Major Development in the Rybolovlev Affair

Case Against Yves Bouvier in Monaco Dismissed After Investigation Found to be Systematically Biased

Monaco (ots/PRNewswire) - Monaco's Court of Appeal has dismissed the criminal
proceedings against Yves Bouvier initiated by the Russian oligarch Dmitry
Rybolovlev, owner of the AS Monaco football club. It was concluded that the
investigation against Bouvier was carried out with a systematic partiality and
bias which tainted the whole proceeding.

The criminal proceeding launched in January 2015 by the Russian oligarch Dmitry
Rybolovlev, against Yves Bouvier has been dismissed by the Monaco Court of
Appeal on 12 December, 2019. The Court found that "all investigations were
conducted in a biased and unfair way without the defendant being in a position
to retrospectively redress these serious anomalies that permanently compromised
the balance of rights of the parties."

The Court also said that "the evidence of the proceedings were all collected
under conditions which significantly undermined the rights of the defendant."

Similarly, it concluded that "all the acts of the investigation as well as the
introductory submission of February 24, 2015 is tainted by this grievance
(infringement of the rights of the defence) as well as the subsequent charges
against Yves Bouvier or Tania Boltadjieva (Rappo) on February 28, 2015 and all
subsequent acts of investigation which are the direct consequence thereof, since
these irregularities which seriously tainted the search and the establishment of
the truth impacting in a continuous and systematic way the entire proceeding."

This decision is a major turning point in the Rybolovlev affair and marks the
end of legal proceedings in Monaco against Yves Bouvier.

Yves Bouvier said: "Dmitry Rybolovlev's arguments never hold up to legal
scrutiny and this is the reason why he has not won a single case against me in
any jurisdiction. Rybolovlev's attacks against me had nothing to do with the
sale of art. He was trying to artificially depreciate the value of his
collection in the midst of his divorce proceeding, to punish me for having
refused to corrupt the Swiss judges in his divorce, and to steal my freeport in
Singapore and its technology to build a new one in Vladivostok".

Mr. Bouvier was advised by a team of lawyers in Monaco, France and Switzerland
composed of Luc Brossollet, Charles Lecuyer, David Bitton, Frank Michel and
Alexandre Camoletti.

Mr. Rybolovlev, who had initiated a string of commercial and criminal cases
against Mr. Bouvier in multiple jurisdictions, is now under criminal
investigations notably for corruption and influence trafficking in Monaco,
France and Switzerland in relation to his attacks against Mr. Bouvier.

Contact:

please contact Luc Brossollet
[e-mail] [phone]. Cabinet d'avocats
d'Antin - Brossollet
Luc Brossollet
[e-mail].

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