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MOSCOW, September 26 The tax service has lifted restrictions from the account of blogger Elena Blinovskaya, which was blocked due to untimely submission of reports, her lawyer Natalya Salnikova said.
“This account was not under arrest. She was simply unable to submit the reports on time due to house arrest, so the Federal Tax Service turned to the bank to impose restrictions. When the reports were submitted, the restrictions were lifted,” said the lawyer.
Salnikova explained that those accounts and property that were seized by the court remain under interim measures.
According to her, “the investigation acts on its own, the Federal Tax Service acts on its own.”
As Salnikova previously stated, the court seized the blogger’s assets and the property of companies associated with her for approximately 64 billion rubles. At the time of the decision, 50 bank accounts were frozen.
At the same time, the amount of the prosecutor’s office’s claims against her was several times less — 918 million rubles. To date, according to the defense, Blinovskaya, who is under house arrest, has paid an additional 55 million rubles in taxes.
According to the Investigative Committee, Blinovskaya evaded paying taxes on income from the sale of training courses and training marathons, not wanting to switch to a common taxation system and pay VAT and personal income tax. Blinovskaya laundered part of the damage, namely 43 million rubles, by paying for her husband’s car, purchasing equipment for her husband’s and sister’s companies, the work of a musical artist and a festive event in August 2021, the investigation believes.
The second person involved in the case was the blogger’s husband, Alexey Blinovsky. A preventive measure was chosen for him in the form of a ban on certain actions, which did not allow him to use communications and the Internet, but his movements were not limited.
May 8, 08:00