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| Monika Kryemadhi and Ilir Meta |
Albanian MP Monika Kryemadhi was financed by Russian money. Some transfers have been made public, which prove that Kryemadhi has received a series of payments in 2017 from offshore companies, behind which are Russian oil businessmen. The facsimiles of the transfers have been published by the foreign media EuReporter. According to the transfers, Kryemadhi made a payment to an offshore company, Vradus Holdings, behind which stood Vitaly Savvin, a Russian businessman in the oil market. Forbes magazine has revealed that Vitaly Savvin has been one of the biggest donors to Russian President Vladimir Putin, media say.
Kryemadhi has also received payments from the offshore company Holdem Holdings, which is controlled by Russian oil oligarchs Alexander Smizukov and Alexander Kaplan. It is unclear why Kryemadhi received these payments from these Russian businessmen. As described in the documents, references to the payment include 'shareholder dividends' and 'marketing services'.
All Albanian media have published this scandal. In fact, there were and still are doubts that Albanian politicians, especially Sali Berisha and Ilir Meta, secretly collaborate with the Russian government, but this time everything has been made public.
Monika Kryemadhi is the wife and partner of the former prime minister and former Albanian president Ilir Meta, who is also constantly accused of corruption, and once went live counting some money with the former MP Dritan Prifti, but with the claim that the video was staged. , this charge was dismissed.