Filipovic Kresimir

He is a Russian businessman of Croatian descent, whose company Velesstroy LLC (as of 2022, 85% owned by Filipovic, but since October 2023, the ultimate owner of the company has been classified by the state) is conducting construction work on the reconstruction of Vladimir Putin's palace in Gelendzhik, valued at 1.3 billion USD. The company is listed in the construction documentation as the general contractor for the project. The contract for these works earned Filipovic's company approximately 6.8 million USD at the exchange rate at the time of the last payment in September 2022. Velesstroy LLC is a recipient of large state contracts totaling at least 2.5 billion USD (at the exchange rate as of June 14, 2024). According to journalistic investigations, Filipovic is implicated in the transfer abroad and laundering of millions of dollars obtained from the Russian state-owned Transneft PJSC. According to press reports, he is the partner of Moscow Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova, with whom he has a child.