Kresimir FILIPOVIC

Disqualified

Transport sanctions: where transport sanctions apply, a ship owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a designated person is prohibited from entering a port in the UK, may be given a movement or a port entry direction, can be detained, and will be refused permission to register on the UK Ship Register or have its existing registration terminated. Similarly, an aircraft owned, chartered or operated by a designated person is prohibited from overflying or landing in the UK, may be given a movement direction, can be detained or moved to a specified airport, and will be refused permission to register on the CAA Aircraft Register or have its existing registration terminated. This also includes a prohibition of technical assistance relating to aircraft and ships: a prohibition on the provision of technical assistance relating to aircraft or ships will prevent a person from directly or indirectly providing technical assistance to, or for the benefit of, the designated person, where that technical assistance relates to an aircraft or ship. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

He is a Russian businessman of Croatian descent, whose company Velesstroy LLC (as of 2022, 85% owned by Filipovic, but since October 2023, the ultimate owner of the company has been classified by the state) is conducting construction work on the reconstruction of Vladimir Putin's palace in Gelendzhik, valued at 1.3 billion USD. The company is listed in the construction documentation as the general contractor for the project. The contract for these works earned Filipovic's company approximately 6.8 million USD at the exchange rate at the time of the last payment in September 2022. Velesstroy LLC is a recipient of large state contracts totaling at least 2.5 billion USD (at the exchange rate as of June 14, 2024). According to journalistic investigations, Filipovic is implicated in the transfer abroad and laundering of millions of dollars obtained from the Russian state-owned Transneft PJSC. According to press reports, he is the partner of Moscow Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova, with whom he has a child.