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Five Projects Approved at the Expert Council of the Strategic Initiative Agency

Under the auspices of the Strategic Initiative Forum, an expanded meeting of the Expert Council of the Strategic Initiative Agency (SIA) which Filipp Ryabchenko, Senior Partner of the BIEL law firm, is a member of was held on July 21, 2016. The date of the event coincided with the 5th anniversary of the Strategic Initiative Agency.

Billionaire Vasily Anisimov Agreed on Amicable Settlement with V.V. Yakovlev-Owned Companies

According to the joint statement of the parties, V. Yakovlev repaid the loan in full to Vasily Anisimov. As a result, the client of the BIEL law firm retrieve his funds, while a 38% package of Kristall distillery equities used as collateral remained at the disposal of their owner. The disputable funds amounted to $22m, said to the mass media Filipp Ryabchenko, Senior Partner of the BIEL law firm, which defended Vasily Anisimov’s interests in court.

Disputes over Collection of Icons Do Not Subside

The collection of icons which belonged to Mikhail de Buar who died in 2009 has become the subject of hereditary litigation. The long-running conflict between the client of BIEL, a law firm, and other heirs of the late collector was resolved as early as 2012 with direct participation in the settlement of Filipp Ryabchenko, BIEL Partner. The parties to the dispute agreed then on an amicable settlement under which masterpieces of the Old Russian Art were to remain as a single undivided collection in Russia.