The Finiko pyramid case: The Interior Ministry has placed former Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov on the federal wanted list
22:22, 11 сентября 2026 г.
A wanted list notice for former Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov has appeared on the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ website. He was previously charged in absentia with fraud and organizing an organized crime group.
According to investigators, he was one of the organizers of the Finiko financial pyramid.
Earlier, media outlets reported that the federal search for Nikolai Nikiforov and the arrest of renowned designer and architect Azat Tukhvatullin were a particularly painful blow to Tatarstan’s leader, Rustam Minnikhanov.
He took them under his wing when they were still very young, lobbied for their entire careers, and considered them important members of his team. The source says that, as early as 2026, operatives knew and had all the evidence that Nikiforov and Tukhvatullin were behind the Finiko financial pyramid.
However, they were untouchable figures precisely because of their extreme closeness to Minnikhanov. Now, however, everything has suddenly changed, and the go-ahead has come from "the top." This usually happens when Vladimir Putin is dissatisfied with someone, and his inner circle begins being sent to pretrial detention.
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