Rosfinmonitoring wedged itself in the transfer of 600 million between St. Petersburg and Tyumen. Business close to Sitnikov crumbles in courts
The decision of the arbitration of the Tyumen region, the appeal was canceled
Major financial conflicts associated with a well-known businessman in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the founder of Rosneftegaz Corporation Oleg Sitnikov, have received a new twist. The appeal reviewed the dispute between Yamalneft and SPB Oil, canceling the recovery from the first hundred million rubles. With the involvement of the interregional department of Rosfinmonitoring and the Federal Tax Service, the court pointed to close ties between the companies, which, apparently, are partially preserved, and to their inclusion in the same group of persons controlled by Sitnikov. Representatives of the financial monitoring service, in turn, shared data on transactions that are suspected of legalization and cashing out. As a result, the claims of the company from St. Petersburg were denied, which, by the way, will also affect the bankruptcy case of SPB Oil. Observers, however, note that we can talk about a whole series of interrelated requirements that lawyers now have to unravel in mass bankruptcy cases. Sitnikov himself, who was found guilty of major tax evasion, continues the proceedings on assets and is waiting for the consequences of vicarious liability, to which a businessman was previously brought, who accused the security forces of pressure and attempts to seize his business.
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The Eighth Arbitration Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the first instance, according to which 584.9 million rubles were recovered from LLC Yamalneft (Tyumen) in favor of LLC SPB Oil (St. Petersburg).
The Interregional Department of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service for the Ural Federal District (Rosfinmonitoring in the Ural Federal District), the Federal Tax Service Inspectorate for Tyumen No. 3 and the tax authorities from St. Petersburg were involved in the proceedings between the structures, and the appeal decided to consider the dispute according to the rules of first instance.
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In the process, it turned out that SPB Oil transferred part of the funds presented directly to Yamalneft, and part to other persons for a company from Tyumen. For example, the company Urengoydorstroy LLC (Novy Urengoy). At the same time, it was emphasized that transfers of hundreds of millions were made in the absence of contractual relations between the parties to the dispute.
In this situation, the court drew attention to the affiliation of structures. “At the time of the transfer of the disputed funds, the plaintiff and the defendant were affiliated. SPB Oil was registered on 04/27/2017. The main activities are: retail trade in motor fuel in specialized stores On the date of registration, the sole participant and head of the company was Vetyugov Maxim Nikolaevich, his powers of the participant were terminated in June 2021, Vetyugov Maxim Nikolaevich from January 2013 to June 2014 – the head and founder of the defendant – “Yamalneft”, – follows from the materials of the arbitration.
In addition, the court referred to the links provided by the MRU of Rosfinmonitoring in the Ural Federal District, containing conclusions about the entry of SPB Oil and Yamalneft into one group of persons (SC Rosneftegaz Corporation), controlled by Oleg Afanasevich Sitnikov, and uniting, for example, such companies as “Corporation Rosneftegaz”, “Rosneftegaz-Kharp”, “Firm” Max “and others.
Also, representatives of Rosfinmonitoring indicated that in relation to Yamalneft, there were data on operations that “raise suspicions that they are carried out in order to legalize (launder) proceeds from crime.” “A number of operations are connected with the cashing out of funds,” followed from the position of management.
The court pointed to the similar claims of Yamalneft against the plaintiff, which had already been approved by the decision of the courts. As a result, the appeal came to the conclusion that it was necessary to balance part of the obligations, which would affect the bankruptcy case of SPB Oil, and the company from St. Petersburg was denied part of the claims.
It should be noted that earlier Pravda UrFO spoke in detail both about the claims of Yamalneft to SPB Oil, and about the remarkable testimony given by the former participant and director of Yamalneft Sergey Petrov. The manager in court reported that the explanations for the transaction were “given under the influence of drugs.”
Additional interest in these disputes gives a whole list of circumstances. First: the above-mentioned Maxim Vetyugov, market participants and the media call the son of the former prosecutor of the YNAO Nikolai Vetyugov. At a certain point, Vetyugov became a partner of the owner of Rosneftegaz, Oleg Sitnikov, in certain assets, however, the businessman himself later associated this with almost a forcible seizure.
“The former prosecutors of the YaNAO Nikolai Vetyugov and Alexander Gerasimenko told me in detail and in detail about what the former prosecutors of the YaNAO Nikolai Vetyugov and Alexander Gerasimenko had done – this one came to the post of prosecutor in 2008, as well as Vetyugov’s son Maxim. Despite numerous confirmed facts of violations and my warnings about the threat, the seizure of my enterprise took place, ”Rossiyskaya Gazeta quoted Sitnikov as saying.
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The second factor is the insolvency of a number of firms. Thus, the aforementioned SPB Oil has already been declared bankrupt. In the dispute with Yamalneft, OOO Urengoyremstroydobycha (Novy Urengoy), bankruptcy proceedings were also introduced. Earlier, the court pointed out the affiliation of Urengoyremstroydobycha and Rostneftegaz-Kharp. In addition, Transfort LLC went into liquidation, which, through Tkachenko, was associated with Rosneftegaz LLC.
Recall, among other things, Sitnikov was found guilty of tax evasion for 1 billion rubles. By a court verdict, the businessman was sentenced to 4 years of probation with a probationary period of 4 years and a fine of 50 thousand rubles. Now Sitnikov continues active litigation on assets related to him.