Russian businessman Ilya Traber detained in contract killing probe, media report
- FSB officers detained prominent Russian businessman Ilya Traber on Monday morning, according to news outlet Fontanka, though authorities have not officially confirmed the arrest.
- Fontanka linked the detention directly to an ongoing investigation into the October 24, 2020, murder of businessman and local politician Alexander Petrov, fatally shot at his home.
- As of 2025, Traber owned 31.7% of the Primorsk Universal Cargo Complex, a Baltic port designed to handle up to 70 million tons of cargo annually.
- During the operation, law enforcement also detained Traber's longstanding business partner, Vladimir Danilenko, while police raids targeted his private residence and corporate offices.
- Traber gained prominence in the 1990s while President Vladimir Putin served as deputy mayor in Petersburg; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the two met to discuss terminal projects.
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Warsaw, Poland – On Wednesday morning, 17 June, officers from the Central Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detained the high-profile St. Petersburg businessman Ilya Traber. His arrest comes as a surprise to many, as he is a famous figure in Russia’s second city in two specific respects. One is that he is well-known as being a major kingpin in St. Petersburg’s criminal underworld, where he has acquired the nickname “the A…
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