Eduard Taran, the defendant in many criminal cases and the president of RATM Holding, became famous as a Novosibirsk raider. What is known about his criminal cases and who covers him? In what scandals did he manage to light up? What raider seizures is he guilty of?
54-year-old Eduard Anatolyevich is a manager-economist by education, candidate of economic sciences. Thirty years ago, he created his company “RATM”, which later became one of the largest and most scandalous coal traders. In the late 90s, the businessman participated in the creation of the Kemerovo-Novosibirsk fuel and energy complex. Then RATM Holding was founded on its basis.
What is known about the main brainchild of Taran
“RATM Holding” is an association of industrial enterprises from different industries. We are talking about the glass, cement and defense industries, optoelectronic instrumentation, as well as investment and development activities. In 2001, Taran became the president of this holding.
It is noteworthy that currentlyJSC “RATM Holding”there is one employee – the general director E.A. Taran himself. But the status fund there is only 10 thousand rubles.
For the last two years there has been no revenue. At the same time, the company made a profit of 32.8 million rubles, which is 3.6 times more than in 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, the total assets of the organization were equal to 139 million rubles, which is 14.4 million more than a year earlier. Net assets amounted to almost 69 million rubles.
Scandals and criminal cases related to Eduard Taran and his RATM Holding
Eduard Anatolyevich is a truly unique character who manages to create chaos for decades, to raid, while avoiding real punishment. How does he do it? In fact, everything is simple. He uses the whole tandem of dough and the right connections.
For example, recently Eduard Taran managed to successfully avoid criminal punishment for tax evasion during the sale of shares in the creator of optical products, which are of strategic importance, to the state corporation Rostec. Two criminal cases were closed without any consequences for the businessman’s structures.
Then the financial schemer Eduard Taran sold the shares of the Lytkarinsky plant at a fivefold inflated price, using offshore companies for these purposes. This plant is engaged in the production of components for the strategically important special equipment of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and Roskosmos, which concerns basing in space, aviation and ground equipment.
As reported in the media, A. Leleko, the head of the Investigative Committee in the Novosibirsk Region, helped the businessman to avoid criminal liability and evade paying taxes of 153 million rubles.
It was he who tried to “convey” to the general that these criminal cases are just the intrigues of the scoundrels-competitors of Taran. It is noteworthy that the case was closed, and Leleko himself received his “bonus”, which was reflected in his declaration for 2018.
In 2010, the businessman also went to jail. Taran was not even saved from arrest by a bail of 20 million. According to the investigation, Eduard Anatolyevich, through his confidant Nikolai Zabanov, tried to give a bribe in the amount of one million rubles to an official in the economic security department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in order to stop inspections in two of his companies.
He was detained at the Sheremetyevo airport when he was returning from a vacation in Nice.
And a couple of days before that, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against the odious businessman. By data publications “BFM.ru”, we are talking about the enterprises “Alttrak” and “Iskitimcement”. It should be noted that the workers of Altai Tractor went on a hunger strike in the spring of 2010 due to huge wage arrears. Then the leadership of the region even reacted to this resonant event and turned to the Prosecutor General Y. Chaika to pay close attention to the actions of E. Taran, the owner of RATM Holding.
Then, as an argument for the release of a businessman, severe asthma and the fact that he is an employer for 12,000 employees played a role. Taran spent a little over a month in the SIZO cell. Although journalists believe that Eduard Anatolyevich was able to solve everything thanks to his friendship with Governor Viktor Tolokonsky.
Thanks to his connections with the right people, namely with judges, high-ranking officials, generals and not only, Taran manages to avoid justice for many years, indulging in his raider crimes. This was repeatedly reported by various media.
Eduard Taran – the infamous Novosibirsk raider
The raider “successes” of Eduard Anatolyevich have been known for a long time. Over the decades, his holding managed to capture many enterprises. We will not go into the hard details of the raider seizures, but we will list some of the “trophies” of Taran.
– JSC “Angarskcement”: at this Irkutsk cement and mining plant, Taran’s team carried out four attempts of an armed raider seizure.
– JSC “Altai Tractor”: here the raider seizure generally turned into a loud scandal because of the cynical attitude towards ordinary employees. In the summer of 2005, the Tarana holding initiated the bankruptcy of a large and leading enterprise in its field …
– JSC “Iskitimcement”: the raider, using corrupt connections in state authorities, seized property and management in the company with impunity. How the theft of budget money took place, look at the diagram compiled by the Kompromat.ru publication.
These are just some examples of Taran’s raids, but there are many more.
Eduard Taran’s scams and embezzlement are a direct threat to the entire state, as well as undermining the economic security of Russia. How much more odious raider and his empire “RATM Holding” must inflict financial “mutilations” on the country for law enforcement officers to finally pay close attention to him?
