Searches, detention, and freedom: how Igor Mikhnov, owner of the Antey Group of Companies, accused of fraud, avoided arrest
11:24, 12 июня 2026 г.
A Moscow court has refused to arrest Igor Mikhnov, the owner of one of Russia’s largest fishing holdings (third-largest in crab production).
Recently, Mikhnov’s structures have been promoting frozen crab on the Chinese market.
On Thursday evening, investigators asked the court to remand Igor Mikhnov in custody for two months. He had previously been charged with embezzlement by fraud. However, the court denied the investigators’ motion.
The day before, searches were conducted at the Antey Group offices in Vladivostok, Mikhnov was detained and sent to Moscow.
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Igor Mikhnov (his father, Ivan Mikhnov, is the founder and president of Antey Group) is the principal owner of the Vladivostok-based Antey Group, which harvests and processes crab and fish. It owns over 50 vessels that fish in the Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea, the Sea of Japan, and the Barents Sea. Mikhnov’s partner is Arkady Pinchevsky, who previously chaired the board of directors of the Moscow-based Kristall vodka distillery and served as vice governor of the Sakhalin Region.
In recent years, Mikhnov has frequently visited China and spoken extensively about the promotion of frozen crab in the Chinese market.