British private equity firm , Lehram , is seeking the return of a £ 250 m mine in Russia it claims was transferred illegally to a company linked to a Siberian billionaire , Alexander ##ov . Lehram , which was set up to exploit underperforming mining assets in Russia and the former Soviet bloc , seeks to secure the transfer of the asset , which contains estimated coal reserves of more than 500 m tonnes . The Shchukin family has extensive interests in Britain . Putin ’s son - in - law , Ildar Uzbekov , recently bought the UK ’s largest ethical energy broker , ” Utility Aid . The case comes after a director of Lehram , Igor ##ov , was sentenced to prison in Siberia where , it is claimed , he signed over the Gramoteinskaya factory and railway complex to avoid a longer sentence .
British private equity firm, Lehram, is seeking the return of a £250m mine in Russia it believes was transferred illegally to a company linked to a Siberian billionaire, Alexander Shchukin. Lehram, which was set up to exploit underperforming mining assets in Russia and the former Soviet bloc, seeks to void the transfer of the asset, which contains estimated coal reserves of more than 300m tonnes. The Shchukin family has extensive interests in Britain. Shchukin’s son-in-law, Ildar Uzbekov, recently bought the UK’s largest ethical energy broker,” Utility Aid. The case comes after a director of Lehram, Igor Rudyk, was sent to prison in Siberia where, it is claimed, he signed over the Gramoteinskaya coalmine and railway complex to avoid a longer sentence.