This is evident from the information in the lawsuit of the Russian figure skater, which was published in the Official Journal of the EU, writes “The Moscow Times”.
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Sanctions against T. Navka were imposed after the full-scale war began in Ukraine in 2022, due to her connections with “a person supporting actions that threaten the territorial integrity of Ukraine”. Sanctions were also imposed because, according to EU data, T. Navka was a co-owner of companies and real estate in annexed Crimea.
Spoke about moral damage
In her lawsuit, D. Peskov claims that the EU Council did not have sufficient grounds to include her in the “blacklist”. Furthermore, the document emphasizes that these restrictions allegedly violate her right to human dignity, as well as the right to respect for family life concerning her and her children. As compensation for material damage, T. Navka demanded almost 135 thousand euros, and for moral damage – more than 1.9 million euros.
T. Navka’s lawsuit was filed with the EU court along with similar lawsuits filed by billionaire Roman Trotsenko and singer Polina Gagarina at the end of May.
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Along with them, a woman named Ignatova, who is believed to be the wife or stepdaughter of Sergey Chemezov, head of the state corporation “Rostec”, decided to challenge the sanctions. Both of them have been on the EU sanctions list since 2022 and control significant assets. The last published declaration of S. Chemezov’s wife indicated an annual income of about 24 million US dollars. Stepdaughter Anastasia Ignatova controls hundreds of millions of dollars worth of assets through offshore structures, including an 85-meter yacht “Valerie”, valued at approximately 140 million US dollars.
Where did the money come from?
D. Peskov and T. Navka met in 2010, and their daughter Nadezhda was born in 2014. In 2015, the couple married in a luxury hotel in Sochi. Forbes magazine named D. Peskov and T. Navka one of the wealthiest families in the Kremlin. The family’s expenses have repeatedly come under the scrutiny of Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation.
Meanwhile, D. Peskov explained the purchases of expensive real estate and holiday expenses by T. Navka’s high income.
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