The former head of the Republic of Mari El, Leonid Markelov, who is under investigation, and his family own real estate with a total value of more than 500 million rubles. Yoshkar-Ola is lined with replicas of Italian palaces and castles from the Renaissance, some of which belong to the former governor and his relatives. Markelov also has real estate in Moscow.

Leonid Markelov. Photo: Global Look

In one of these “castles” in the city center on the banks of the Malaya Kokshaga River, Markelov himself lives with his daughter and son, reports L!fe. The ex-head of the region owns two apartments in the house with total area almost 500 sq. m, as well as commercial real estate on the ground floor. The total cost of these three objects is 30 million rubles.

In the capital, Markelov owns an apartment in a club house on Mashkova Street, 9, near Chistye Prudy. Apartment area - 71 sq. m, it costs approximately 30 million rubles. Markelov acquired these apartments back in 1998, when he was a State Duma deputy.

An apartment with an area of ​​400 square meters was also purchased with Markel’s money. m worth about 10 million rubles. in the center of Yoshkar-Ola. Now she is registered to the ex-wife of the disgraced official.

The richest member of the ex-governor's family is his stepmother, 71-year-old Tatyana Ivanovna. The Muscovite pensioner owns a number of companies with billion-dollar turnover and net profit approximately 500 million rubles per year. Markelova's sphere of entrepreneurial interests is extensive - this includes investing in securities, and real estate rental, and quarrying, and media activities.

The stepmother also owns a significant part of Markelov’s real estate empire worth approximately 300 million rubles. These include three mansions (a country family estate on the picturesque Lake Karas), five land plots with a total area of ​​almost three hectares and the luxurious hotel "Ludovico Moro" in the center of Yoshkar-Ola with a country "branch" on the shore of the same lake. The hotel business brings the stepmother 30 - 40 million rubles. annually.

The pearl of the Markelov collection - office building downtown. It is a copy of the Florentine palace Palazzo Vecchio, where the Medici family lived. Most of it is occupied by a store, the rest of the commercial space is given to a restaurant, radio station and other organizations. On the turret of the “palace” there is a local landmark - the movable sculptural composition “12 Apostles”.

Tatyana Markelova controls real estate through the companies she owns - TV Company 12 Region, which earned 285 million rubles last year, and Voskresensky Park.

Data on the assets of the ex-governor will be added to the criminal case. If it is confirmed that the property was purchased with bribes, it may go to the state.

Leonid Markelov is accused of receiving a bribe in the amount of 235 million rubles. Together with him in the case were the director of that very “Television Company 12 Region” Natalya Kozhanova and a local entrepreneur, head of the Akashevskaya Poultry Farm OJSC Nikolai Krivash. Investigators believe that Markelov, in exchange for bribes, helped Krivash receive subsidies from the budget, and Kozhanova played the role of an intermediary. So, in 2015, Markelov “knocked out” more than 4 billion rubles for the poultry farm. subsidies.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow previously arrested Leonid Markelov and Natalya Kozhanova until June 12, 2017. Both defendants do not admit their guilt.

During searches in the mansion of the former head of Mari El Leonid Markelov in Yoshkar-Ola, luxury items of historical and cultural value were discovered, reports the online magazine "7x7".

According to the publication, employees central office The FSB of Russia seized from a mansion in the center of Yoshkar-Ola a lifetime edition of the poems of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin with the personal autograph of the “sun of Russian poetry,” as well as manuscripts of the famous Russian historian and writer of the 18th century Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin.

In addition, works of art by world famous Italian artists (Botticelli and Raphael), sculptors and architects of the Renaissance were also found in the mansion. It is noted that some of the found works of art are on the international wanted list.

Official footage of the property seized from Markelov, according to the site, will be published later this week. Meanwhile, experts estimated the value of the works of art found in Markelov’s possession at several tens of millions of euros.

The searches were carried out as part of a criminal investigation into a bribe, the former head of the region is suspected of receiving. Earlier, the lawyer of another person involved in the case, entrepreneur Nikolai Krivashin, Igor Trunov, reported that in addition to searches in Markelov’s Yoshkar-Ola apartment, searches were also carried out in the apartment of Markelov’s daughter in Moscow, as well as in the house of his wife.

The Life TV channel reported on a large list of real estate properties worth about 500 million rubles that Markelov and his family members may own. According to the publication, in Yoshkar-Ola the Markelov family owns two apartments with a total area of ​​about 500 square meters. meters and commercial in a building on Voskresenskaya embankment. In Moscow, the disgraced politician owns an apartment on Mashkova Street near Chistye Prudy with an area of ​​71 square meters. meters and cost about 30 million rubles.

Markelov’s ex-wife, according to media reports, owns an apartment and commercial real estate with a total area of ​​400 sq. meters and cost about 10 million rubles. And the publication calls the stepmother of the ex-head of the republic Tatyana Markelova the wealthiest representative of the “Markelov clan”. She owns a luxury hotel, an office building, three mansions and land with a total area of ​​about 3 hectares. The cost of these objects is estimated at about 300 million rubles.

The former head of Mari El, Leonid Markelov, was detained in Yoshkar-Ola on the morning of April 13. The Investigative Committee suspects the ex-governor, known for his promise to dig up a road in a village where he was poorly received, of trying to receive a bribe of 250 million rubles for patronage and subsidies to the Akashevskaya agricultural holding.

Money in the form of bills, according to the Investigative Committee, was transferred to Markelov by one of former owners and the founders of the holding, Nikolai Krivash, a deputy of the Mari Legislative Assembly who managed to travel abroad. The mediator in the transfer of the bribe was the director of the Mari TV channel "12 Region" Natalia Kozhanova.

A criminal case was opened against Markelov on the grounds of crimes provided for in Part 6 of Article 290 ("Taking a Bribe"), Part 5 of Article 291 ("Giving a Bribe"), Part 4 of Article 291.1 ("Mediation in Bribery") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

On April 14, the Basmanny Court remanded Markelov in custody until June 12. During the court hearing, Markelov complained about the arbitrariness of the operatives during searches of his home. “They terrorize me with searches: they tore all the mattresses, destroyed the award weapons,” he said.

Italian palaces, hotels and mansions

The former head of Mari El, Leonid Markelov, created his own “little Italy” in Yoshkar-Ola - copies of palaces and castles. Most of them are owned either by the ex-head of the region himself, and now a defendant in a criminal case, or by: total cost The real estate owned by the Markelovs is estimated at more than 500 million rubles.

Investigators who are leading the case of the former head of Mari El Leonid Markelov, suspected of receiving a bribe of 235 million, are now finding out what assets the official and his family have, as well as how they earned it all. If it is confirmed that the property was purchased with bribes, it may go to the state.

Markelov the Magnificent

The head of the Florentine Republic, Lorenzo Medici, was called Lorenzo the Magnificent for his love of luxury, as well as for his support of people of art. The former head of the Republic of Mari El Leonid Markelov received from local residents almost the same nickname.

He adores Italy and Lorenzo de' Medici himself. Yoshkar-Ola is lined with copies of Italian Renaissance palaces: here is the pseudo-Venetian Doge's Palace, the Florentine castle Palazzo Vecchio, where the Medici lived, and dozens of other buildings in a similar style.

According to media reports, during searches in the mansion of the former head of Mari El Leonid Markelov, luxury items of historical and cultural value were discovered. Markelov found paintings by Italian artists Botticelli and Raphael, manuscripts by Nikolai Karamzin, and poems by Pushkin with the poet’s autograph. Media reports that some of the works of art found in the possession of the ex-head of the region are on the international wanted list. Markelov's lawyer Pyotr Sevruk said: his ward did not acquire valuable paintings, especially those that were wanted.

Searches were carried out in the mansion of the former head of Mari El Leonid Markelov in Yoshkar-Ola. According to the online magazine “7x7”, during the investigation, luxury items of historical and cultural value were discovered in the house. In particular, according to the publication, paintings by Italian artists Botticelli, Raphael, works by sculptors and architects of the Renaissance were found. Also confiscated from Markelov was a lifetime edition of Alexander Pushkin’s poems with his personal autograph and manuscripts of the 18th century Russian historian and writer Nikolai Karamzin.

The report says that some of the works of art are on the international wanted list. Experts estimated the value of the items found on Markelov at several tens of millions of euros.

At the same time, the lawyer of the ex-head of Mari El, Peter Sevruk, told RIA Novosti that Markelov did not acquire valuable paintings, especially those that were wanted. “I was in the pre-trial detention center with Markelov, and he said that he did not collect or acquire any valuable works of art, did not steal them, and certainly had nothing to do with the paintings that were on the international wanted list,” Sevruk said.

According to him, he saw only one search report from Markelov. The document spoke of the discovery of a collection of coins. The lawyer noted that these coins are not of particular value.

Let us remind you that a criminal case was previously opened against the former head of Mari El under articles of receiving a bribe, giving a bribe and mediation in bribery. According to investigators, Markelov received 235 million rubles from the agricultural holding. for assistance in obtaining government support.

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