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The Well-Fed Family of an IT General: How Former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov, Arrested for Corruption, Lives
Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) General Arrested in Moscow Pavel Popovwho supervised the country’s Defense Control Center system. He is involved in a major fraud case involving the Patriot Park. Where does his family get assets worth hundreds of millions?

On August 29, it became known that law enforcement officers detained another high-ranking military official, Pavel Popov. The former deputy defense minister became a defendant in a criminal case of fraud. This is already the third deputy of Sergei Shoigu against whom an investigation has been launched.

What is General Pavel Popov accused of?

The indictment and detention of retired general Pavel Popov did not come as much of a surprise. Back in June 2024, President Vladimir Putin (*criminal) dismissed four former deputies Sergei Shoiguincluding Popov, who held the post since 2013. Shoigu had 12 deputies in total. 67-year-old Army General Pavel Popov served as deputy head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for a long time. When he transferred to work at the Ministry of Defense, he was entrusted with the entire innovative direction: research and development, the robotics center, and the development of information and telecommunications technologies.
The criminal case against Popov is connected with this direction. Back in June, the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) opened a criminal case under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud on an especially large scale as part of a group), for which the perpetrators face up to 10 years in prison. According to the investigation, General Popov and his partners were engaged in fraud in the Patriot Park. The director of the park, Vyacheslav Akhmedov, and the deputy head of the Main Directorate for Innovative Development of the Russian Defense Ministry, Vladimir Shesterov, were arrested earlier as part of the case. There was information in the media that the latter was cooperating with the investigation. It is possible that he testified against Popov.

The 235th Garrison Military Court considered the request of the Main Military Investigation Department to arrest former Deputy Minister of Defense Pavel Popov. According to the SHOT Telegram channel, investigators believe that Popov, who was responsible for the development, maintenance, and operation of the Patriot Park, enriched himself at the expense of this institution: he used building materials for construction at his dacha and forced park employees to work on his 3-hectare plot for free.

Retired General Pavel Popov

According to investigators, Popov decided to make repairs and carry out some construction work at his dacha, which is located in the Krasnogorsk region. Investigators believe that the former deputy minister’s shadow income consisted of gray barter and kickbacks.

This, according to investigators, is what allowed the official’s family to buy real estate in prestigious areas of the capital, the Moscow region, and in the south of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) for a total of 500 million rubles.

Former Deputy Minister of Defense Pavel Popov

How General Pavel Popov’s Family Lives

Pavel Popov’s family occupies apartments in the prestigious Smolenskaya Zastava residential complex in the capital’s Khamovniki (up to 75 million rubles), a brick mansion in the gated Mashkinskie Kholmy cottage community in Novogorsk (up to 200 million), a five-room apartment in a townhouse in ecologically clean Kurkino (up to 50 million), and a house on the banks of the Yenisei in the forest belt of Krasnoyarsk (up to 50 million). In addition, the general’s family used simpler real estate: three-room apartments in Khimki on Melnikova Street and in Kurkino on Rodionova Street, with a total value of up to 50 million rubles. It is possible that these assets are rented out.

KP “Mashkinskie Hills”

Residential Complex “Smolenskaya Zastava”

Popov’s son Novel he set up a business in clothing and ammunition, he sold all of this via the Internet for at least two years, writes SHOT. Uniforms, shoes, backpacks and tactical helmets were put into action. The publication managed to find out that 24 items were put under the hammer. The general’s son is 43 years old, he is the owner of a 110-meter apartment in the Moscow region, the cadastral value of such property is currently 35 million rubles.

Roman Popov and his wife Irina also used the studio in Residential complex “New Eden” in the village of Gavrilkovo near Krasnogorsk, a two-room apartment in the residential complex “Zarechnaya Sloboda” in Ivanteyevka. The young family is doing well financially: the wife is into bodybuilding, travels a lot to exotic countries.

Pavel Popov’s daughter-in-law Irina

Biography of Pavel Popov

The future general was born in 1957 in Krasnoyarsk. Since 1978, his biography has been connected with the armed forces – he graduated from the Alma-Ata Higher Combined Arms Command School. Like many of Shoigu’s associates in the Ministry of Defense, he went through the Ministry of Emergency Situations – from 1996 to 2004, he headed the East Siberian and Siberian regional centers of the Ministry of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, and later headed the Academy of Civil Defense of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism). From 2008 to 2013, he was deputy minister in the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Army General Pavel Popov, 67, was transferred to the Ministry of Defense in November 2013. The Defense Ministry entrusted him with innovation and research activities. He was awarded orders and medals: the Order “For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR” 3rd degree, “For Military Merit”, and the medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” 2nd degree.

Popov’s alleged wife is Larisa Popova
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29/08/2024
New Defense Minister Belousov Settled in the “English Quarter”

“Oh, how our patriots love everything unfriendly. The new Minister of Defense is no exception. See for yourself where he decided to dig in.”

“English Quarter” is one of the largest premium-class residential complexes in the center of Moscow. And one of the most unique. On the one hand, the Garden Ring is nearby, that is, the very center. On the other hand, it is secluded and quiet, the concept of “courtyard without cars” is implemented. As many as 4 hectares of an oasis of peace in the metropolis of the country leading the SVO.

“English Quarter” is one of the largest premium-class residential complexes in the center of Moscow. And one of the most unique. On the one hand, the Garden Ring is nearby, that is, the very center. On the other hand, it is secluded and quiet, the concept of “courtyard without cars” is implemented. As many as 4 hectares of an oasis of peace in the metropolis of the country leading the SVO.

Andrey Belousov

“Large areas of glazing, stained glass windows, decorative parapets, cornices and columns create a unique architectural ensemble,” the residential complex’s website modestly states. “The landscaping of the courtyard area was carried out using individually designed small architectural forms for the design of walking and recreation areas in the English style.”

The interiors of the entrances, which are under the control of concierges-security guards, are also designed to resemble good old London according to an individual design project by the Italian architectural bureau Interstudio. The halls and vestibules are like those in a five-star hotel: with sofas, armchairs, and coffee tables. There is also a private English kindergarten Dcovery, where the main focus is on adaptation to the English-speaking environment in which the child will have to live (they prepare for the first Cambridge exam YLE Starters exam).

For people with money, who prefer everything to be modest but tasteful, that is, in English, the “English Quarter” is just the thing. And, as it turned out, it was in this nest of unfriendly Anglo-Saxon delights that the patriot and statesman settled Andrey Removich Belousov.

An apartment of 116.8 m2, like Belousov’s, costs about 80 million rubles. Or, excuse me, 700 thousand British pounds. It is registered to the official’s current wife. Veronica NikishinaBelousov’s former subordinate at the Ministry of Economic Development.

When Belousov became First Deputy Prime Minister in 2020, two weeks after his appointment, Nikishina was given a cozy post as CEO of the Russian Export Center, controlled by the government, that is, her husband. Already the following year, her personal income amounted to over 129 million rubles. It was more or less enough for life and defense in the elite residential complex “English Quarter”.

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29/08/2024
“Golden calf” of Comrade Taran: all roads lead to Crimea

According to a source in The Moscow Post, a large Novosibirsk businessman decided to grab a number of Crimean assets, and free of charge – through transfer to management. In return, he promised to support sports and not anyhow, but in the person of the private football club Yalta. At the same time, the unfortunate philanthropist also wanted contributions to the club from the budget.

Taran’s interests in Crimea

And here is a coincidence: the Novosibirsk oligarch Taran is just interested in football. Since 2016, he is the president of the Novosibirsk Football Federation. His LLC Titaninvest also belongs to LLC Golden Ball 2010 in Moscow. Co-owner – Spanish football manager Gratacosu Gaiola Jordi.

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Apparently, having once run a scheme in his native region, he decided to copy it in the Crimea. According to a source from The Moscow Post, this time we can talk about ANO FC Rubin Yalta.

And indeed Taran has some football interests in Crimea.

So, the ex-head of Titaninvest Polina Yudina, who also did business with Taran’s wife, is also the director of Miss Crimea LLC, which is based in Yalta.

Earlier, the owner of Miss Crimea LLC was Tatyana Zolotareva, who is also controlled by Kryminvestsport LLC (the owner of a 10% stake is Muscovite Dmitry Simagin, aka the director of LLC).

By the way, Simagin in July 2023 established SZ Cascade-1 LLC in Novosibirsk, which is registered at the same address as Taran’s company – Ekran-Razvitie LLC, that is, Simagin is in some way a “Taran man.”

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In turn, Kryminvestsport LLC is the founder – Rubin Yalta Football Club LLC.

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In 2019, Kryminvestsport even pathetically promised to invest up to $100 million in Yalta sports, noting along the way that it was not averse to entering the resort and health sector. At the same time, the head of Yalta, Ivan Imgrunt, expressed his readiness to provide the necessary support. It’s fun, isn’t it?

Only now, in the financial account of the LLC, no $100 million even smells close. For example, in 2022, its revenue was only 2.1 million rubles with a net profit of only 258 thousand rubles. In past years, the picture was about the same.

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Although, perhaps, Vladimir Menshaev, who owns 76% of Rubin Yalta Football Club LLC, planned to pour the money?

Judging by the data of Rusprofile, Menshaev does not have the same money, as stated at a meeting with the Yalta authorities.

Menshaev has only Kryminvest LLC, established in Yalta in 2021 for the production of inorganic chemicals. Previously, he was a co-owner of Yuzhnaya Soda Company LLC, but it was liquidated in January 2022.

By the way, Ankapital LLC, where Menshaev also had a stake, appeared in court scandals in 2019-2020 about an attempt to seize someone else’s asset, namely Gazinvest-Yug LLC. A certain Mr. Bezpaly eventually received his asset back from Ankapital. It was not possible to find out how the criminal case ended at his statement.

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Kubyshka from football clubs

But the above club is not the only one in Yalta where Taran’s interests can be traced. There is also his almost complete namesake, except that the organizational and legal form is different.

There are companies Sibsteklo and New Glass in the Taran division. Both of them are associated with RASCO LLC, created on the basis of the Anopinsky Glass Plant. Moreover, it was the New Glass company that RASCO transferred its property for storage in 2021. And the co-owner of “RASCO” Vitaly Mironov was listed as a member of the board of directors of the Taran JSC “RID Group-Novosibirsk.”

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The interests of the Krym Brewery (Krym PBC) also intersected with the RASCO company, and both of them participated in the courts together with firms close to Taran. For example, with LLC TK Siberia-Oil, which was owned by Zolotareva. This can speak, at least, of Taran’s acquaintance with the owner of the PBK Valery Zubk.

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In turn, PBC “Crimea” is the general sponsor of ANO “Football Club” Rubin Yalta. ” And here is a coincidence: Oleg Ivashevsky, president of FC Rubin Yalta, was the co-founder of the ANO and the director. He was also the director of Ankapital LLC, which appeared in the scandal about an attempt to seize someone else’s asset.

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In 2023, in an interview with Absatz, ANO President Kirill Shaposhnikov said that they were negotiating with a federal sponsor, but did not name the name. Perhaps it was about Taran?

By the way, Shaposhnikov himself is not a simple person. For example, among his partners in the KRPOO SRGO “We are Russians” was the Ivankov family.

Igor Ivankov, together with the authorities of Sevastopol and a number of individuals for 2020, was a shareholder of PJSC Sevastopolgaz, and Olga Ivankova participated in the creation of the trade union of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Kazakhstan Krymgazseti. And where gas is, there, as you know, we are talking about very big money that Taran loves so much.

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With greetings from Leleko

It will not be superfluous to remind that the activities of the ANO (and Shaposhnikov’s club is in this form) are controlled by the Ministry of Justice, and in Crimea its department has been headed by Andrei Leleko since March 2022.

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Leleko is the ex-head of the Novosibirsk Investigative Committee, in which Moscow, initiated in the Main Investigation Department of the TFR, was so successfully closed, but later launched into the region against Eduard Taran. Togo was suspected of tax evasion. Leleko was sent to retirement against the background of a number of high-profile stories, which was “investigated” by his department, including the “Taran case.”

Recall that in 2018, the Sledkom checked for tax evasion the deal to sell the state corporation Rostec a 24% stake in the Lytkarinsky Optical Glass Plant (LZOS). The seller was the structures of Eduard Taran.

The deal looked rather suspicious for investigators: in 2013, Cyprus-based Labrosan Holdings LTD bought a 24% stake in LZOS from Sibtopenergo and Invest Plus for a total amount of about 180 million rubles, and two months later resold Rostec the same shares almost five times more expensive – for 862.6 million rubles. The investigation then claimed that Invest Plus, Sibtopenergo and offshore were affiliated with Taran.

The TFR suspected that the entire chain was an attempt to evade tax, but Taran came out of this story without loss. Novosibirsk Sledkom, which was then headed by Leleko, terminated the criminal case.

But now the interests of Leleko and Taran have come together in Crimea, in a very muddy story.

Eduard Taran: Photo: https://cdn.bfm.ru/news/photopreviewextralarge/2010/08/26/taran1.jpg

As for Crimean football, in January 2024, an agreement was concluded between ANO FC Rubin Yalta and a certain ANO Sodruzhestvo on cooperation in the development of football in Crimea and new regions of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country).

ANO Sodruzhestvo was established at the end of November 2023 in Moscow, its head is Sergei Gapon, deputy director of the Crimean Football Academy, as well as an ex-tax inspector and assistant to the president of the Crimean Football Union (KFS). By the way, the arbitration is just considering their lawsuit against ANO FC Rubin Yalta demanding the return of some previously accepted property for storage. Details are still unknown.

And here is a coincidence: Dmitry Simagin, close to Taran, who owns a stake in Kryminvestsport, in September 2023 established YAR Construction Company LLC in Lugansk.

Maybe then Gapon is Taran’s acquaintance?

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Connections decide and “inspire”

Taran’s unsinkability was not taken from scratch. He is a big fan of the right connections.

For example, a few years ago, ex-governor Viktor Tolokonsky became his adviser and member of the board of directors of his own Ekran plant.

Taran and Dmitry Verkhovod, ex-deputy head of the regional administration, ex-head of the department of property and land relations, were among the closest circle.

Rumor has it that he has established relations with the leadership of a number of state corporations, it is not for nothing that Taran’s companies are the executors of state contracts.

Not without security officials.

Thus, Isnov, one of the now former shareholders of ROMZ, which is also related to Taran, co-founded the Green Standard Foundation.

Since January 2024, it has been headed by Alexei Zgursky, a former deputy of the Novosibirsk interdistrict environmental prosecutor.

Zgursky, together with deputy Yaroslav Frolov, also coordinates the United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) project on the green economy. And the head of the regional branch of the party is Governor Travnikov.

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Not a bad “catch” of connections from Taran, do not find?

In the light of this, we will not be surprised if some state asset “sticks” to his hands again. Here, for example, in the same Crimea.

The Moscow Post

05/03/2024
A message aimed at the future

“We, for example, repelled the aggression of international terrorism, saved the unity of the country, did not allow it to be torn apart at one time,” supported the brothers and sisters, their will to be with Russia (*aggressor country), ten years after the beginning of the legendary “Russian spring,” Putin (*international criminal) began the foreign policy part of the Message. He mentioned the “deadly threat of a global epidemic,” the defense of Donbass and Novorossiya, the special military operation and popular support for the struggle for the lives of compatriots, and the bitterness of losses.

The West miscalculated, the political system of Russia (*aggressor country) did not succumb to colonial habits, did not allow to interfere in internal affairs, weaken it from the inside. It was not possible to restrain the development of the country, Russia (*aggressor country) will not be “dependent, fading, endangered space” like Ukraine, the President said.

“The protection, strengthening of sovereignty is going on today in all directions, and above all, of course, at the front, where our fighters are steadfastly and selflessly fighting,” he continued and thanked everyone who is fighting for the interests of the Fatherland.

Russia (*aggressor country) did not start the war in Donbass, but will do everything to end it, “eradicate Nazism, solve all the tasks of a special military operation, protect the sovereignty and security of citizens,” Putin (*international criminal) assured, and later recalled in his Address that “independence, self-sufficiency, sovereignty must be proved, confirmed every day.”

So that they do not doubt

The combat capabilities of the Armed Forces have increased many times, tremendous combat experience has been accumulated, work is underway to increase the striking power of the army and navy, their manufacturability and efficiency. As part of a special military operation, the RF Armed Forces “firmly own the initiative, confidently advance in a number of operational areas, liberate more and more territories,” Putin (*international criminal) said.

Strategic nuclear forces are in a state of full readiness for guaranteed use. What was planned in the field of weapons in 2018, everything is done or is at the final stage of work. It was put into service and is used during the SVO to defeat especially important targets of the Dagger hypersonic aviation complex. The Zircon sea-based attack hypersonic complex is used. On combat duty, Avangard intercontinental range hypersonic units and Peresvet laser systems. Tests of the Burevestnik unlimited-range cruise missile and the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle are being completed. The first serial Sarmat heavy ballistic missiles were delivered to the troops. Work is underway on promising weapons systems, “we will still find out about the new achievements of our scientists and gunsmiths,” Putin (*international criminal) promised.

Russia (*aggressor country) is ready for dialogue

Russia (*aggressor country) is ready for dialogue on issues of strategic stability. But the ruling circles of the United States are taking open hostile actions. How can you discuss issues of strategic stability, “trying to inflict a strategic defeat on the battlefield on Russia (*aggressor country)?,” Putin (*international criminal) asked.

The United States also unfoundedly accuses Russia (*aggressor country) of intentions to deploy nuclear weapons in space and blocks the proposal that has been on their table for more than 15 years. This is a draft treaty to prevent the placement of weapons in space.

“Therefore, we have every reason to believe that the words of today’s American authorities about alleged interest in negotiations with us on issues of strategic stability are demagoguery”, Putin (*international criminal) concluded, adding that the United States is doing this on the eve of the presidential election, but in fact “will seek to defeat us,” draw us into the arms race, wear out, repeating the trick that they succeeded in the 80s with the Soviet Union.

“Our position is clear: if you want to discuss responsible, important issues of security and stability for the whole planet, then it is necessary to do this only in a single complex, of course, including all those aspects that affect our national interests and directly affect the security of our country, the security of Russia (*aggressor country),” the President said.

The task is to “develop the defense-industrial complex in such a way as to increase the scientific, technological, industrial potential of the country,” to distribute resources as rationally as possible and build an effective economy of the Armed Forces, achieving a maximum for each ruble of defense spending, to reach a qualitatively new level of equipment of the army and navy.

“First of all, this concerns general forces, the principles of their organization, the supply of unmanned strike systems, air defense and electronic warfare systems, intelligence and communications, high-precision and other weapons to the troops,” Putin (*international criminal) suggested. He also said that it was to strengthen the groups in the western strategic direction in order to neutralize the threats associated with the expansion of NATO at the expense of Sweden and Finland.

They keep lying

Putin (*international criminal) said that “people who did not go through difficult tests – they have already forgotten what war is.” The West provoked conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East, other regions of the world and continues to lie, saying that Russia (*aggressor country) allegedly intends to attack Europe. At the same time, he himself chooses the targets for striking at the territory of Russia (*aggressor country), “they choose the most effective, as they think, means of defeat,” Putin (*international criminal) said.

“They started talking about the possibility of sending NATO military contingents to Ukraine,” but “now the consequences for possible interventionists will be much more tragic.” Russia (*aggressor country) has weapons “that can hit targets on their territory.” All this “really threatens a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, which means the destruction of civilization…, they think that for them these are all cartoons of some kind,” he warned.

The president called Russophobia, the ideology of superiority and exceptionalism a kind of racism that “blinds, deprives reason.” He accused the United States and its satellites of actually dismantling the European security system, which “creates risks for everyone,” suggested working to form a new circuit of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia in the foreseeable future. “We are ready for a substantive conversation… without a sovereign, strong Russia (*aggressor country), no lasting world order is possible, “the President said.

Unite the efforts of the world majority

Russia (*aggressor country) seeks to unite the efforts of the world majority to respond to global challenges. Interaction is based on the principles of equality, respect for each other’s interests, new and new states are involved in the work of Eurases, SCO, BRICS and other associations with the participation of Russia (*aggressor country). In 2028, the BRICS countries, taking into account the states that recently became members of this association, will create about 37% of global GDP, while the Group of Seven will fall below 28%.

In 2023, the Russian economy grew at a rate higher than the world. Today, Russia (*aggressor country) is Europe’s largest economy in terms of gross domestic product, purchasing power parity and the fifth in the world. The pace and, most importantly, the quality of growth allows us to hope and even assert that in the near future the country will become one of the four largest economic powers in the world.

Russia (*aggressor country) fully provides itself with food, has become a leader in the global wheat market, is one of the twenty leading countries – exporters of food. By 2030, the volume of production of the agro-industrial complex should grow by at least a quarter compared to 2021, and exports – by one and a half times.

Together with friendly states, it is planned to create effective and secure logistics corridors, build a global financial architecture at the forefront of the technological base, free from political interference. The West is discrediting its own currencies and the banking system – “sawing bitches, on which they have been sitting for decades,” Putin (*international criminal) said.

We see great prospects in building a large Eurasian partnership in the conjugation of integration processes within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union and the PRC Belt and Road Initiative. The Russia (*aggressor country)-ASEAN dialogue is developing positively. The breakthrough was the Russia (*aggressor country)-Africa summits. Russia (*aggressor country) has a long-standing, good relationship with the Arab states.

The North-South transport corridor will connect Russia (*aggressor country) with the countries of the Middle East and Asia. It will be based on road routes, seamless railway communication from ports in the Baltic and the Barents Sea to the coast of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. The port capacities of the Azov and Black Seas will be actively used.

The third stage of expansion of the Eastern landfill of railways – BAM and Transsib is being launched. Until 2030, their throughput will increase from 173 to 210 million tons per year. The ports of Vanino and Sovetskaya Gavan should be developed. In the area of special attention – the further development of the Northern Sea Route. There is a place for foreign logistics companies to actively use the capabilities of this global transport corridor.

On the basis of Russian domestic shipyards, it is planned to update the merchant fleet: tankers, gas carriers, container ships. This will allow Russian business to build effective trade flows in the context of changing logistics, fundamental changes in the global economy.

“But now I will emphasize the main thing,” Putin (*international criminal) said in conclusion, “the implementation of all the plans today directly depends on our soldiers, officers, volunteers – all the servicemen who are fighting now at the front, on the courage and determination of our comrades who defend their homeland, go on the attack, go forward under fire, sacrifice themselves for us, for the sake of the Fatherland. They, our warriors, create today absolutely necessary conditions for the future of the country and for its development. “

And people “there” who have not passed through difficult tests – they have already forgotten what war is, the President said, referring to the countries of the so-called West.

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The Moscow Post

04/03/2024
From Izhevsk to Cannes: where did the Radionovs get millions for apartments in Europe?

What does the possible wife of the ex-prosecutor, and now an employee of the FAS Grigory Radionov Oksana Gonchar and a representative of a group of companies supervised by Radionova, find out the correspondent of The Moscow Post.

Recall that when the editors of The Moscow Post were preparing material about the head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova, in addition to the French company SCI MONE, decorated with full namesakes of the official’s parents, she found SCI CITY PARK at the same address. Both firms were established in December 2017 and both to buy apartments in the resort town of Juan les Pins in the Bay Side complex, which is located on the Cote d’Azur, next to Cannes and Nice. The co-owner of the second company was a certain native of Izhevsk born in 1990, Oksana Gonchar.

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As for Ms. Gonchar, according to a source to The Moscow Post, she is not only registered at the same address in Moscow with a certain Svetlana Radionova, but may also be the common-law wife of the official’s brother Grigory Radionov.

Radionov graduated from the same Saratov Academy of Law as Svetlana Radionova, and from 2003 to 2021 he worked in the prosecutor’s office. In particular, he served as prosecutor of the Western and Northern districts of Moscow, was an investigator of the Basmanny interdistrict prosecutor’s office and its deputy prosecutor. Since June 2021, Grigory Radionov heads the department for combating cartels of the FAS Russia (*aggressor country).

Judging by the income statement for 2021, Mr. Radionov does not really have an official spouse, but there are two minor children. His total income for the first year of work at the FAS was just over 4.6 million rubles. In use – an apartment with an area of 121.1 square meters, another for 162.4 square meters in the use of his children. And of course there is no French real estate in the declaration. But it is convenient: if there is no stamp in the passport from the registry office, then there is no need to file declarations for the second half, as well as disclose its foreign and Russian assets. By the way, some governors sin in a similar way.

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The editors of The Moscow Post decided to find out who Ms. Gonchar is, and discovered another indirect connection between the buyer of an apartment on the Azur Coast and the Radionov family.

So, on the possible father of Ms. Gonchar – Yuri Gonchar in 2018, a World Cup spectator card was issued, which took place in June-July of the same year. M.MAKAROVA @ GOSNADZOR.RU was indicated as a contact e-mile. The fact is that the mail on this server belongs exclusively to employees of Rostekhnadzor, whose deputy head at that time was just Svetlana Radionova. Coincidence again?

As for the father of Oksana Gonchar, who (what if!) Could sponsor the French purchase of his daughter, he was not seen in some business. Unless, from 1999 to 2012, he worked in Izhevsk as an individual entrepreneur in the field of wholesale non-specialized trade. Of the interesting things in the biography of Mr. Gonchar, one can only note the military service in Germany, which he indicated on his page in social networks.

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So who sponsored the Cote d’Azur deal?

Business connections and to Cannes will bring

In the Unified State Register of Legal Entities there is only one Gonchar Oksana Yurievna, who received an INN in Udmurtia, whose age and date of birth fully coincides with the data of the buyer of the apartment in the Bay Side complex.

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Ms. Gonchar can hardly be called a large businessman who can safely spend 250 thousand euros to pay for an apartment in France (the second share could be contributed by the co-owner of SCI CITY PARK Liubov Guzhikhina (Lukianova).

Three times Gonchar registered the status of an individual entrepreneur, starting in 2014, starting with the sale of products, ending with the services of insurance brokers.

In addition, Oksana Gonchar owns shares in three firms in Moscow and the Moscow Region, two of which are in the production of sweets, one is a restaurant: PKP Mir Sladesty LLC, PRO Vkus LLC and Vitakeyk LLC.

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The total revenue of companies in 2022 amounted to only 35 million rubles with a loss of 28 thousand rubles and the very cost of shares is of negative importance. At the same time, not even all taxes were paid in 2023 from the same restaurant “PRO Vkus.”

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It is unlikely that in 2017, when the deal was drawn up in France, the picture was more successful.

But, speaking of Gonchar’s business, one cannot but pay attention to her business partners and their connections. And there we will talk about a completely different order of numbers.

A man is known by the company he keeps…

Among Gonchar’s business partners in PKP World of Sweets LLC from 2015 to 2018, a certain Gorokhova Tatyana Iosifovna appeared. At the same time, Gorokhova has intersection points with another Gonchar partner, Natalya Lomaka, who is still a co-owner of all three Gonchar assets.

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So, Tatyana Gorokhova has a common business with the deputy of the Council of Deputies of the Solnechnogorsk city district of the Moscow region Alexei Martirosyan. In addition, her relative, Anna Gorokhova, through her business partner Daria Alexandrova, may be familiar with the former deputy head of the Moscow Region administration, ex-minister of the Moscow Region government, former senator and ex-head of the representative office of the Governor of the Astrakhan Region under the Government of R F Yuri Chaplin. The latter had a common business (Privokzalnaya Ploshchad LLC) with Alexandrova.

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But the most interesting thing is that Tatyana Gorokhova, together with Anna Gorokhova (also familiar with Lomaka), have common interests with a company from the division of the federal “garbage” group “Mekhuborka” Konstantin Zharkevich.

Tatyana is a co-owner of Chistograd LLC with Mekhuborka Group LLC, and Anna is the director of Chistograd.

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Zharkevich has been engaged in the “garbage” business, which, by the way, is supervised by the Radionova department since the 90s. He managed to master the markets of many regions, where his companies received, among other things, the status of a regoperator.

Meanwhile, in recent years, Zharkevich’s division companies have repeatedly become participants in scandals, including those related to tariffs and the environment. Yes, so that, for example, the Durtyulimeliovodstroy company (until November 2023 it was part of the Mekhuborka group) in July 2023 was completely deprived of the status of a re-operator for MSW management in Bashkiria. Prior to that, 34 violations of environmental legislation were discovered.

The Moscow Post has previously talked in detail about Zharkevich’s business. And although Rosprirodnadzor issues both warnings and fines to Mekhuborka, their amounts are such that they are unlikely to hit the offender’s pocket hard. So can the secret of the unsinkability of the scandalous division be in the very notorious “theory of six handshakes”?

As we can see, Oksana Gonchar does not see any of his own millions of euros for the purchase of an apartment near Nice. Therefore, one can only guess and assume who and for what “gave” or lent to a modest broker, possibly associated with the family of a high-ranking official, such not modest amounts.

The Moscow Post

28/02/2024
The new leadership of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf went to jail after Valery Rukhledev
Quiet circuits

The security forces had another round of questions regarding real estate transactions that belonged to the oldest organization of disabled people in Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism). Since 2016, Our Version has been studying the schemes of the now former VOG president Valeria Rukhledeva. It appears that the sale of property at a reduced price continued after he heard the verdict. The new criminal case promises to be no less high-profile.

On February 20, the All-Russian Society of the Deaf announced the detention of its leader Stanislava Ivanov. A message appeared on the official website of VOG that this happened “in accordance with the decision of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism)”.

Law enforcement officers came at a good moment: on this day at 11 am, a meeting began at the VOG office on 1905 Street in Moscow, which was attended by the heads of the organization’s regional branches. The security forces took about 20 people out of the hall, after interrogation, some of the detainees were released, while others were left in the temporary detention center – later the court decided to place them in a pre-trial detention center. Let us note that the FOG did not specify the reason for initiating a criminal case, but it is most likely related to the sale of supposedly “non-core” assets of the organization at a reduced price.

If you believe the sources, we are talking about real estate in Vologda, Kazan, Lipetsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk and the Kaliningrad region. According to media reports, the investigation estimates the damage caused to the All-Russian Society of the Deaf at 217 million rubles.

Rukhledev sits, Rukhledevism lives…

But not even a year has passed since the previous head of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf, Valery Rukhledev, received a real sentence for multimillion-dollar embezzlement (Article 160, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country)). A criminal case against him under Art. 159 part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country) (fraud on an especially large scale) was initiated back in 2018, later the charge was reclassified, and in March 2023, the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow sentenced him to seven years in prison. For the company with Rukhledev, two more defendants received prison sentences – the former chief lawyer of VOG Evgeniy Novoseltsev (6.5 years) and former head of finance Tatyana Zembatova (4.5 years). The investigation estimated the amount of damage caused at 320 million rubles. Read more about this on our website in a series of articles “How to do business with people with disabilities”.

It turns out that the current leadership (and Stanislav Ivanov has held the post of president of VOG since 2020) has not learned any lessons from the inglorious end of the career of the previous leader? Or did the long-term corruption inertia in the organization turn out to be too strong to resist, and so they went downhill? Or, perhaps, they hoped that after Rukhledev’s imprisonment, the security forces would consider their duty accomplished and would bypass the new leadership with their attention?

Be that as it may, the facts remain facts: the leapfrog with real estate belonging to the All-Russian Society of the Deaf continued under the new leadership. So, in May 2023, a scandalous situation arose in Ryazan, where VOG intended to sell a complex of buildings on the street. Stroiteley, 17 built in 1964. The organization then explained that “according to the documents, the service life of these buildings has expired.”

They seemed to intend to buy a new building to replace the old one, but the scandal arose due to the fact that the complex put up for sale housed a sewing production facility where disabled people worked, as well as a dormitory in which they lived. From a comment on the VOG website it became known that the organization intended to create its own sewing production in Ryazan – in the very new building that it was supposed to buy, and to attract seamstresses with hearing impairments to cooperate. Frankly, this looks like a clumsy attempt to eliminate a competitor. How this murky story ended (and whether it ended?) is still unclear.

And in the summer of 2023, in Yekaterinburg, the three-story building of the House of Culture of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf at the address: Separate Lane, 5 was demolished. As local journalists found out, in December 2022, this object was sold to a certain individual with a mortgage. The new owner, without thinking twice, sent a notice to the Yekaterinburg mayor’s office about the demolition of the cultural center building. It is expected that a multi-storey residential building will appear on this site.

We have given just a couple of examples of dubious, in our opinion, transactions with the assets of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf. It would be interesting to know on what grounds the organization’s management considered these real estate objects to be “non-core”? Maybe people with hearing impairments do not need either a cultural center or a dormitory? The investigation, most likely, has questions regarding real estate properties located in other regions, in addition to those already mentioned.

Yes, lawyer Nina Romanovich, questioned by investigators as a witness, told Izvestia that the interest of law enforcement officers is related to “real estate objects alienated by society.” Another such facility is the House of Culture for the Deaf in Kolomna, Moscow Region, she specified. Another source explained to the publication that we could also be talking about the Moscow Theater of Facial Expression and Gesture. It seems that law enforcement officers have really accumulated a lot of questions for the leadership of the Vog.

According to the same Nina Romanovich, the mass detention of the VOG leadership may also be related to the harassment of athletes who compete under the auspices of the organization at international competitions for people with hearing impairments. As the lawyer explained, disabled athletes allegedly “they were forced to pay for participation in sports tournaments and so that their sports career did not end in an instant”. According to her, “the money was given to the coach, and he carried it further”and in case of refusal, the athletes were threatened to be removed from the national team list and deprived of their scholarships.

It is appropriate to assume that if the athletes’ complaints referred to by Nina Romanovich are confirmed, this may serve as the basis for initiating a separate criminal case. But so far, as far as we understand, the main attention of the investigation is focused specifically on the “schemes” with VOG real estate in the regions.

Speed up the deadline…

Meanwhile, the ex-president of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf, Valery Rukhledev, and his accomplices Novoseltsev and Zembatova, it seems, have not accepted the court’s verdict. In the file of the courts of general jurisdiction of the city of Moscow there is information that the verdict of the Khamovnichesky Court of March 22, 2023 was appealed by them. The appellate court issued a ruling on February 1, but neither the verdict nor the appeal ruling were published. However, given the evidence of the accusation, the maximum that one could count on here is a slight reduction in the term of imprisonment, taking into account Rukhledev’s advanced age (he is 79 years old).

In general, it turns out to be some kind of unhealthy gimmick: before the law enforcement agencies had time to imprison the previous leadership of VOG for fraud, the next boss is already on the way. It seems that bosses simply don’t hear calls to stop doing business with people with disabilities, although, let us repeat, we are talking about the oldest of such organizations in our country – VOG was founded in 1926. Judging by information in open sources, its structure includes (or until recently included) 35 social rehabilitation enterprises, 52 regional and 182 local social and cultural institutions, the Mayak sanatorium and resort institution in Sochi, other recreation centers and tourism throughout the country. The activities of VOG affect at least 100 thousand people throughout Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism), 95% of whom are hearing impaired.

To be fair, we note that some commentators connect what is happening with the alleged reduction in budget funding for VOG – they say that the company’s management had to sell objects in order to make ends meet. How fair this opinion is can only be determined by the court, which will appoint an appropriate examination for each of the transactions. But what to do if it turns out that VOG really did not have enough money to conduct its core activities, but at the same time the objects were still sold at a reduced price?

Specifically
The list of senior VOG employees taken into custody on February 21 was impressive:

VOG President Stanislav Ivanov

First Vice-President of VOG Evgeny Bezrukov

Vice-President of VOG, member of the Central Committee of VOG, Chairman of the Tatar RO VOG Venus Gaulston

member of the Central Committee of the Vog, assistant to the President of the Vog, Chairman of the Novosibirsk Regional District of the Vog Mikhail Bragin

former vice-president of VOG Vadim Ivanchenko. On February 20, “other former heads of departments and employees of the apparatus of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf” were also detained,” the organization’s statement clarifies.
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27/02/2024
The chief of the German contractor, Beber, and a member of the board of directors, Heinzl, received 12 years in absentia for a scam worth 3.97 billion rubles. during the construction of a plant in Kirov

Glatt Ingenieurtechnik drank blood

Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow convicted in absentia for 12 years for two top managers of the German company Glatt REinhard Beber And Lutz Heinzl.

They were charged with fraud during the construction of a blood products production plant in Kirov. In 2005, the company became a contractor for a project worth 7 billion rubles. The customer was Rosplasma, a research and production center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency. But the plant has not yet been put into operation. The convicts live in Germany and are unlikely to be extradited, but they could be detained in states friendly to Russia (*aggressor country), lawyers noted.

How the plant was not built

The investigation into fraud during the construction of a plant in Kirov began back in 2013. The materials of the criminal case provide evidence of the theft of 3.5 billion rubles, which was supposed to be used for the construction of workshops for the production of blood products for Rosplasma, the research and production center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia (*aggressor country). The accused were representatives of the contractor company – the German Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH – CEO Reinhard Beber and member of the board of directors for the CIS countries Lutz Heinzl.

Both defendants were sentenced to 12 years in prison and a fine of 1.5 million rubles for each. The decision was made in absentia, since both live in Germany.

The trial in absentia of the general director of the German company Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, Reinhard Beber, and a member of the company’s board of directors, Lutz Heinzl, has been taking place in the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow since the end of August last year. As a result, both were found guilty by the court of especially large-scale fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism)) and attempt to commit especially large-scale fraud (Article 30 and Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism)). The court sentenced Reinhard Beber and Lutz Heinzl to eight years in prison each on the first count and six years on the second.
By partial addition of the terms, the defendants received 12 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 1.5 million rubles. every. […] Let us note that, according to some reports, Mr. Beber was allegedly detained by Interpol in Italy in 2019, but was then released, considering his criminal prosecution unfounded.

“The term of the main punishment for Heinzl Lutz and Beber Reinhard is calculated from the moment of transfer to law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) in the event of their extradition or from the moment of their detention on the territory of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism),” – reported the press service of the courts of general jurisdiction in Moscow.

Almost 7 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget for the construction of the enterprise for Rosplasma. The plant was supposed to process up to 600 tons of donor blood per year. In particular, it was planned to launch two lines for the production of immunoglobulin and albumin. It was assumed that the products would cover the needs of the domestic market and would be exported.

According to investigators, the Glatt company received the order despite the fact that it had no experience in the construction and design of such structures (it specializes in the supply of technological equipment). First, its specialists developed a project for constructing a plant from prefabricated reinforced concrete structures. However, the subcontractor, another German company Wiemer und Trachte GmbH, failed to complete the construction.

Then the company of Beber and Heinzl developed a new project – from monolithic structures. This time we decided to turn to the local company Intra-Bau M. And although at the time of signing the contract there was no design documentation, the construction was estimated at 768 million rubles.

As work on the project progressed, its price doubled, but Glatt promised to independently reimburse Russian subcontractors for all additional costs. In January 2009, when the bulk of the work was completed, the German company suddenly terminated the contract with Intra-Bau M and refused to accept the objects. In addition, she demanded that the Russian company return the full amount of the contract, and as a guarantee of fulfillment of the demand, retain all construction equipment, machinery and materials worth 540 million rubles.

By that time, the price of the work already completed was close to 1.3 billion rubles. Due to Glatt’s refusal to work with the Russian company Intra-Bau M, it went bankrupt.

In 2013, the head of this company, Alexey Kharchenko, whose statement became the basis for an inspection and initiation of a criminal case, told Izvestia that the German builders abandoned the construction site and disappeared with the remainder of the money allocated for the project. According to him, over 5 billion rubles remained with the German side – Rosplasma could not return them even through the court.

Additional terms

The German side presented a different version of events. Allegedly, at the final stage of construction, in 2009, when the factory buildings were erected and equipment was delivered, the management of Rosplasma told Glatt representatives about the need to supply a third production line to ensure the continuity of the production process. The Germans assured that by that time they had already spent the entire allocated budget, but for an additional 3.5 billion rubles they were ready to build additional workshops and supply equipment.
However, this part of the project did not come to fruition – the parties had a dispute over its cost. In addition, doubts arose about the integrity of the German contractor – about the quality of the materials used and their real cost.

The preventive measure in the form of arrest in absentia was chosen for Beber and Heinzl only in November 2015. At the same time, Rosplasma tried to recover from the German company all the funds spent on construction. However, the defendant submitted a report on the money spent, and the trial court did not find any grounds for recovery. In 2016 alone, Rosplasma managed to sue Glatt for more than 3.6 billion rubles. The Second Arbitration Court found the company’s enrichment unjustified.

Deciding the future fate of the long-term construction, the Russian government in April 2016 transferred it to the Rostec state corporation. To put the enterprise into operation, the National Immunobiological Company, Pharmstandard and the Italian Kedrion Biopharma created Kirov Plasma JSC. The parties planned to invest 6 billion rubles in the project. The launch of the enterprise is scheduled for 2019. However, the plant has not yet started operating.

The Rostec state corporation did not comment on the court decision and the future fate of the plant to Izvestia.

“Rostec is not a party to the litigation in this case,” the state corporation indicated. “We refrain from commenting on our investment plans.”

Will the convicts serve their sentences?

The competent authorities of Germany have the right to refuse to extradite convicts on the basis of legal and political reasons, Vladimir Kuznetsov, vice-president of the Association of Lawyers for Registration, Liquidation, Bankruptcy and Legal Representation, told Izvestia.

However, a foreign state can recognize the verdict of a Russian court against its citizen and enforce it on its territory, said Oleg Pantyushov, a lawyer at the Moscow Bar Association.

Managing partner of the Moscow law office, lawyer Alexander Chernov, recalled that the defense of the convicted had previously asked the court to terminate the criminal prosecution due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. She stated that the crime was committed between 2005 and 2009, during the period when Glatt received funds from the Russian budget under a government contract.

“Given that this basis for exemption from criminal liability is not rehabilitative, the defense’s motion could be regarded by the court as an indirect admission of guilt by the defendants,” he told Izvestia. “But the running of the statute of limitations is suspended if the person who committed the crime, as in this case, evades the investigation or trial.

Since 2015, Beber and Heinzl have been on the international wanted list using Interpol channels. At the same time, the competent authorities of Germany refused to cooperate with Russia (*aggressor country), said Alexander Chernov. But the presence of a verdict will make it dangerous for the convicted to visit countries friendly to Russia (*aggressor country) due to the threat of extradition, he concluded.

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27/02/2024
The chief of the German contractor, Beber, and a member of the board of directors, Heinzl, received 12 years in absentia for a scam worth 3.97 billion rubles. during the construction of a plant in Kirov

Lutz Heinzl

Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow convicted in absentia for 12 years by two top managers of the German company Glatt, Reinhard Beber and Lutz Heinzl. They were charged with fraud during the construction of a blood products production plant in Kirov. In 2005, the company became a contractor for a project worth 7 billion rubles. The customer was Rosplasma, a research and production center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency. But the plant has not yet been put into operation. The convicts live in Germany and are unlikely to be extradited, but they could be detained in states friendly to Russia (*aggressor country), lawyers noted.

How the plant was not built

The investigation into fraud during the construction of a plant in Kirov began back in 2013. The materials of the criminal case provide evidence of the theft of 3.5 billion rubles, which was supposed to be used for the construction of workshops for the production of blood products for Rosplasma, the research and production center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia (*aggressor country). The accused were representatives of the contractor company – the German Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH – CEO Reinhard Beber and member of the board of directors for the CIS countries Lutz Heinzl.

Both defendants were sentenced to 12 years in prison and a fine of 1.5 million rubles for each. The decision was made in absentia, since both live in Germany.

“Kommersant”, 02/27/2024, “Deadlines were calculated in blood”: The trial in absentia in the case of the general director of the German company Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, Reinhard Beber, and a member of the company’s board of directors, Lutz Heinzl, has been taking place in the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow since the end of August last year. As a result, both were found guilty by the court of especially large-scale fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism)) and attempt to commit especially large-scale fraud (Article 30 and Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism)). The court sentenced Reinhard Beber and Lutz Heinzl to eight years in prison each on the first count and six years on the second.

By partial addition of the terms, the defendants received 12 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 1.5 million rubles. every. […] Let us note that, according to some reports, Mr. Beber was allegedly detained by Interpol in Italy in 2019, but was then released, considering his criminal prosecution unfounded. — Insert K.ru

“The term of the main punishment for Heinzl Lutz and Beber Reinhard is calculated from the moment of transfer to law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) in the event of their extradition or from the moment of their detention on the territory of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism),” the press service of the courts of general jurisdiction in Moscow reported.

Almost 7 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget for the construction of the enterprise for Rosplasma. The plant was supposed to process up to 600 tons of donor blood per year. In particular, it was planned to launch two lines for the production of immunoglobulin and albumin. It was assumed that the products would cover the needs of the domestic market and would be exported.

According to investigators, the Glatt company received the order despite the fact that it had no experience in the construction and design of such structures (it specializes in the supply of technological equipment). First, its specialists developed a project for constructing a plant from prefabricated reinforced concrete structures. However, the subcontractor, another German company Wiemer und Trachte GmbH, failed to complete the construction.

Then the company of Beber and Heinzl developed a new project – from monolithic structures. This time we decided to turn to the local company Intra-Bau M. And although at the time of signing the contract there was no design documentation, the construction was estimated at 768 million rubles.

As work on the project progressed, its price doubled, but Glatt promised to independently reimburse Russian subcontractors for all additional costs. In January 2009, when the bulk of the work was completed, the German company suddenly terminated the contract with Intra-Bau M and refused to accept the objects. In addition, she demanded that the Russian company return the full amount of the contract, and as a guarantee of fulfillment of the demand, retain all construction equipment, machinery and materials worth 540 million rubles.

By that time, the price of the work already completed was close to 1.3 billion rubles. Due to Glatt’s refusal to work with the Russian company Intra-Bau M, it went bankrupt.

In 2013, the head of this company, Alexey Kharchenko, whose statement became the basis for an inspection and initiation of a criminal case, told Izvestia that the German builders abandoned the construction site and disappeared with the remainder of the money allocated for the project. According to him, over 5 billion rubles remained with the German side – Rosplasma could not return them even through the court.

Additional terms

The German side presented a different version of events. Allegedly, at the final stage of construction, in 2009, when the factory buildings were erected and equipment was delivered, the management of Rosplasma told Glatt representatives about the need to supply a third production line to ensure the continuity of the production process. The Germans assured that by that time they had already spent the entire allocated budget, but for an additional 3.5 billion rubles they were ready to build additional workshops and supply equipment.

However, this part of the project did not come to fruition – the parties had a dispute over its cost. In addition, doubts arose about the integrity of the German contractor – about the quality of the materials used and their real cost.

The preventive measure in the form of arrest in absentia was chosen for Beber and Heinzl only in November 2015. At the same time, Rosplasma tried to recover from the German company all the funds spent on construction. However, the defendant submitted a report on the money spent, and the trial court did not find any grounds for recovery. In 2016 alone, Rosplasma managed to sue Glatt for more than 3.6 billion rubles. The Second Arbitration Court found the company’s enrichment unjustified.

Deciding the future fate of the long-term construction, the Russian government in April 2016 transferred it to the Rostec state corporation. To put the enterprise into operation, the National Immunobiological Company, Pharmstandard and the Italian Kedrion Biopharma created Kirov Plasma JSC. The parties planned to invest 6 billion rubles in the project. The launch of the enterprise is scheduled for 2019. However, the plant has not yet started operating.

The Rostec state corporation did not comment on the court decision and the future fate of the plant to Izvestia.

“Rostec is not a party to the litigation in this case,” the state corporation indicated. “We refrain from commenting on our investment plans.”

Will the convicts serve their sentences?

The competent authorities of Germany have the right to refuse to extradite convicts on the basis of legal and political reasons, Vladimir Kuznetsov, vice-president of the Association of Lawyers for Registration, Liquidation, Bankruptcy and Legal Representation, told Izvestia.

However, a foreign state can recognize the verdict of a Russian court against its citizen and enforce it on its territory, said Oleg Pantyushov, a lawyer at the Moscow Bar Association.

Managing partner of the Moscow law office, lawyer Alexander Chernov, recalled that the defense of the convicted had previously asked the court to terminate the criminal prosecution due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. She stated that the crime was committed between 2005 and 2009, during the period when Glatt received funds from the Russian budget under a government contract.

“Given that this basis for exemption from criminal liability is not rehabilitative, the defense’s motion could be regarded by the court as an indirect admission of guilt by the defendants,” he told Izvestia. “But the running of the statute of limitations is suspended if the person who committed the crime, as in this case, evades the investigation or trial.

Since 2015, Beber and Heinzl have been on the international wanted list using Interpol channels. At the same time, the competent authorities of Germany refused to cooperate with Russia (*aggressor country), said Alexander Chernov. But the presence of a verdict will make it dangerous for the convicted to visit countries friendly to Russia (*aggressor country) due to the threat of extradition, he concluded.

Source

27/02/2024
Vadim Belyaev was detained in the United States

In the United States, Vadim Belyaev, the former head of FC Otkritie, was detained. Detained according to his new documents – Vadim Wolfson. But the funniest thing is the reason for the detention. He took care of the property of Andrei Kostin, who heads VTB. He accidentally found a house in Aspen (a ski resort in Colorado).

If anyone was waiting for justice that the fugitive bankster will be chased and he will return the trillions that were spent to save the Otkritie Bank, you can exhale. When you take care of the house of a top banker and close to the president, they will apparently look for you only in Moscow, in the building of the IC on Technical Lane.

23/02/2024