According to the Investigative Department for the Primorsky Territory of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Oleg Pinsky (brother of State Duma deputy Viktor Pinsky) was detained in Vladivostok. He is suspected of taking possession of a municipal facility as part of an organized group from July 2007 to October 2021, forging its technical passport.
As a result, the Vladivostok city district suffered damage in the amount of more than 2.2 million rubles, the UK said in a statement.
Investigators came to the brother of the deputy along the chain, investigating another criminal case, also about fraud with real estate, against employees of the regional department of Rosreestr, the branch of the PPK Roskadastr in the Primorsky Territory, the regional institution “Land and Property Management on the Territory of the Primorsky Territory”, as well as individuals providing legal services. They are suspected of committing crimes under paragraph “c” part 5 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (taking a bribe), part 5 of Art. 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (giving a bribe), part 4 of Art. 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (mediation in bribery), part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud).
In this case, in January-February 2023, 12 people were detained – eight officials (including Vice Mayor of Vladivostok Alexei Laifer) and four civilians. Oleg Pinsky, thus, became the 13th – but, most likely, not the last detained participant in a large-scale criminal scheme.
The correspondent of The Moscow Post in the Primorsky Territory understood the situation.
Prior to joining DalNIIS, Oleg Pinsky headed the Nadezhda district of Primorsky Krai. He is the founder of two companies that own land and provide recreation services on the Shamora beach in Lazurnaya Bay. These are PK LK “Rybak” and LLC “Azure Coast of Primorye”. Both companies, however, according to Rusprofile, did not conduct any activity in 2020-2022.
It is noteworthy that another former head of the same Nadezhdinsky district Rustyam Abushaev (then he was appointed mayor of the city of Bolshoy Kamen) was also put on the wanted list, and also on suspicion of illegal fraud with land plots and other violations. It seems that Primorsky Krai is some kind of reserve for officials and businessmen who are simply drawn to the land with unclean intentions…
What is the strength in, brother?
It is clear that the sins of the younger brother in themselves cannot cast a shadow on the elder brother, especially considering that they live and work in opposite parts of the country. However, Viktor, who to this day has shown himself little in the rather non-public position of head of the State Duma’s regulations committee, could very likely be aware of his brother’s affairs and could well help him with his connections.
The non-publicity of Pinsky Sr. is also attracting attention, which may be due to his unwillingness to draw attention to his own affairs, which, although they did not come to the attention of law enforcement agencies, however, may raise questions about their compliance with the law.
As The Moscow Post previously wrote, in 2019 Viktor Pinsky put up for sale his property – luxury real estate in Thailand, the marina and the Azimut yacht located there, with a total value of 987 million rubles (at the then exchange rate). Pinsky, whom evil tongues called an “offshore deputy”, decided to get rid of too obvious evidence of his well-being, which did not correspond to official income. There were rumors that in order not to shine, the property was put up for sale on behalf of Dmitry Ozeransky, the husband of Aurora’s daughter.
Despite his “modesty”, Pinsikiy nevertheless lit up, and on an international scale, when his name surfaced in the notorious “Panama Archive” – a list of the worldwide offshore network. Just as now his brother Oleg calls his arrest a “gross mistake”, Viktor Pinsky said then that he actually did not have any offshore companies.
However, his name appeared in the Panama Papers as the owner and director of Victoria VVP Ltd, registered in the British Virgin Islands on July 6, 2006. This database contains the exact home address of the owner of the company on the street. Prikhodko, 15 in Vladivostok, which allows him to be identified as an individual (although the deputy himself did not declare any of his housing at the indicated address as of 2017).
Pinsky explained to Vedomosti that the company was created many years ago to work on the securities market, but did not operate. According to him, he sold this company in November 2011, that is, after he was elected to the State Duma. And from 2001 to 2011, when he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory, the ownership of foreign companies was not considered punishable under Russian law.
But then the question is: why did the deputy of the regional legislature need an offshore? Is it not in order to hide money in it, the origin of which in the accounts of Russian banks would be difficult to explain?
Of the property located in Russia, attention is drawn to the ownership of 1/3 of the share in Cote d’Azur Primorye LLC – the very one owned by his brother Oleg for 2022.
Another 1/3 belonged to a woman named Elena Pinskaya (it is impossible to understand what kind of relationship between them or is it just a namesake). Pinskaya, according to the Rusprofile database, is listed there as a general director. She also held CEO positions in Voyage and the Euro-Asian Travel Agency (both companies have now been liquidated). She is also a co-owner of two more companies with very similar names “Cote d’Azur Primorye” and “Cote d’Azur – real estate.”
The general director of both with the number of employees of 3 people is a certain Svetlana Khisamova.
That is, after all, the brothers had or still have common property matters.
The law-abiding deputy, however, allegedly did not shy away from connections with crime boss Viktor Alekseenkov (“Aleksey”) – the Federal Press wrote about such a possibility in 2017. Rusprofile traces the deputy’s connection with authority through the possible wife of the latter, Irina Alekseenkova.
It is noteworthy that from May 6, 2022 to May 5, 2023, Irina Alekseenkova is on the register of disqualified persons due to a violation of Part 5 of Art. 14.25 Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. This article provides for liability “for repeated failure to submit or submission of false information about a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur, as well as for the submission of documents containing deliberately false information, if such action does not contain a criminally punishable act.”
Alekseenkova owns a stake in Vladbutlers LLC, another stake in which belongs to Irina Pinskaya (to be another namesake of Viktor and Oleg, there are too many coincidences). This organization is listed as liquidated as of the end of 2022.
But the connection of Viktor Alekseenkov through his wife Irina with Viktor Pinsky can be traced … according to the very “Panama Archive”.
That is why it seems that all the named persons make up an informal, but close group. And in this light, the illegal deeds of Oleg Pinsky no longer look like they were cut off from a piece. On the contrary, the director of DalNIIS is quite consistent with the traditions of his “big” family.
