Blinovskaya fully pleaded guilty in court to non-payment of taxes

Blogger Elena Blinovskaya fully admitted her guilt in tax evasion during questioning in court. This was reported by the Izvestia correspondent from the Savelovsky courtroom on January 16.

"I fully admit guilt," Blinovskaya said at the hearing.

In addition, she fully admits that she legalized illegally obtained income, confirms and the circumstances in which one of the firms under her control issued loans. The blogger said that her husband Alexei in 2018 transferred all the functions to Lilia Orlenko, who was then the curator of the "Marathon of Wishes" Blinovskaya. In addition, the blogger said that in 2017, accountant Natalia Avdentova began to participate in her criminal activities.

Blinovskaya said that she herself did not offer anyone to establish companies, did not participate in the opening of legal entities and did not know that someone was forcing people to create them. If she had been aware of such situations, she would have immediately fired her employees who were involved.

The blogger pointed out that the financial part of all the activities of Blinovskikhs was handled by Denis Provorov, a friend of her husband, and she does not know how finances were distributed in the companies. In addition, the defendant did not deny that she signed contracts and documents related to the procedures of license agreements - she was often brought to sign such papers.

Earlier in the day, Blinovskaya told the court that she had written a confession of guilt from the very first day of the investigation. She indicated that her position on pleading guilty to non-payment of taxes was sincere. The blogger said that she had been engaged in online marathons since 2014 and started this activity with her friends, and then her husband joined her, who had to quit his job and help.

On January 14, the press service of the main interregional department of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) of the Russian Federation confirmed that the enforcement proceedings for the collection of tax debt were terminated against Blinovskaya. Prior to that, on November 29, 2024, it was reported that the blogger had fully repaid her debt to the Federal Tax Service (FTS) in the amount of 1 billion 173 million rubles.

On November 13, 2024, the court declared Blinovskaya bankrupt and began the realization of her property. On December 16, 2024, the blogger filed an appeal against the bankruptcy decision. According to the court filing, her husband Alexei Blinovsky also filed an appeal against the bankruptcy decision on December 6.

In April 2023, the blogger was detained on suspicion of fraud for non-payment of taxes in the amount of about 918 million rubles. For about a year she was under house arrest. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation completed the investigation against Blinovskaya on July 25. On August 30, 2024, the blogger partially pleaded guilty to tax evasion.