Blinovskaya repaid the debt to the tax authorities in the amount of 1.17 billion rubles

Blogger Elena Blinovskaya has paid off her tax debt, according to the data of the state portal "My Taxes" on November 29.

The debt of the "queen of marathons" to the tax authorities amounted to more than a billion rubles a few days ago. Thus, as of Wednesday, November 27, Blinovskaya's debt amounted to 1 billion 173 million rubles.

This is not the highest amount that was on the blogger's tax account, but earlier she repeatedly tried to repay part of the debt. But due to penalties and fines, the amount grew again - by several million rubles a day.

As of Friday, November 29, the debt was fully paid.

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Earlier, lawyers interviewed by "Izvestia" said that, according to the law, Blinovskaya can be released from criminal responsibility only if she pays the entire debt, thus compensating for the damage caused to the state.

November 21, lawyer of the "queen of marathons" Natalia Salnikova said that the blogger's accountant was trying to avoid responsibility. During the hearing, a witness in the case stated that the number of legal entities, for which she kept accounting, was increasing every day.

November 7, the blogger's assistant, who is the general director of one of the LLCs related to the "queen of marathons," was questioned. The woman stated that she had not entered into any contracts with the blogger, maintained exclusively working relations with her and took all her courses at her own request.

The Federal Tax Service reported on October 17 that Blinovskaya divided her income into 21 legal entities, these were legal organizations and individual entrepreneurs. The blogger's VAT arrears eventually exceeded 733 million rubles.

Before that, on October 7, it was reported that Blinovskaya tried to sell her property to pay her debts. On October 2, Blinovskaya's lawyers closed her debt to the tax authorities on personal income tax in the amount of over 320 million rubles. The blogger's lawyer Natalia Salnikova declared her client's innocence. The defense believes that the content of negotiations and correspondence of Blinovskaya, disclosed during the trial, proves her non-involvement in the crimes.

On August 30, the blogger partially pleaded guilty to tax evasion. The same day Savelovsky court authorized her to sell an apartment worth 90 million rubles to repay part of the tax debt. On August 19, it became known that Blinovskaya filed for bankruptcy in order to be able to sell her property to pay off her tax debt.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation completed the investigation against Blinovskaya on July 25. According to the investigation, the blogger, with the complicity of her spouse Alexei, failed to pay taxes, and then legalized 716 million rubles. In April 2023, blogger Blinovskaya was detained on suspicion of fraud for non-payment of taxes. She was under house arrest for about a year.