The captain of the long-distance voyage Balakirev told about the path of the arrested American

On January 19, long-distance captain Andrei Balakirev told Izvestia about the journey of American Charles Wayne Zimmerman, who sailed to Kazan, but was arrested in Sochi for illegally transporting weapons.

According to the captain, the transition from the USA to Sochi takes on average just over two months. Consequently. A lot of supplies and supplies are needed.

"As we know, it started from the USA on July 19th, which is a bit late. This is the deadline for the transatlantic crossing from the United States to Europe. He came to Europe in the fall and, as I understand it, wintered in Europe. And when spring came, he went across the Mediterranean Sea towards the Black Sea — to Sochi," Balakirev suggested.

Implicated property: assets worth 500 million were seized from Oleg Chemezov's family.

Izvestia also found information about a villa in Montenegro, which is registered to the ex-wife of an ex-official.

On December 19, it became known about a US citizen who sailed to his beloved on a yacht in Kazan and was sentenced to five years in a penal colony for illegally transporting weapons and ammunition across the state border. It is clarified that the man fully admitted his guilt and added that he had not familiarized himself with the laws of Russia when he decided to make a trip to his girlfriend in Kazan, and assumed that the weapon could simply be on board the yacht.

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