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Swiss Attorney General ends criminal case against Russian oligarch Rybolovlev

MPC terminates criminal proceedings against Rybolovlev
MPC terminates criminal proceedings against Rybolovlev Keystone-SDA

The Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has closed the criminal proceedings opened in 2017 against Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev, related to his dispute with Geneva art dealer Yves Bouvier. They say there are no grounds for prosecution.

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The OAG’s verdict, conveyed on Tuesday by Rybolovlev’s defence and shared with the Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA, cleared the businessman of suspicion of “acts performed without right for a foreign state” for allegedly luring Bouvier to Monaco to be apprehended by the police of the Principality.

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“The OAG is unable to establish the facts […] and no suspicion justifying an indictment has been established, so the proceedings should be closed,” the order states.

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“We are pleased with this decision by which Swiss justice brings a definitive end to the case,” said Rybolovlev’s Swiss lawyers.

At the end of 2023, Rybolovlev and Bouvier had reached an out-of-court settlement resolving all their differences.

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