Swiss firm owner says U.S. businessman partially repaid Russian debt
The owner of a Swiss trading firm at the center of a debt dispute with the Russian government moved Tuesday to clarify the name of a businessman who bought a part of the debt worth tens of millions of dollars.
A French media report had earlier suggested that St. Petersburg banker Vladimir Kogan had bought a share of the debts worth $60-70 million, but the owner of Noga, which has attempted to seize Russian assets overseas in recent years in payment for the debt, said that businessman Alexander Kogan was responsible for the deal.
Nessim Gaon said Alexander Kogan was a businessman of Russian origin living in the United States.
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