Could the arrest of Oleg Mitvol be connected with the fact that people close to Oleg Deripaska would get a contract for the design of the Krasnoyarsk metro?
The Central District Court of Krasnoyarsk arrested the former deputy head of one of the supervisory departments, ex-prefect of the Northern Administrative District of Moscow, and now businessman Oleg Mitvol. It turned out that the detention took place on June 8 at Vnukovo airport, from where the former official tried to fly to Dubai.
What is the background of the arrest of the former official, the correspondent understood The Moscow Post.
Oleg Mitvol is involved in a criminal case of embezzlement of almost one billion rubles during the construction of the metro in Krasnoyarsk. The case was opened in May 2022, but it, as well as the detention of Mitvol, became known only now.
According to State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein, which he made in his telegram channel, allegedly Oleg Mitvol pleaded guilty and made a deal with the investigation. Since the entire metro construction project is supervised by the administration of Alexander Uss, questions may arise for his team, if not for him personally.
But behind the detention of Oleg Mitvol could be big business, interested in obtaining contracts for the construction of the Krasnoyarsk metro. The total cost of the project, which was conceived in the 80s and started (but not completed) in the 90s, exceeds 60 billion rubles.
Insiders suggest that Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska could be behind Mr. Mitvol’s arrest. He has a strong presence in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, has an aluminum business, and is believed to be on good terms with Governor Alexander Uss.
Previously, Deripaska had serious construction assets, including design assets. Their total cost was estimated at $ 8 billion. The key was the design and construction company Transstroy, which was engaged, among other things, in the construction of the metro. But in 2014, Deripaska sold this business. And, as it is believed, he was not opposed to returning to design and construction again – in Krasnoyarsk.
Who’s on the subway
Criminal proceedings under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale), under which Oleg Mitvol was detained and arrested, was opened in May 2022.
In September 2019, the Krasnoyarsk Regional Transport Administration signed a contract with JSC Krasnoyarsk Trust for Engineering and Construction Surveys (Krasnoyarsk TISIZ), which was supposed to carry out engineering surveys as part of the construction of city metro stations.
Oleg Mitvol became a victim of the intrigues of a larger “fish”? A photo: tsargrad.tv
Oleg Mitvol has been the key beneficiary of Krasnoyarsk TISIZ since 2018. He bought the asset in 2018 for 100 million rubles. He also serves as chairman of the board of directors of the company. At the same time, he also acts as the founder of as many as 18 companies.
According to RBC , “Krasnoyarsk TISIZ” performed only part of the work. At the same time, outdated and irrelevant information was used in the documentation, some of the documents were signed by persons who did not actually carry out the work. However, the organization received payment in full for its work – 954 million rubles, which were later imputed as the amount of theft.
And he comes out, all in white
And here, it would seem, you can put an end to it. However, it seems that it is in JSC Krasnoyarsk Trust of Engineering and Construction Surveys, which Mitvol acquired, that the dog is buried. The fact is that the bidding for the future designer of the Krasnoyarsk metro for billions ended in a scandal. And Deripaska could have been behind the whole story in general.
Indeed, ideally, the one who designed it should build the metro. And few people doubted that JSC “Krasnoyarsk TISIZ” will receive a design contract. This is a Krasnoyarsk organization that perfectly knows the terrain, soil features and a bunch of other pitfalls.
That is, if Deripaska would like to build a subway for his native Krasnoyarsk, then he would bring his people.
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At the same time, the contract for the design of the Krasnoyarsk metro for 954 million rubles is the largest, but far from the only one in the company’s portfolio. In total, she received over 1.05 billion rubles under government contracts. That is, in any case, there is something to fight for.
An asset from under Deripaska’s nose?
As mentioned, the struggle for the asset was marked by a scandal. Several businessmen applied for it. And Oleg Mitvol was one of them. In his own words, during the auction, he discovered a corrupt scheme for privatizing businesses for next to nothing. Mitvol told about this to the publication Inc. The management of these schemes may be connected with the Federal Property Management Agency, which is now under the leadership of the controversial manager Vladimir Yakovenko.
What exactly did Mitvol mean? Again, according to him, five hours before the deadline for submitting bids for bidding for the acquisition of an asset, the bidding organizer extended the deadline for submission until February 14, and the definition of bidders was postponed to February 19. As a result, two companies joined Mitvol and another contender for the trust. At the same time, the law on privatization and the regulation on the organization of the sale of state or municipal property through a public offer do not establish the possibility of extending the deadline for accepting applications.
Mitvol turned to the Federal Antimonopoly Service. The Russian auction house was unable to justify the need to postpone. The FAS satisfied Mitvol’s complaint and ordered the auction house to eliminate the violations by February 14. But the organizer of the auction did not.
Despite this, Mitvol won the auction, having bought the shares of the Krasnoyarsk Trust for Engineering and Construction Surveys for 100 million rubles. The penultimate purchase offer was made by Siblesmet, which offered 95.1 million rubles.
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And what about the Federal Property Management Agency? The case is in the former co-owner of Siblesmet, Yuri Makarsky. Mitvol claimed that it was the Federal Property Management Agency that allegedly sent him to the board of directors of Siblesmet. And this is not the first time this has happened. A possible scheme may be as follows: people associated with the Federal Property Management Agency are included in the boards of directors and, some time before the auction, reduce the value of the company by their actions, Mitvol said.
He also recalled that this was not the first auction for JSC “Krasnoyarsk Trust for Engineering and Construction Surveys”. Initially, the company was generally sold for 348 million rubles.
The figure of Yuri Makarsky can really be interesting.
This person seems to be an obvious face value. Moreover, he left the owners of the structure almost immediately after the failed auction, when the asset went to Mitvol – in March 2019. And he came not very long ago, in 2017. It seems that he could have been specifically put on this structure in order to later take part in obtaining an asset, which could then be given a contract for the design of the Krasnoyarsk metro.
However, many say that it was Deripaska who should have received this contract.