Kadyrov was involved in the divorce of the richest woman in Russia. The dispute between the former spouses ended with a shooting in the center of Moscow

It was a scene like an action movie. On Wednesday, Vladislav Bakalčuk arrived at the Wildberries company headquarters, located in a prestigious location within sight of the Kremlin, accompanied by several other men. They tried to get into security in the past.

Bakalchuk came to settle scores with his now wife, Taťána. The situation resulted in a shootout that claimed two lives and left several injured. The police then arrested Bakalčuk and thirty other people.

He himself said that he had come to “negotiate in peace” and that the conflict was caused by security in the building. However, Bakalčuková denied her statement on Telegram, saying that it was, in her opinion, a botched attempt to destroy her company, she said Russian media.

“Vladislav, what are you doing? How can you see your parents and our children in the eye now?” she spoke to her husband in a video posted on ttelegram. The dispute between the influential couple has been moving the Russian business world for several months. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov even played his part in it. But more about that later.

The controversy over Wildberries has been going on since spring. A month before filing for divorce, in March, Bakalčuková announced a plan to join Russ Group. She also signed the contract on the merger of the two companies, and even if it was “sanctified” directly in the Kremlin, by Vladimir Putin, the group said Bloomberg.

However, the industry press described the move, presented as a merger of equals, as “very strange”, since Wildberries is twenty times the size of the Russ Group, the website said. Times of Moscow.

According to the magazine, Bakalčuková’s desire was Forbes the ability to compete globally with other Internet business giants such as Amazon or Alibaba. However, this is difficult due to the amount of sanctions on the Russian economy, and the merger may have played a role in this.

But this move was not liked by her husband, who opposed it publicly. According to him, the owners of the Russ company were cheating on his wife and they only wanted to take away her property.

He decided to act and sent in his powerful friend, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. They recorded and later released a video together in which the two accused Russ’ company of a hostile takeover of Wildberries.

In the video, Kadyrov did not forget to emphasize his usual theme, traditional family values. According to him, the woman, in this case Taťána, must “return home”. He promised to stand by Bakalchuk “until the end”.

It is not known exactly what he meant by this. However, one of the men who joined Bakalchuk in Wednesday’s attempted attack on the Wildberries center is said to be a member of the mixed martial arts club founded by Ramzan Kadyrov.