman is Zheleznyak’s personal assistant (and also his personal interpreter). She used to be named Evgenia Sokolova.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/polden-protiv-putina/Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:30:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/polden-protiv-putina/Leonid Volkov claimed that they (Zheleznyak’s firm) threw all their weight behind Noon Against Putin, and that’s why it succeeded. This is false.https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/about-kovalenko/Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:19:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/about-kovalenko/There is a paintball club called RUSSIAN Legion aka Boston RED Legion, now simply RED Legion. Its story goes back to 2004. It was founded by one Sergei Leontyev (ring a bell?).https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/ashurkov-lied-about-navalny-card/Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:16:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/posts/ashurkov-lied-about-navalny-card/You didn’t ask, but I’ll repeat it: Vladimir Ashurkov lied in his affidavit about the “Navalny card.” That testimony underpins the defense narrative of Zheleznyak, Leontiev, and Lomov—to avoid repayment of the stolen funds.