INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vladislav Bakalchuk, the estranged husband of Wildberries CEO Tatyana Kim, credited Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov with helping him stay
headquarters last week.Bakalchuk made those comments in an interview just days before he led a group of men to the main office of
Wildberries in Moscow on Sept
18, resulting in a deadly shootout and his subsequent arrest on multiple felony charges, including murder
the advertising firm Russ Group
outside the Wildberries headquarters
the men accompanying him.The next day, Bakalchuk released a video on Telegram, claiming he was released from police custody and returned
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