Ex-deputy of the State Council of Tatarstan from United Russia Ravil Ziganshin — one of the largest builders in Russia. The United Russia company PSO Kazan built mortgage housing, built stadiums for the 2018 World Cup in Saransk and Samara, and is now preparing its largest facility for commissioning: Angara launch pad at the Vostochny cosmodrome. Under the contract, a huge amount was allocated for the construction of the PSO – 39 billion rubles, more than 15 of them have already been transferred to the accounts of the Ziganshin company from the structure of Roscosmos.
Almost every construction site with Ziganshin is a scandal. Either at the stadium he built, more than 900 shortcomings are found, which are required to be corrected through the court, then the company being searched due to embezzlement on the East. And this year, United Russia also became a suspect in tax evasion by 2.6 billion rubles.
It is not clear how the criminal case will end for the former deputy. But we found out and know for sure something else: the Ziganshin family owns luxury real estate outside of Russia, part of this real estate is in the EU.
So, in Dubai, the Ziganshin family bought an apartment of 74 square meters in Al Barsha South 4, a suburban area in the capital of the UAE. The cost of the apartment is about 15-17 million rubles, and the property itself is registered in the name of the youngest daughter of United Russia Dinaria Ziganshina. In the past, Dinaria also owned two apartments with a total area of almost 90 square meters. But the builder’s wife was much more fortunate: Svetlana Ziganshina owns a huge apartment of 488 square meters in the elite area of Dubai – Palm Jumeirah. The price of real estate can start from five million euros.
The choice for the UAE was hardly accidental. Indeed, in the same country, he used to own an apartment and a good friend of the builder – the head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. The apartment was sold, but Minnikhanov in Dubai was left with a huge villa with an area of 480 sq.m, which, like much of the family’s property, was registered in the name of Gulsina Minnikhanova’s sister, Venera Gafarova. And Minnikhanov is adjacent to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. With Minnikhanov, Ziganshin also had a wonderful deal, as FBK told in its investigation. United Russia exchanged real estate with the head of the republic: he gave him his house with an area of 1500 sq.m. in the very center of Kazan, five minutes from the Kremlin, and in return received a 700-meter basement in a business center.
Sunny UAE is not the only warm place of the Ziganshin family. In 2014, the eldest daughter of United Russia member Adel Zainutdinova and her husband Timur bought a huge villa in Tuscany, in the commune of Rosignano Marittimo. Villa Godilonda, with an area of 1700 square meters, is located on the shores of the Ligurian Sea. The house stands on a huge plot of land with an area of 11,000 square meters.
Initially, according to the news, the buyers were supposed to turn it into a hotel, but to this day the villa is in disrepair. It is not clear why the Ziganshins abandoned the villa for 6 million euros. Apparently, they decided to focus on another object: Villa Pontello. It was built a few meters from Godilonda and also belongs to the daughter of United Russia and her husband.
Second villa, with an area of 1200 squares, costs a little more – 7 million euros. Inside there are nine bedrooms, several lounges and two dining rooms. From the house you can go to your own park, which borders the territory of Godilonda, as well as to a private beach.
By the way, it was Pontello who most recently tried to set fire: in April, a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the house. But, fortunately for the owners, the house did not burn down. It is noteworthy that this happened at the same time that United Russia Ziganshin held Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko tour of the Eastern.
The company of the Tatarstan oligarch-United Russia has one more Contract from the Vostochny cosmodrome: for the construction of the Sakhalin route measuring point for 2.5 billion rubles. Ziganshin constantly misses the deadlines for the execution of work, which is why the PSO Kazan impose fines.
“Business Online”, 02/04/2022, “668 units of construction equipment were seized from Ziganshin”: The Tatarstan Arbitration Court satisfied the claim of Algor-Stroy LLC for foreclosure on the pledged property of DorStroy LLC (100% owned by the owner of PSO Kazan Ravil Ziganshin). We are talking about construction equipment with a total value of 182.7 million rubles. In particular, these are tower cranes, hoists, loaders, trucks, welding machines, LADA, Mercedes cars, etc. In total, 668 properties were pledged under a loan with Ak Bars Bank.
“Determine the method and procedure for its (decision – ed.) execution by holding an open auction,” said Judge Timur Gizzyatov.
Recall that a large-scale campaign to seize collateral from Ziganshin companies started In the past year. Cases are initiated by structures close to ABB and Zenit Bank. The facilities were pledged under loans issued to the honored builder in 2012–2018 for a total of RUB 5 billion. The former deputy of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan has already lost the Sviyazhsky Hills resort and the land under the golf club in court. — Inset K.ru
Kommersant.Ru, 03/25/2022, “The court arrested a helicopter worth 202 million rubles from Ravil Ziganshin”: By decision of the Arbitration Court, a Bell 429 helicopter worth 202 million rubles was arrested from the owner of the PSO Kazan, Ravil Ziganshin. This is stated in the court decision.
Thus, the court satisfied the claim of the Algor-Stroy company for foreclosure on the pledged property of Bell Limited LLC. In addition, Algora’s claim against CenterTrans LLC was satisfied (99% of the company is owned by Ziganshin’s son-in-law Timur Zainutdinov). As a result, a land plot of 440 thousand square meters was seized from the enterprise. m in the Oktyabrsky rural settlement of the Zelenodolsky district. Its mortgage price is 20.4 million rubles. — Inset K.ru
In Kazan, 25-year-old Yakov Khachanyan was detained. He arranged night commotion at the Kazan airport. The driver of the Toyota Land Cruiser, on which Khachanyan fled, was also detained, he is now being interrogated, and he is confessing. The Investigative Department of Transport does not deal with the passenger, Kazan law enforcement agencies are working on it, sources told KazanFirst.
Khachanyan was previously prosecuted under part 4 of article 162 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (robbery). He faces a term of 8 to 15 years in prison with a fine of up to one million rubles. The young man was in the search base of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. On the night of May 5, Khachanyan flew to Kazan on a flight from Dubai, and immediately they tried to detain him, but failed.
In the parking lot of the airport, the wanted man was waiting for a car driven by his 26-year-old friend. Khachanyan jumped into the passenger seat, the policeman tried to unlock the door. But the driver of “Kruzak” gave gas, dragging law enforcement officers 10 meters along the asphalt.
The name of the passenger of the foreign car was first reported by REN TV. They called Yakov Khachanyan a blogger, but this is not his main regalia. Khachanyan is the son-in-law of Ravil Ziganshin, the “king” of Tatarstan construction projects and not only Tatarstan. His company PSO Kazan built stadiums for the World Cup, and is now building facilities at the Vostochny cosmodrome. Khachanyan was also called the nephew of the ex-Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyanbut the Ziganshin family refutes this.
“Ren TV”, 05.05.2021, “A policeman was almost crippled during the detention of a blogger”: The policeman hit the asphalt and received lacerations to the head, thigh, as well as abrasions to the arms and legs. Thus, the unknown person, who helped Khachanyan to escape during the arrest, actively resisted. In his actions, signs of the article “Use of violence dangerous to life or health against a representative of the authorities” are seen. The sanctions of this article provide for punishment of up to 10 years in prison. — Inset K.ru
Khachanyan married the daughter of Ravil Ziganshin Dinaria in 2018. The wedding was played at the Sviyazhsky Hills, the guests were entertained Philip Kirkorov, Ani Lorak, L’One, Dmitry Khrustalev and Ekaterina Skulkina. Dinaria and Yakov now live in the UAE, but Khachanyan has a couple of businesses registered in Russia, including in Kazan – Yultash Logistic LLC.
The same Land Cruiser, on which the policeman was shot down, collected more than 400 fines in less than a year, of which 70 were not paid, and some were already overdue. The car is registered to a legal entity registered at the same address as those close to Ravil Ziganshin LLC.