[Russia] - Investigative Report Alleges Links Between Billionaire Deripaska and Prostitution Ring Involving Minors

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A criminal examination into a Russian prostitution ring involving underage women exposed allegations that billionaire tycoon Oleg Deripaska
was a client, according to a new investigativereportby the banished news outlets Vyorstka and IStories.The alleged sex ring run from at
least 2018 to 2019 and masqueraded as local teen appeal pageants, modeling companies, as well as dating websites, reporters stated, citing
law enforcement records provided to them by an anonymous source.Russian authorities investigators determined a minimum of four minor victims
and pressed criminal charges versus 5 individuals in 2019
One of the victims affirmed that Deripaska had patronized of the ring, according to the report, which was released on Thursday.Three
accuseds were sentenced to approximately 6 years in jail in between 2022 and 2024
Of the staying 2, one is still desired by the Russian authorities while the other has actually prevented extradition from Austria.The just
male offender in the criminal case supposedly signed up with the Wagner mercenary group to combat in the war versus Ukraine and was later on
awarded a medal for bravery.Russias Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, did not respond to Vyorstkas and IStories requests
for comment.A confidential cops private investigator informed the 2 outlets that district attorneys ordered them to drop an examination into
Deripaska over the supposed sex ring
Our superiors, on orders of the prosecutors, told us not to meddle, the detective was priced quote as saying.Deripaskas assistant and his
aluminum business Rusal did not react to requests for comment.Another declared customer, business person Alexander Usov, left to Austria,
which rejected Moscows demand to have him extradited
The report describes Usov as a service partner of the family of former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and as having held major
construction contracts in St
Petersburg.Following publication of the investigative report on Thursday, both Vyorstka and IStories said their sites and social networks
channels came under coordinated cyberattacks.In 2018, the late opposition activist Alexei Navalny accused Deripaska of having ties to a
young Belarusian escort in between 2016 and 2017
Deripaska denied those accusations at the time, dismissing Navalnys video examination as slander.