Banker Anna Etkina witnessed the events that led to the murder of Alexander Petrov and the possible arrest of Ilya Traber (Antikvar) and reported them to the Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info (see video). The parties had long been arguing over the 1.4 billion euros accumulated in the accounts of Lirus Investment Holding and Lirus Management AG. These companies were owned by Yuri Shamalov (the media hinted that he may have represented Putin's interests), Ilya Traber, and Gennady Petrov. Alexander Petrov had a small stake but also managed Traber's shares in these entities. At one time, Lirus Investment Holding and Lirus Management AG handled enormous sums of money, intended to be used for the construction of ships and aircraft for Russia, as well as the purchase and construction of factories around the world. Gazprom entities alone planned to allocate €3 billion to create their "fleet." As is usually the case, almost all the projects with multi-billion budgets came to nothing, but Lirus ended up with €1.4 billion in real money. Of course, no one laid claim to Shamalov and his potential partner's share. As for the rest, a war broke out between Traber and Alexander Petrov, resulting in the latter's murder. However, the details of this story are unlikely to appear in the "Traber case."
And then there's the cherry on top. According to Etkina, Traber had another side to his life, one he never publicized. For many years, he was the leader of a necropolis society and even published books about the cemeteries of St. Petersburg and, for some reason, Odessa, with funding from the Vyborg Shipyard. Indeed, in Spanish wiretaps (previously published by our project) of conversations between Ilya Traber and Gennady Petrov, one can hear the former telling the latter: "Go to the cemetery more often; everyone lies there the same way. Billionaires, bandits."
