article_snippet: Mr Pugachev, the former billionaire business partner of the Queen's nephew Viscount Linley is accused in Moscow of siphoning more than £655million in funds from Mezhprombank, which filed for insolvency in 2010, including $700 million in Russian Central Bank bailout money.
article_snippet: Pugachev claims Pugachev is the victim of a 'politically motivated' asset grab by figures in the Russan elite of which Pugachev was a member before fleeing to London.
article_snippet: Pugachev property was 'expropriated by the state and by private persons', and sold at rock bottom prices, Pugachev claimed.
article_snippet: Pugachev also alleged in court that a senior Deposit Insurance Agency official earlier made 'a brazen attempt to extort money' from Pugachev, and threatened that 'Pugachev or Pugachev family could be physically harmed'.
highlights_snippet: Sergei Pugachev, 52, had Sergei Pugachev £1.3billion assets frozen by the High Court over Russian probe .
  
highlights_snippet: Accused of siphoning more than £655million in funds from Mezhprombank .
  
highlights_snippet: Sergei Pugachev complains freeze
highlights_snippet: has left Sergei Pugachev unable to support Sergei Pugachev partner and children .
  