Source The Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation fights off questions in a criminal case on embezzlement of almost 70 million rubles. The former governor of the Perm Territory, and now the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Maxim Reshetnikov, was interrogated as a witness in a criminal case on embezzlement of 67 million rubles from the Assistance-XXI Century charitable foundation So far – as a witness, but it is quite possible that the “logic of the investigation” and the testimony of the main participants in the trial could seriously complicate his situation. In addition, he may have questions about other high-profile criminal cases related to the period of his work as head of the Kama region.
For details, see the report of The Moscow Post correspondent in the Perm region.
The fact that Reshetnikov was interrogated as a witness became known from a court hearing with the participation of his former deputy in the government of the Perm Territory, as well as the former head of his apparatus, Elena Lopaeva.
It was she, and Yelena Naydanova, who was also the director of the Fund at that time, are accused. Lopayeva was the curator of Naidanova from the regional government, in fact, representing the interests of the Reshetnikov administration.
Moreover, it seems, anticipating the possible amount of evidence collected, the women “untied their tongues” and cooperated with the investigation – they gave confessions and concluded pre-trial agreements.
This is not important news for the Minister of Economic Development. According to RBC, Maxim Reshetnikov did not confirm the testimony of Lopayeva and Naidanova. Moreover, the source of the publication added that Reshetnikov denies everything. What exactly?
This may mean that both ladies pointed to Maxim Reshetnikov as a possible participant, and perhaps the organizer of the illegal embezzlement scheme. how to take the chair of the Perm governor, he headed the Department of Economic Development of Moscow. With such a “roof” one can “keep the defense” for a long time.
The essence of the matter is known: large industrial companies of the region, including LUKOIL, transferred money to the Fund for charity. According to investigators, a group of people, with the participation of director Elena Naydanova, stole some of them, drawing up fictitious contracts with legal entities and businessmen. Those, in turn, cashed out the money and handed it over to Lopayeva.
“Kubyshka” for Perm officials
The Fund “Assistance-XXI century” was created back in the time of the governor of the Perm Territory, Oleg Chirkunov. It was assumed that the money from it will go to socio-cultural, educational and other charitable projects. During the so-called. “Perm cultural revolution” in favor of Chirkunov was the gallery owner Marat Gelman (recognized as a foreign agent on the territory of the Russian Federation), who “mastered” culture budgets in Perm. -XXI century”, and some were budget. At the same time, there were rumors that a significant proportion was allegedly “sawed” by officials, Gelman (recognized as a foreign agent on the territory of the Russian Federation) and his team, which the “grateful” Permians later called “helminths”.
Not so long ago, a gallery owner living in Europe was put on the wanted list. Moreover, law enforcement officers do not report what exactly he is charged with. It is quite possible that the matter is connected with the Foundation.
During the time of Viktor Basargin, the Foundation was not particularly touched. Basargin himself was not a local, he could not establish contact with the elites, the industrialists did not trust him.
But under Maxim Reshetnikov, the Fund once again started working at full capacity. According to a source in the region for The Moscow Post, large industrialists invested money in the Fund in order to buy the loyalty of the authorities of the Kama region for their business. And the funds allegedly were not always spent on targeted needs.
Subsequently, this was confirmed by the security forces. In May 2022, it became known that the Fund paid the hospitality expenses of the administration of Maxim Reshetnikov, who headed the Kama region in 2017.
In fact, the source notes, the Fund could be a kind of “pod” for Perm officials from big business. And the money from it is spent on a variety of needs “those in power”, up to their own election campaigns.
The funds accumulated there are huge. Even now, when Reshetnikov is already far away, in Moscow, the value of the fund's assets is over 400 million rubles. Large sums were accumulated every year: 2018 – 832.9 million rubles, 2019 – 737.7 million rubles, 2020 – 965.6 million rubles.
Money was spent in a very strange way. Part of the funds went to the reconstruction of the city esplanade and the construction of a fountain. The investor of the project was Sberbank, but he invested money not directly, but through the Fund. Why? Unknown. It seems that the Fund could be a big “laundering” for the officials of the Kama region, headed by Reshetnikov. And even for German Gref's team.
The amount of funds probably embezzled could have been much higher. Ura.ru writes about allegedly 250 million (according to investigators). In this case, the FSB interrogated one of the closest associates of Maxim Reshetnikov, Deputy Prime Minister of his government Anton Klepikov in 2020.
Against the background of the news about the interrogation of Reshetnikov, other information appeared. According to the authors of the Lbov telegram channel, allegedly right now the former Deputy Prime Minister Klepikov is trying to leave Perm in a hurry and under pressure from the security forces, trying to get closer to his former boss – in the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation for the position of deputy minister.
Wants to be covered by Sobyanin's “umbrella”? By the way, Elena Lopaeva was detained in Moscow just at the time of employment in the Sobyanin mayor's office – for the position of deputy director of the Moscow Research Institute of Housing, the founder of which is the Moscow Department of Overhaul. I didn't have time.
Not by the Foundation alone
At the same time, a criminal case related to the Fund is the least that can await Maxim Reshetnikov. Questions may arise for him and his team in other high-profile criminal cases. When Reshetnikov was the governor, the authorities pulled off the “deal of the century” – they bought the territory of the old Tovarny Yard near the Perm II railway station from Russian Railways OJSC. million rubles. As evil tongues claimed, it could allegedly be a kind of bribe to the leadership of Russian Railways in order for the state monopoly to subsequently reconstruct the Perm II station.
The amount of 800 million rubles for such junk is simply incredible. The regional prosecutor's office, which began to conduct an audit, also calculated the same. As a result, the deal was declared null and void, the land was returned to the region, but the money was left with Russian Railways! Writes about it “59.ru”. And this, figuratively speaking, is incomprehensible to the mind.
Another story is the catastrophe with the construction of a new Perm zoo. This is Reshetnikov's image project, which should have been completed several years ago. But things are still there, but only at the initial stage they spent 4.5 billion rubles on it. And the general contractor was Russian Railways. Did they get a contract under the patronage of Reshetnikov?
Several criminal cases of fraud on a large scale were initiated at once. As a result, Ilya Kozyrev, the construction curator from the Russian Railways structures, pleaded guilty to embezzlement of 353 million rubles.
But something else is interesting: the criminal case of the construction curator from the Perm Territory, ex-head of the Capital Construction Department of the Governor's Administration Dmitry Levinsky. This is a man from Reshetnikov's team.
Levinsky is charged with participation in the theft of 139 million rubles of funds allocated for the construction of the zoo. In addition, he went through a whole series of criminal cases – fraud, bribery, abuse of power. Litigation on the “zoo case” is still ongoing.
Who would believe that the head of the UKS could develop on such a scale without the support of higher authorities?
Let's not forget about another loud in the criminal case – the former first deputy chairman of the Reshetnikov government, Roman Koksharov, who was accused of illegal participation in business activities and abuse of power. The governor's right hand!
But Koksharov managed to “goose” – he received only a suspended sentence and a ridiculous fine of 200 thousand rubles. TASS writes about it. According to evil tongues, the administrative weight of the former chief, who at that time had already become a federal minister, allegedly helped.
But now the clouds are gathering over him too. And if Lopaeva and Naidanova started talking, then others can start talking in order to earn indulgences for themselves personally. So, the clouds over the head of Maxim Gennadievich are gathering …
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