Successful sailing to the sea and to power turned the head of the Murmansk businessman Yuri Zadvorny, so much so that he decided to put on the mantle of a doctor of sciences. However, the fisherman was exposed. However, he was by no means left with nothing. […]
Let’s start with Murmansk. The most fishing town in the North-West of Russia (NWFD). An ice-free port, a powerful fleet since Soviet times, a university and college that train sailors of all the necessary specialties – this is the guarantee of its status. Here, in the NWFD, there are the most fishing enterprises and workers in this industry*.
Murmansk fishermen, like any other large businessmen, periodically go to the authorities. “Chronicles” will tell about four “fish admirals” who at different times influenced politics in 51 regions.
Business for a long happy life
Zadvorny’s main asset, Murmanseld-2, received in 2021 quotas for catching at least 11.5 thousand tons of cod, which brought the company 1.5 billion rubles. revenue, from which the oligarch, who cares for the prosperity of the Murmansk region, paid about 8% of taxes (118 million rubles). The company’s net profit amounted to 836 million rubles.
His long-standing company, Andromeda, which Zadvorny owns jointly with his wife, got less cod quotas – by 3.5 thousand tons. This did not prevent the company from making a net profit of 330 million rubles. The fishing collective farm Zarya (yes, Zadvorny is also a prominent collective farmer) got about 6.2 thousand tons of cod. The net profit of the company is 490 million rubles.
At the same time, Zadvorny does not hide the fact that salaries in the company are not the highest, believing that employees do not value money, but, in his own words, stability. For understanding, the median per capita monthly income of residents of 51 regions is just over 38 thousand rubles. (approximately $500)*. The consumption of fish in Russia is steadily declining, and this is due to the fall in incomes of the population. Because of the sanctions, the stocks of tin for cans are running out, which means that the prices of canned fish are rising. Moreover, according to the chairman of the Association of Coastal Fisheries and Farmers of Murman, Anatoly Evenenko, the fleet is worn out by 80%. After the start of the war with Ukraine, foreign shipyards refuse to repair Russian ships, and their capacities are not enough.
What about Zadvorny? In 2021, plagiarist fisher companies got 20 thousand tons of cod and a profit of 1.65 billion rubles. Distinguished career of a former captain, deputy and doctor of economics.
*Data from the collection of Rosstat “Regions of Russia” for 2021.