[7] Chichvarkin was born in Leningrad in 1974, from mother Lyudmila of Russian Tatar descent and father Aleksandr from Moscow, his great-great-grandfather was Moksha.

[8] His father was a pilot and his mother was an economist working for the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade; during his childhood, the family moved to Moscow.

[3] From 1991 to 1996 Chichvarkin studied at the State University of Management, as well as earning money trading on Moscow flea markets.

In 2007 they had 5156 outlets in 12 countries: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

[10] On 21 September 2008, Evgeny Chichvarkin sold Euroset to Alexander Mamut, the owner of investment company ANN and internet portal "Live Journal".

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.

[12] 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.

Vlaskin was caught by Yevroset security in Tambov, moved to Moscow to a Euroset-owned apartment and after some time agreed to compensate Euroset for their losses.

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).

[21] 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.