The Kremlin's Ozone Layer: FBK has discovered that the largest marketplace, Ozon, is linked to Putin's shadowy business empire.

Anti-Corruption Fund foundthat almost 35% of Ozon shares were bought out with cash Gennady Timchenko, who is a close friend of Vladimir Putin and probably his business partner.

It was Timchenko who, in 2024, provided an interest-free loan of 51 billion rubles to the company Optima, which became a key financial link in the deal to purchase a large stake in the marketplace, and its employees are connected to Putin's inner circle. Optima, for example, is headed by Daria BrylyakovaShe is also listed among the managers of the Igora Drive race track, which is registered to Putin's nephew. Mikhail ShelomovIn addition, the chief accountant of Optima Zhanna Tsapleva Previously, she worked for the Relax company, which belonged to Putin's former lover. Svetlana Kryvonohykh.

The fact that Putin owns Ozon shares is indirectly evidenced by the harsher rhetoric he has had since August 22, the day Ukraine dealt the first significant blow to the marketplace's warehouses. Samara regionA few hours later, Putin saidthat Kyiv “opened this Pandora’s box” and began to threaten escalation (before that he He claimedthat Ukrainian drones are causing harm to the Russian economy, but “there are no critical consequences from such attacks”).

On August 23, Ukraine attacked Ozon warehouses in Orenburg, August 24 - in Adygea, Stavropol и Dagestan.

Today, August 27, a warehouse was attacked in Bashkortostan.