The false bankruptcy application for St. Petersburg Exchange stated debts of 435 million rubles.

The authors of the application for bankruptcy of the St. Petersburg Exchange filed in court in November, which the trading platform called fraudulent, wrote about overdue debt to Sberbank and VTB for 435 million rubles. This is stated in the text of the document that I have read RBC.

The statement states that the request to recognize the St. Petersburg Exchange as insolvent is based on debt to banks – 245 million rubles. before Sberbank and 190 million rubles. before VTB. It also states that due to US sanctions, the trading platform will not be able to fulfill its obligations.

The applicant indicated the St. Petersburg Exchange itself. The application bears an imprint of the seal of the trading platform, which resembles an old-style seal, and the signature of its general director Evgeny Serdyukov. St. Petersburg Exchange claims that it has no debts, and that the signature and seal were forged. The absence of a credit line and, accordingly, debts of St. Petersburg RBC Exchange was confirmed by VTB.

The filing of a bankruptcy petition for St. Petersburg Exchange became known on November 27. Against this background, shares of the trading platform on the Moscow Exchange fell by 30%. Press service of St. Petersburg Exchange reportedthat the company did not file for bankruptcy, but the Moscow Arbitration Court returned bankruptcy claim. The situation in the Central Bank of Russia called close to the crime and stated the need for an investigation.

More details in the text “Kommersant” “Bankruptcy was traded on the St. Petersburg Exchange”.

Petr Buzlaev