Veaceslav Platon
Moldovan politician
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Veaceslav Platon (born 24 January 1973) is a Moldovan businessman[4] and former member of the Parliament of Moldova[5] from 2009[6] to 2010.[7] He also holds Russian citizenship.[8]
affiliations
Veaceslav Platon | |
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Platon in 2021 | |
| Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| In office 22 April 2009 – 24 December 2010 | |
| Parliamentary group | Our Moldova Alliance |
| Member of the Chișinău Municipal Council | |
| In office 23 May 1999 – 25 May 2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 January 1973 |
| Party | Alliance Our Moldova |
Other political affiliations | Alliance for European Integration (2009–2013) |
| Spouse | Evgenia Tulchevskaya |
| Children | 5 |
| Profession | Lawyer[2][3] |
Platon is one of the wealthiest people in Moldova,[9] with businesses in the field of sugar and banking in Moldova, and atomic energy in Ukraine. In 1994, Platon became vice-president of the administrative board of the Moldovan private bank Moldindconbank, and later became vice-president of the board of another Moldovan bank, Investprivatbank. In 1998, he was elected as a member of the Municipal Council of Chișinău on the lists of the electoral bloc of agrarians.[8]
He was accused of economic crimes,[10][9][11][12][13] and nicknamed "raider No. 1 in the CIS".[14][15][16][17]
Platon is the alleged architect of the Russian Laundromat, a scheme to move $20–80 billion out of Russia from 2010 to 2014 through a network of global banks, many of them in Moldova and Latvia.[18]
On 20 April 2017, Platon was sentenced to 18 years in prison.[19][20] However, then he was released, re-tried, and on 14 June 2021 was acquitted.[21] On 19 July 2021 he flew from Chișinău to London, and from there he flew to Prague.[22]
Personal life and views
Veaceslav Platon is married to Evgenia Tulchevskaya, a Ukrainian woman who at the age of 20 won the Miss Ukraine title in 2009.[23]
In April 2021, journalist Natalia Morari gave birth to Platon's son.[24]
Platon is a native speaker of Russian. In a 2016 interview, he said that the only way for Moldova to escape from the "disastrous situation in which it is" would be the unification with Romania.[25]