The search in the St. Petersburg office of the company Valio is not connected with the activity of the company, said ITAR-TASS, the official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin.

In his words, a search is held in the framework of the investigated the main investigative Department of the investigative Committee of the criminal case about illegal banking activity on the fact of creation of criminal community, composed of the Deputy, one of the districts of Dagestan.

"According to investigators, in 2011-2013 this criminal community on the territory of several regions of the country was carried out by illegal banking activity involving the recovery of income in the amount of more than 45 million rubles during the investigation it was established that members of the criminal community under the guise of legitimate banking operations were transferred funds to the accounts of more than 20 legal entities, among which there were and accounts departments of the company Valio St. Petersburg", - said the representative of the UK.

"The search is conducted by the staff of the Investigative Committee, aims to obtain new evidence against the defendants in the criminal case and is in no way associated with the activities of the company Valio", - stressed the representative of the UK.

The Russian division of concern Valio, a leading manufacturer of dairy products in Finland, was established in 1994 in St. Petersburg for the organization of import and promotion on the Russian market of products of Valio. Representation Valio St. Petersburg is located at the address: Primorsky prospect, 54, building 1, lit A.

Earlier the concern has described Russia as "one of the priority markets for concern at the global level" - 49% of Finnish exports of dairy products Valio falls on the Russian Federation. The best known Russian brands Valio are processed cheese Viola, Oltermanni cheese and butter Valio. 90% of Valio products are manufactured in Finland, but the company has its own plant in Russia - branch "Yershovo" in Moscow region (logistics and distribution center, and a line for production of processed cheese " Viola "in triangles and sliced cheese)and leases the line for production of sour-milk production at the plant "Galaxy" in the Leningrad region.