The Russian businessman, the former owner of the Sulikamsk magnesium plant (SMZ) Igor Pastrykov has applied for political asylum in France, according to the materials of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. The document was published in the British Government Archives. Yeda was the first to write about it. The lawsuit stems from the sale of minority shares in 2015 in two Russian companies - the Solikamsk Magnesium Plant (SMZ) and the Lobozero Mining and Processing Plant (GOK) - which were subsequently seized by the state due to violations in the registration of ownership rights. Pastrykov sued the former chairman of the board of SMZ, Alexander Gutin, who was a lawyer on the side of the Cypriot company Canemare Enterprises, which sold shares to Pastrykov.

The Russian businessman, the former owner of the Sulikamsk magnesium plant (SMZ) Igor Pastrykov has applied for political asylum in France, according to the materials of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. The document was published in the British Government Archives. Yeda was the first to write about it. The lawsuit stems from the sale of minority shares in 2015 in two Russian companies - the Solikamsk Magnesium Plant (SMZ) and the Lobozero Mining and Processing Plant (GOK) - which were subsequently seized by the state due to violations in the registration of ownership rights. Pastrykov sued the former chairman of the board of SMZ, Alexander Gutin, who was a lawyer on the side of the Cypriot company Canemare Enterprises, which sold shares to Pastrykov.