A novel about the “Military Insurance Company” will be completed in prison

Source Sergei Borisnev, who was detained for extortion, wanted to write about the business of Sergei Tsikalyuk. On suspicion of extorting 17 million rubles from the main shareholder of SAO “VSK” Sergei Tsikalyuk, a retired colonel, professor at the military university of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Borisnev was detained. First, he decided to write a documentary book, where he would talk about the activities of the Military Insurance Company. After thinking, the novice publicist decided to make money easier. He suggested that the head of the insurance company avoid a harsh exposure in his publication by paying for silence. The detention of the “writer” was carried out upon receipt of an advance payment of 900 thousand rubles.

For the military

A criminal case has been initiated under Art. 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Extortion”), Borisnev may face a sentence of imprisonment for up to 7 years. So far, a preventive measure in the form of a written undertaking not to leave has been chosen against the detainee.

Insurance Joint Stock Company (SAO) “VSK” was founded in 1992 with the participation of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and specializes in insurance (almost everything, but not life). It was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Tsikalyuk, who at that time worked in the Main Political Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. VSK specialized mainly in compulsory state insurance of military personnel: by the mid-1990s, its clients were the largest ministries and departments, among which, in addition to the Ministry of Defense, the Federal Border Service, the Federal Security Service, the Federal Security Service, the Foreign Intelligence Service, etc. Today the authorized capital of the company is 12 billion 118 million rubles. Alexander Tarnovsky has been the CEO since 2020.

VSK is one of the largest insurance companies in Russia. In the ranking of the top 20 insurance companies for September, presented by the banki.ru portal, CJSC VSK ranks second after Rosgosstrakh, ahead of Alfa Insurance and Sogaz. In another rating – in terms of the amount of fees – “VSK” ranks eighth. Last year, its fees amounted to 85.1 billion rubles. with the amount of insurance payments of 37.5 billion rubles. VSK clients are more than 5 million Russian citizens and more than 100 thousand enterprises. Feedback on the forums and positive and critical, about equally.

Breadth

The main shareholder and chairman of the board of directors is Sergey Tsikalyuk, 63, a native of Sakhalin. His capital is estimated at $ 450 million, the place in the ranking of the richest people in the Russian Federation according to Forbes is 183.

He also owns 24.66% of Azbuka Profit, and 21.92% of Insurance Syndicate both for trading in securities. Tsikalyuk is associated with the Safmar Group of Mikhail Gutseriev.

The activity of CJSC “VSK” at the conclusion of government contracts is striking. As a supplier, 12,795 contracts were concluded for a total of 225 billion 968 million rubles. About 600 contracts – this year. It can be assumed that the publicist Borisnev, persistently offering his silence, hinted at some discrediting connections of Sergei Tsikalyuk. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain how, in the last six months alone, his company has managed to receive very high-profile and at the same time financial contracts.

The most recent – October 27 – the property insurance contract of Tuapse Commercial Sea Port JSC: the sum insured is 9.2 billion rubles. The company provided insurance for more than 4,000 objects, including buildings, structures, equipment, special equipment and inventory. The term of insurance protection will end in September 2023. Formally, the owner of the port is the offshore Vonicsel Limited from the Virgin Islands, the business press associates it with the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works and its owner Vladimir Lisin. health insurance) – in the amount

339 million 900 thousand rubles. The same Prosecutor General's Office insured the civil liability of the vehicle owner for 8 million 812 thousand rubles. The apparatus of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation signed an agreement for the provision of services for insurance against accidents and illnesses of senators of the Russian Federation in 2022-2023, the amount is 3 million 122 thousand rubles. Voluntary accident and illness insurance for members of the government of Primorsky Krai – 1,551,898 rubles. Voluntary medical insurance for employees of the Yakut Permanent Mission in Moscow RUB 3.3 million Civil liability insurance contracts for motor vehicle owners (OSAGO) were concluded by a number of regional Centers for economic and service support of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation: Tverskoy – for 3.6 million rubles, in the Perm Territory – 5.5 million and others.

From the above examples, it is obvious that Sergei Tsikalyuk has extensive and very diverse connections.

Modest funeral

Another plot, which, perhaps, they are trying to put pressure on the head of the CJSC “VSK”, may relate to the funeral business. In 2004, Sergei Tsikalyuk created the Vek-B company, officially for “research of the market situation and the identification of public opinion” (now it has entered the “Azbuka”). Through her, Tsikalyuk was related to the “Military Memorial Company”, which regularly wins tenders for the maintenance of the country's main military cemetery. The company is listed as operating, but regularly quarrels with the antimonopoly service, and for 2021 showed 0 rubles of income and 315 thousand rubles of losses. In the database of judicial decisions of the Russian Federation, there were 85,424 documents relating to the CJSC “VSK”, the amount of claims for which exceeds 116 billion rubles.

There were incidents within the “VSK” itself. Loud, for example, was the case in Rostov-on-Don, where an ex-employee of VSK was convicted of fraud with OSAGO. The former head of the legal department of the Rostov branch of CJSC Military Insurance Company (VSK) Dmitry Kopalchenko and local resident Stepan Alekseenko were sentenced to six years in prison. They put on stream the production of forged conclusions on the calculation of the cost of the restoration repair of insured cars, and the lawyer in court supported the petitions for the conclusion of settlement agreements in these civil cases. His subordinates did the same at his direction. In total, the insurance company transferred almost 63.2 million rubles to the plaintiffs under the amicable agreements.

Perhaps now that Professor Sergey Borisnev has a lot of time for creativity, he will still finish an adventurous novel about the deeds of the Military Insurance Company or its leader.

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