What is State Duma deputy Robert Kochiev hiding about his business, its origins and alcohol?
According to the correspondent of The Moscow Post in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, a scandal flares up around the person of State Duma deputy Robert Kochiev.
A statement appeared on the Internet by a person who introduces himself as one of the shareholders of the Istok winery by Alexander Klishin, in which he notified the plant’s creditors – the Solidarity Bank, as well as the Central Bank and Rosfinmonitoring that the company is facing an artificial default due to the fact that funds are actively withdrawn from it.
The statement says that allegedly as a result of the actions of the deputy Robert Kochiev and his sons, the Istok group of companies has already lost more than 400 million rubles and has almost found itself in a pre-default state. The author of the statement listed the assets, which, in his opinion, belong to Robert Kochiev, and demanded that they be withdrawn for the benefit of the Russian Federation.
Prior to this statement, the Arbitration Court of North Ossetia – Alania had already seized the property and funds of Robert Kochiev at the request of the creditors of another enterprise – Rakurs LLC.
By the way, Robert Kochiev is not the first to hear accusations in such things. And if this is true, then why has he not yet been overtaken by responsibility before the law?
At the origins of bankruptcy
Let us clarify that the seizure was imposed on the property not only of Robert Kochiev himself, but also of his relatives, as well as denominations – directors of several enterprises in the alcohol industry.
The total amount seized exceeds 3.4 billion rubles.
Returning to the letter of Alexander Klishin, a copy of which is in the public domain (archived link), let us clarify that the story of the bankruptcy of the Istok plant he outlined is still not the main thing in it. In this case, a person who introduced himself as Klishin acted as a co-owner of another company – the Vladikavkaz LLC Rakurs, which is also going through bankruptcy and, according to him, deputy Kochiev and his large family are also related to him.
Alexander Klishin described the actions of Deputy Kochiev in rather harsh terms. Photo: ibb.co
It is noteworthy that the Federal Tax Service of Russia is the largest creditor of Rakurs: more than 2 billion rubles were underpaid to the tax authorities, this was established by the decision of the Arbitration Court back in May 2021. By the way, the publication “MK” refers to the data of the tax audit, which recorded serious violations identified in LLC “Rakurs” in 2016-2018.
The letter, signed by Klmshin, states suspicions that certain illegal manipulations are being carried out with the property of Rakurs LLC, as well as with the property of the Istok plant. According to him, as the owner of 50% of the company, no one informs about large property transactions, although this should not be the case by law.
Robert Kochiev categorically denies any involvement in this or that business. A photo: rbc.en
It is interesting that in the history of the Istok factory, whose sparkling wines were previously well known to Russians, the name of Robert Kochiev appeared earlier. So, in 2013, Vedomosti, citing its sources, reported that then negotiations were underway for the assignment of the rights to claim the debt to the Derzhava-South company, which was associated with Robert Kochiev, although he himself traditionally denied his relationship with business. Apparently, if any negotiations were held then, it is unlikely that their goal was to save the plant.
The resuscitation of the plant was planned for the second time in 2017. As TASS reported, the new investors intended to restart production.
Today, judging by Rusprofile, the plant is operating, but this does not mean that nothing threatens the enterprise. At the end of last year, the company’s revenue amounted to about a billion rubles, while the profit barely exceeded 800 thousand rubles. Maybe the signatory Alexander Klishin hinted at this in his statement?..
interesting chain
Of course, Robert Kochiev himself is not formally a co-owner and does not hold any leadership positions in business structures, because according to the law this is not compatible with the status of a State Duma deputy. However, many media outlets hint that he is the actual beneficiary of a number of Ossetian enterprises producing alcoholic beverages.
By the way, The Moscow Post in 2011 also wrote about Robert Kochiev in connection with the alcohol business and directly with the Derzhava company in the capital. One of the defendants in the then scandal related to financial fraud and illegal circulation of alcoholic products, the former partner of Derzhava, Galina Tarabarina, then wrote a statement to the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate with a request to protect her and her family from the actions of the actual owners of Derzhava LLC – deputies of the North Ossetian legislative assembly Robert Kochiev and Aslanbek Gutnov. So Robert Kochiev’s life experience seems to be more than extensive.
The Kochiev family is active in entrepreneurial activities. A photo: rusprofile.en
Over the past time, he also managed to educate himself a “worthy replacement.” For example, Orpheus LLC is registered in Vladikavkaz – a company that produces food alcohol and distilled alcoholic beverages. The sole founder of “Orpheus” is LLC “Gigant” – a company of the same “alcohol and vodka” profile, registered at the same address. The general director of Giant, in turn, is businessman Batraz Robertovich Kochiev, and the founder is Madina Robertovna Kochieva.
At the same address as LLC “Orpheus” (Vladikavkaz, Telmana st., 82B), the bankrupt LLC “Rakurs” was registered, as part of the trial in whose case the assets of Robert Kochiev and four other people were arrested.
“According to Trade-Agro LLC, the ultimate beneficiaries (beneficiaries) of Rakurs LLC are Kochiev Robert Ivanovich, Kochiev Rudolf Robertovich, Kochiev Batraz Robertovich, Zaseev Tamerlan Mitrofanovich, Zaseev Taras Mitrofanovich. These persons carried out the direct management of LLC Kentavr, LLC “Orpheus”, LLC “Peresvet”, LLC “Triumph”, LLC “Transprodmarket”, LLC “TD Kupechesky”, involved in the scheme for the illegal withdrawal of funds from LLC “Rakurs”, – Moskovsky Komsomolets quotes the court ruling.
It is known that so far the application of a person who calls himself Alexander Klishin to bring Robert Kochiev and others to subsidiary liability for the obligations of Rakurs LLC has not yet been considered. However, the court has already decided to satisfy the requirement for interim measures related to the seizure of assets, since “the bankruptcy estate of the debtor consists mainly of property pledged by OFK Bank PJSC.”
By the way, the latter was declared bankrupt in 2018. At the moment, the “Deposit Insurance Agency” (DIA), acting as a bankruptcy trustee of the failed bank, is also trying to collect debts to the state from it. The corresponding case is now in the proceedings of the Nikulinsky District Court of the city of Moscow, and Kochiev R.R. is among the defendants. and the same LLC “Rakurs”.
Obviously, no matter how much Robert Kochiev denies his involvement in the alcohol business, there are already more than enough facts that disagree with his words.
Source: The Moscow Post
