Natalia Kuzmina, vice-rector for financial and economic affairs at MGIMO University, and her son Enver have been placed on a wanted list in connection with a fraud case, according to Mediazona, citing the Interior Ministry database. The two have been sought since August 5, and charges have been filed in absentia.
According to RBC, the suspects allegedly organized a scheme to transfer ownership of about 80 non-residential premises in the Knightsbridge Park residential complex in Moscow's Khamovniki district. The spaces, intended for engineering infrastructure and building maintenance, were registered as private property and then sold or otherwise disposed of.
The scheme came to light after the homeowners' association "Dom na Yefremova" replaced the previous management company, "Restavratsiya-N+", and conducted an inventory. Owners discovered that some premises they believed should belong to all apartment owners had been registered to private individuals. The association filed a police complaint, and in 2023 the Khamovnichesky District Court ruled the disputed properties were common property of the complex's owners.
Enver Kuzmina previously headed Restavratsiya N, the company that built the complex. According to RBC, the Kuzminas are outside Russia and deny guilt. The case is being investigated by the Main Investigative Directorate of the Russian Interior Ministry for Moscow.
In 2019, journalists Ksenia Luchenko and Ilya Azar lost a court case against the Kuzmina family after publishing reports about construction in Khamovniki. Luchenko said they had to pay a total of 800,000 rubles in compensation for damage to business reputation, and municipal deputy Alexandra Parushina paid another 400,000 rubles.