No less than 33 companies owned by Russian businessmen are registered to the address of one subsidised apartment in Tallinn that is home to an 81-year-old lady.
Most of the companies in question were registered only this year. In May, 16 companies were registered to the address and 6 were incorporated in September.
All companies registered to the address have “legal services” as their area of activity and have the same contact telephone in Russia and the same e-mail address.
“This is my grandchild who is handling this business,” says the lady, explaining that the grandchild by the name of Kirill Ozhigin has a temporary residence permit for Estonia and is shuffling between Estonia and Russia.
According to authorities, many Russian businessmen have registered their companies in Estonia in the hope that this makes it easier for them to obtain an Estonian residence permit.
Toomas Hõbemägi
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