Sudden death of former advisor Ramzan Kadyrov

Pyotr Chuvilin, one of the most important witnesses in the case of Colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko, died in a private medical clinic in Moscow, Chuvilin’s relative told RBC.

On February 27, Russia’s Telegram channel reported that Chuvilin died “under strange circumstances.” A source from RBC says that the former banker was treated in a closed facility. He had been ill for a long time and had sepsis.

Pyotr Chuvilin is a former vice president of the Russian Inkredbank and co-owner of Capital Merchant Bank (STB), as well as a former advisor to the leader. Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. In 2014 Chuvilin was accused of fraud. According to investigators, he, along with two other people involved in the case, promised to settle the European Express Bank’s dispute with the central bank. Russia Five million dollars in 2016, Chuvilin was sentenced to four years in prison for this.

After his conviction, the former banker became one of the main witnesses in the case of the former colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Dmitry Zakharchenko. As reported by the Russian portal Rosbalt, Chuvilin told investigators that he and his German business partner Gorbuntsov had paid Zakharchenko 150,000. slot. per month for “Hardcover in the Home Office”.

Chuvilin’s testimony appeared in the case of Valery Markelov, “the king of the state,” the largest contractor for Russian Railways, who was prosecuted along with Zakharchenko. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and a fine of 500 million rubles. In addition, the former banker testified about the laundering of Russian money by the Bank of Moldova. This case also concerns Colonel Zakharchenko. In 2018, Chuvilin was released from prison.