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Boris Titov, Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs' Rights under the President. Archive photoMOSCOW, April 29 Former Russian businessmen from the «London list» who left Russia, despite the complexity of the current situation, want to return, but law enforcement agencies discourage them from doing so, RIA Novosti said Commissioner under the President of the Russian Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs Boris Titov. «The London List» is the code name for a list of former Russian businessmen who live abroad, while criminal cases have been opened against them in Russia. All participants in the list express their intention to return to Russia, provided that they are not subjected to a preventive measure in the form of a preliminary (prior to sentencing) detention. continue working with the «London list» «Of course, the crisis is making its own adjustments, relations with the West are becoming more and more difficult every day, but I can say that there are nonetheless business people who want to return, even in such a situation. However, Russian law enforcement the authorities discourage them from any desire to do this,” he said. Businessmen, in his words, “are ready not only to come, but also to be, as required by law, under investigation.” «But for the investigation to be open, so that while it is going on, they are at large, so that they finally have the right and opportunity to prove their innocence not from prison,» the Ombudsman emphasized. «But the state answers all this: let them come , and we'll see if they are imprisoned or not. It is clear that with such an attitude, no one will return, «Titov concluded.