MOSCOW (AFX) - Russia has issued an international warrant for the arrest of Oleg Kiselev, the president of investment bank Renaissance Capital, according to his lawyer.
The Tverskaya court in Moscow yesterday ordered Kiselev's arrest on a fraud charge, said lawyer Alexander Asnis.
"I am going to appeal against that decision," Asnis said.
The investigation, which is being handled by the Moscow city prosecutor's office, is related to an alleged attempt to seize 97 pct of iron-ore producer Mikhailovsky GOK, according to the economic newspaper Vedomosti.
Kiselev was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency that the charges took him by surprise and that he was convinced he was the victim of commercial machinations by rivals.
Kiselev, who Asnis said was abroad somewhere undergoing medical tests, said he was ready to return to Russia to testify in the case in which he has already been a witness, according to the agency.
Interfax yesterday said Kiselev had stepped down as president of the board of Renaissance Company, but this was confirmed neither by Kiselev nor the group.
Kiselev was an associate in the inception of the giant Alfa group, then became chairman of the Impexbank and subsequently of the Metalloinvest holding company. He was appointed president of Renaissance Capital in 2002.
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The Tverskaya court in Moscow yesterday ordered Kiselev's arrest on a fraud charge, said lawyer Alexander Asnis.
"I am going to appeal against that decision," Asnis said.
The investigation, which is being handled by the Moscow city prosecutor's office, is related to an alleged attempt to seize 97 pct of iron-ore producer Mikhailovsky GOK, according to the economic newspaper Vedomosti.
Kiselev was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency that the charges took him by surprise and that he was convinced he was the victim of commercial machinations by rivals.
Kiselev, who Asnis said was abroad somewhere undergoing medical tests, said he was ready to return to Russia to testify in the case in which he has already been a witness, according to the agency.
Interfax yesterday said Kiselev had stepped down as president of the board of Renaissance Company, but this was confirmed neither by Kiselev nor the group.
Kiselev was an associate in the inception of the giant Alfa group, then became chairman of the Impexbank and subsequently of the Metalloinvest holding company. He was appointed president of Renaissance Capital in 2002.
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