Lianna: So what did you and your son receive?
Natalia Potanina: It is not a fixed figure that he sends to his son. The court said he would pay a quarter of his whole income. However he pays maintenance only from the income in his position as managing director at Norilsk Nickel and ignores all other sources of income he has.
Moreover, even this decreased alimony that Vladimir himself determines is further reduced by him. He pays directly only one half of the amount. Another half of that figure it apparently goes into a bank account for Vasily, which he will allegedly have access to when he is 18 years old. However, nobody knows if this bank account actually exists, what is the exact amount on that supposed account, nor do we know what goes into it because we do not have access.
Vladimir decides his own pay, as he is the managing director of the company he owns. If he decided to go on a yacht for a month, he could say he wasn’t working that month so therefore he didn’t receive a salary.
Moreover, for a few months the bank account was frozen, to which Vasily’s alimony shall be paid, although it is strictly prohibited by law. The bank account was frozen as a result of sham debt created by Vladimir’s companies, which debt he wanted to load me with. And now he is trying to make me accountable for sham debts.