Partners from Chelyabinsk gave the Tyumen “Rosseti” a short circuit

Rosseti Tyumen is plunging into another financial scandal – partners from Chelyabinsk have already submitted hundreds of millions of claims to the power grid organization, and the court decided that an examination is required in the case. The conflict concerns design work, and the contract number mentioned in the case coincides with the contract for design and survey work on the construction of a substation facility in Khanty Batovo, although Rosseti Tyumen denies the connection of the dispute with the reconstruction of the substation. Moreover, power engineers claim that the documents submitted by the contractor “cannot be used for their intended purpose and have no consumer value,” and in response they demand a penalty of almost 200 million. Observers also note other major conflicts involving a company from Chelyabinsk – Energostroyproekt – and its leader Andrey Pozneev. As it turns out, the latter was found guilty of attempted fraud related to the reimbursement of funds from the budget of the Russian Federation. Pozneev tried to implement the scheme with cash withdrawal, formal document flow and nominal managers within the framework of agreements on the development of documentation for the title “Construction of the 500 kV Tobol substation”, but the plan was not eventually implemented. Now his next office is demanding money from Rosseti, and power engineers are looking for funds in bankruptcy proceedings.

The Arbitration Court of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug will consider the results of the expertise in the dispute between Energostroyproekt LLC (Chelyabinsk) and Rosseti Tyumen JSC (Surgut). To clarify, a company from Chelyabinsk demanded to recover 227.7 million rubles from the power grid organization under contract No. 6/18-56 dated September 21, 2018. In response, the Rosseti asset announced a forfeit of 187.5 million rubles.

It is noteworthy that the contract number appearing in the dispute coincides with the contract number for “Performance of design and survey work for the construction of the facility” Superstructure 220 kV at the 110/10 kV substation Batovo with a 220 kV overhead line “for the needs of the branch of Tyumenenergo JSC (current name – “Rosseti Tyumen”. – Approx. ed.) – “Nefteyugansk electrical networks”, – posted on the public procurement portal.

Energostroyproekt for 170 million rubles was supposed to carry out work on facilities in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and in 2021 Rosseti Tyumen reported on the creation of a new energy hub for power supply to the Erginskaya group of oil fields, in particular, the message mentioned licensed areas of Rosneft Oil Company. The volume of investments by power engineers in the development of the oil and gas complex of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug was then estimated at 2.6 billion rubles.

It is all the more interesting that earlier representatives of Rosseti Tyumen told Pravda UrFO that the project that Energostroyproekt was involved in was not related to the reconstruction of the aforementioned substation. Moreover, the press service of the Rosseti asset then said that “in the form presented by the contractor, the documents cannot be used for their intended purpose and have no consumer value.” It should be noted that within the framework of the examination, in particular, the question was raised about the consumer value of the result of the work, as well as about additional work.

No less important is the background of the partner of Rosseti Tyumen. So, according to “Kontur.Fokus”, a certain Pozneev Andrey Nikolaevich is listed as a participant and director of Energostroyproekt LLC. He is also listed as a director on the company’s website.

Meanwhile, earlier Pozneev was listed as a member and head of the eponymous JSC Energostroyproekt. In March, the first bankruptcy procedure was introduced against the company – supervision. According to the file of arbitration cases, PJSC Rosseti has already filed an application to establish the amount of creditors’ claims.

Let us add that, as a beneficiary of JSC Pozneev, the security forces were also interested. So, in 2022, the Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk found Andrey Nikolaevich Pozneev guilty of committing a crime under part 3 of article 30, part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

“Pozneev <…> in the period from 04/01/2019 to 10/10/2019, being the actual head <…> of EnergoStroyProekt, deliberately, by deceiving officials of the Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service of Russia for the Sovetsky District of Chelyabinsk <…> regarding the right to a VAT refund <…> in the 2nd quarter of 2019, he attempted to steal funds from the budget of the Russian Federation in the amount of 9 million rubles, that is, on an especially large scale, but did not bring his criminal intent to the end due to circumstances beyond his control,” follows from the materials of the criminal proceedings.

According to the security forces, in order to illegally receive a VAT refund, Pozneev came up with a scheme with fictitious document flow between organizations in the absence of actual work performed by Spetsstandard LLC. They tried to implement it on the basis of another agreement, under which Energostroyproekt acted as a contractor for Petrocom LLC and carried out work on the development of working documentation for the title “Construction of the 500 kV Tobol substation with 500 kV overhead lines.”

In addition, as follows from the documents, in order to cover himself, Pozneev decided to find a nominal leader for Energostroyproekt. To do this, he turned to a friend who, apparently, found a suitable candidate in a tuberculosis dispensary.

“Witness 2 explained that he became the director of EnergoStroyProekt for a monetary reward <...> … at the end of 2018 he was being treated at a tuberculosis dispensary <...>, where a previously unknown girl approached him <...> with a proposal to become the head of the organization < …>. The witness signed the documents at the request <...> at the notary, who was not far from the hospital <...>. Witness 2 was unable to explain what documents he signed <...> He did not give orders for the submission and submission of declarations <...>, he does not know what a tax declaration is, does not have information about what the VAT refund process is <...> from the budget … ”, – follows from the case.

It should be noted that the revised declaration was nevertheless filed, which played in favor of Pozneev, who pleaded guilty in court. As a result, the manager was sentenced to a fine of 1 million rubles.

Let’s add, the remarkable details and conflicts do not end there. So, now in the arbitration of Moscow and the arbitration of the Sverdlovsk region, the claims of Pozneev’s office “Energostroyproekt” against PJSC “Federal Grid Company – Rosseti” for 138.5 million and 38.9 million rubles are being considered.

Earlier, Pravda UrFO analyzed in detail the resonant conflicts around Rosseti Tyumen, in particular, those related to Oleg Petrov, and around other subsidiaries of Rosseti.