An investigation of Navalny’s campaign staff: family of ex-mayor of Khabarovsk owns six homes in California and Washington

Family of ex-mayor of Khabarovsk Alexander Sokolov, who headed the city for 18 years, owns six homes in the U.S. worth more than $6 million.

This is stated in the investigation of the headquarters of Alexei Navalny in Khabarovsk.

An investigation of Navalny’s campaign staff: family of ex-mayor of Khabarovsk owns six homes in California and WashingtonAlexander Sokolov. Photo: pnu.edu.ru

According to the headquarters of Navalny in Khabarovsk in 2004, the mayor’s wife, Leonora M. Sokolov — bought, Irvine (state of California) $623 thousand and $156 thousand were given immediately, and the remaining amount received a loan for thirty years.

By 2008, Leonora Maksimovna completely snuffed it out. Now the house realtor sites is estimated at $833 thousand

Also, the staff has provided documents according to which the wife ex-the mayor of Khabarovsk in 2005, bought another house in Irvine for $680 thousand

An investigation of Navalny’s campaign staff: family of ex-mayor of Khabarovsk owns six homes in California and WashingtonThe second family’s house in Irvine. Photo: Google maps

In 2007, Leonora M. younger daughter Elena bought the third house in Irvine for $750 thousand

In the investigation it is noted: about in 2012 Helen moved to the USA and entered the University of San Francisco. Finished it in two years and now works as an accountant in a California startup.

In 2014 Elena bought without loans historic mansion, 1947 in San Jose, and in April 2018, along with her husband purchased a second home in San Jose.

The son of ex-mayor Alexey with his wife in March 2018 bought a house in Washington state for $660 thousand

The staff Bulk note: since 2013, Russian officials were obliged to report not only on income but on spending, including expenses of wives and minor children (in particular, of the acquisition of land and real estate), if the transaction amount exceeds the total income over the past three years.

According to representatives of a staff, obviously, to the wife of Alexander Sokolova Leonora was not necessary to declare all property and related transactions it is in 2013, the extended a house in Irvine is the daughter of Elena through the contract of donation (1, 2, 3). At the moment, all discovered by staff real estate Sokolov in the US owns Elena, in addition to the house of Alex in Washington state.

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