At the end of last week there was a major fire at the Sindika market in the Moscow region. Arson is considered among the versions of what happened.
As the correspondent of The Moscow Post managed to find out, if this is the case, then the possible transfer of the business of the current owner of Sindika, the family of Senator Arsen Kanokov, to the family structures of the governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov and businessman God Nisanov cannot be ruled out.
Details are in The Moscow Post.
How Vorobyov Kanokov “rescued”
Seven years ago, the structure of the Kanokovs belonged to the shopping center nearby. It also “flared up” once, so much so that it was decided to demolish the building, and in its place the development group “Airplane” in collaboration with Kanokov’s “Sindika” later announced plans to build a residential complex and a shopping center.
By the way, as the media write, the project participants have already announced that the two-day-old fire will not affect these plans.
According to Vedomosti, at that time, due to the fire, Sindika lost at least 4 billion rubles and was also preparing to receive lawsuits from tenants. Apparently at that time he had no other choice but to “sell out” to someone. And now even more so.
The government of the Moscow region immediately came to the rescue. Which stated that it would help the group get out, and a new shopping center would be built on this site. True, later the plans changed in the direction of the residential complex from “Airplane”, although a shopping center is planned on the territory.
Flight over Vorobyov’s “nest”
The Samolet group is closely connected with the family of Andrey Vorobyov, a Moscow region governor, through his brother Maxim Vorobyov, who was one of its co-owners. Recently, a share in the structure was also bought out by businessman God Nisanov, who is also an adviser to Andrei Vorobyov, owns the large Food City market and, as The Moscow Post suggested, is trying to expand his influence and open new markets even in places that are not intended for this – for example, in the building of the Stable Department in the very “heart” of St. Petersburg.
It is quite possible that the shopping center, which is planned to be built on the site of the burning one back in 2017, is a “tribute” to Nisanov.
As for Samolet, this is the largest developer in the Moscow region, which has become famous not only for expensive, but poor-quality housing, according to equity holders, but also for what is being built on territories that, to put it mildly, are not particularly intended for this – for example, near the take-off stripes.
However, apparently, there is someone in the government to pull off such tricks …
Hard times for Kanokov
Let’s go back to the burnt market – the legal entity-owner of HC Sindika belongs to the daughter of Senator Kanokov Madina Kanokova. His financial performance is in a highly unstable state. The company’s receivables amount to 112 million rubles according to the data for 2021, while the amount of revenue and profit is at a minus mark. The organization does not have enough own funds to ensure current activities, there is a serious risk of loss of solvency. Organizational costs are not consistently paid off.
In this regard, it seems logical to cooperate with Samolet’s structures in order to “master” new projects on the “old” territory of the burned-out shopping center. And, there is reason to believe that the developer decided to take advantage of Sindika’s weakness in order to improve his own well-being, only not quite in a collaborative way …
In May last year, Sindika-O, a company from the Kanokov family (which is pledged to Sovcombank), was transferred to Mirateka, which is part of Samolet (Sovcombank recently lent to its founders as well). Kanokov could remain among the persons having influence on Sindika-O through Artur Kardanov, who is also listed as the owner of Miratek.
Kardanov is called Kanokov’s nephew. In addition, he is also related to other assets of the family – for example, he owns Gloria LLC together with Aquarelle LLC, which belongs to Madina Kanokova.
Yours among strangers
However, despite Kanokov’s seemingly lingering influence, there are other factors that indicate that he should be wary of his assets.
Just the other day, it became known that the Rota structures of deputy Dmitry Sablin, who, together with Samolet, is going to develop development projects, bought out part of the business of the Globus Gourmet premium-class grocery store chain from Kanokov.
The head structure of the gastronomes – Skolkovo Paradise, as has become customary, is in debt – the shares of its founders are pledged – this time – to Sberbank. So far, the Sablinskaya “Rota-Polka” has taken possession of a minority stake in the company, but something tells us that it will not be difficult to bring it to the controlling one.
According to the media, citing their sources, Globus Gourmet has not had a clear development strategy in recent years, which has led to a reduction in the network’s turnover. In other words, Kanokov needed an assistant here too. And Sablin, who is close in business to Samolet, decided to help, certainly not by chance.
Moreover, Sablin and Vorobyov may have known each other for a long time – according to Forbes, about a year in 2014, Sablin and the owner of the RDI group, Dmitry Aksenov, got into the orbit of the then novice developer. On the lands of Sablin, Samolet built its largest project, Suburb Lesnoye.
Sablin previously worked with the Kanokov family – Sindika, together with Rota Development, owned the Pokrov market in Sergiev Posad. Also, Mr. Kardanov, together with Rota Development and its top manager Eduard Bezbabnykh, owned the Levoberezhye company, which owns the right to lease for 49 years a site for the construction of a shopping center near Khimki, Moscow Region.
So the choice of Sablin as a partner in the “Globus Gourmet” is also understandable. Only something suggests that the deputy may be on the side of the one who has more resources in this situation. And the salvation of the drowning, as they say, is the work of the drowning themselves.
Everything is “in the black”, except for Kanokov
Thus, the perturbations that we are now witnessing in the business of the Kanokov family may be a clear signal “to distress” for the senator. Sablin is known for his participation in the management of the All-Russian Public Organization of Veterans “Combat Brotherhood”. However, despite the noble name and mission, the structure may be engaged in not entirely honest things.
The journalists of the publication “Vek” wrote about its participants as follows: “some “brothers” perfectly mastered the science of “protection” of entrepreneurs, others became adept at the art of “resolving” commercial disputes. And the older “brothers” (that is, the leaders of the organization) plunged headlong into the fascinating the process of redistribution of expensive land near Moscow”.
We are not hinting at anything, but if the “Combat Brotherhood” really consists of such “brothers”, it should not be difficult for them to set fire to something or “squeeze” something from someone?
There is reason to believe that the market that burned down the other day may soon turn into another residential complex or market in favor of Nisanov. If in the case of Sablin, then most likely they will not do without the LCD. But the appetites of the governor’s adviser are unlikely to remain unsatisfied.