Blinovska's husband called it his idea to formalize each blogger's marathon into a legal entity

Elena Blinovskaya's husband Alexei Blinovskaya stated that he himself proposed to formalize each marathon of the blogger on a separate legal entity. This was reported on January 16 by the correspondent of "Izvestia" from the hall of Savelovsky district court.

"When marathons began to gain more and more popularity and new products began to appear, it was decided, including with me, <...> to formalize each marathon on a separate legal entity. <...> It was me who suggested it," said Alexey.

Blinovsky added that he had no intention to evade taxes - he was sure that these actions will simplify accounting. The husband of the blogger emphasized that he and Elena could not predict the business and did not have time to prepare the staff on their own.

Earlier in the day, Elena Blinovskaya fully admitted guilt in non-payment of taxes, legalization and illegal turnover of funds.

Also on January 16, Blinovskaya told the court that she had written a confession from the very first day of the investigation. She indicated that her position on pleading guilty to tax evasion 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.