In August 2005 Chichvarkin was accused of involvement in the illegal import of a $100 million shipment of mobile phones, but the accusations were eventually dropped. In March 2006 a large consignment of
Motorola mobile phones shipped for Chichvarkin was seized on the pretext that their emissions of
microwave radiation exceeded the levels permitted by Russian health regulations. After those cases Chichvarkin accused Russian law-enforcement agencies of
corporate raiding. In March 2007 Chichvarkin was mentioned by the media in connection with the case of Dmitry Sidorov, the founder ‘’Iled M’’, who was accused of large scale tax avoidance. Iled M had sold mobile phones to Yevroset as well as to other
retailers. In August 2007 the apartments of many Yevroset employees were searched by police. On 28 January the Basmanny Court of Moscow approved Chichvarkin's arrest (
in absentia). On 13 April 2009 the Investigative Committee of the
Prosecutor General of Russia noticed that a key investigator of Chichvarkin's case, Vladimir Knyazyev, had previously been sentenced for stealing a large consignment of mobile phones from Chichvarkin's Euroset. During the 2007 contraband case he had forged the act of destroying the phones confiscated as evidence. The investigation committee demanded the dismissal of Knyazyev because of the conflict of interest but their demands were refused. On 17 November 2010 the jury found all the defendants in the Vlaskin case not guilty. The prosecution's appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected on 20 January 2011 and Chichvarkin's indictment was withdrawn a few days later. His lawyer Yuri Gervis noted that Chichvarkin is still worried that he might be charged again in connection with the 2005 contraband case. International search of Euroset Evgeny Chichvarkin has been discontinued. As reported on 25 January 2011 by an official representative of the National Central Bureau (NCB) of Interpol at the Interior Ministry Olga Shklyarov, it is due to the termination of criminal proceedings against Chichvarkin under Article 24 of the Code (the absence of a crime). While in London Chichvarkin has participated in protests highlighting the dangers of conducting business in Russia, referring to the cases of
Mikhail Khodorkovsky and
Sergei Magnitsky. He is aware of being observed by “men with russian behaviour”. In 2014 he started warning of multiple wars if Putin's Russia is not stopped by the western world. In 2019 he accused Putin of steering Russia into a war with non-existent enemies. ==Hedonism Wines==