Russian businessman, former owner of the Solikamsk magnesium plant (SMZ) Igor Pasterkov applied for political asylum in France, following the materials of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. The document was published in the British State Archives of Court Decisions. They were the first to write about it. The trial is related to the sale in 2015 of minority shares in two Russian companies - Solikamsk Magnesium Plant (SMZ) and Lovozersky Mining and Processing Plant (GOK), which were subsequently seized by the state due to violations in the registration of property rights. Pasterkov sued the chairman of the board of directors of SMZ Alexander Gutin, who was a lawyer on the side of the Cypriot company Canemare Enterprises, which sold shares to Pasterkov. RBC channel at "MAX".

Russian businessman, former owner of the Solikamsk magnesium plant (SMZ) Igor Pasterkov applied for political asylum in France, following the materials of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. The document was published in the British State Archives of Court Decisions. They were the first to write about it. The trial is related to the sale in 2015 of minority shares in two Russian companies - Solikamsk Magnesium Plant (SMZ) and Lovozersky Mining and Processing Plant (GOK), which were subsequently seized by the state due to violations in the registration of property rights. Pasterkov sued the chairman of the board of directors of SMZ Alexander Gutin, who was a lawyer on the side of the Cypriot company Canemare Enterprises, which sold shares to Pasterkov. RBC channel at "MAX".