Telegram channel Kompromat GROUP: messages from 17.02.2023

The main “talking head” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Irina Volk, pompously announced a joint operation of the police and the FSB to detain a gang of swindlers who ruined the state budget by more than 2 billion rubles. More than a dozen suspects were detained in Ingushetia. A side note: why doesn’t the general also comment vociferously when it comes to big corruption scandals involving her colleagues? Usually there are official replies, such as not in our competence, and the Investigative Committee deals with these issues. Apparently, about their own, either good or not at all. But back to the Ingush swindlers. So far, little is known about this case. Sources say that more than fifty searches took place at the addresses of residence and offices of former and current employees of the Republican Pension Fund. So it was called in those days when embezzlers were operating. The security forces seized documents that could be useful to the investigation. So far, 11 detainees are known. It is reported that among them there are organizers of the criminal community. We dare to assume that among this “not a dozen” there are high-ranking officials. It cannot be that ordinary employees were rowing hundreds of millions of state rubles, and even without the consent and share of senior comrades. The reason for the large-scale arrests was also leaked. In official releases, it sounded that swindlers made out social payments to those who did not have the right to do so at all. And such cases were everywhere, in almost all cities and villages. How many such facts, investigators have yet to find out. According to some reports, officials issued benefits for a fee. About its size, we, too, apparently, will soon find out. It is possible that due to the actions of fraudsters, the payment of pensions to residents of Ingushetia was periodically delayed. The head of the republic, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, said last fall that pensioners were complaining en masse. The FIU, on the other hand, explained the problems with payments with incorrect data in the electronic system. And behind the phrase “violation of the pension legislation”, which was voiced by Kalimatov, the operational actions of the security forces, who were developing the pension gang, were probably veiled. The resonant case in the Ingush branch of the Pension Fund is not the first. At the end of 2020, Movlat Vyshegurov, the head of the republican FIU, and more than 20 people were accused of creating a criminal community and participating in it, as well as especially large-scale fraud. They cranked up schemes with maternity capital. According to one of their “profiles”, the accomplices offered women to help cash out the certificate for a percentage. True, when the ladies handed over the necessary documents to the swindlers, they were left without them and without money. According to another “specialization”, Penfond’s employees issued maternity capital for non-existent babies. Women of the right age were selected, and then, for a small fee, they unexpectedly became women in childbirth. Interestingly, officials then with pseudo-mothers together chose names for virtual babies. Sources then reported that more than 150 residents of Ingushetia became victims of fraudsters, and more than 110 certificates were issued for fictitious children. The total damage amounted to about 40 million rubles.
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At the end of last year, the Segezha Group, controlled by Vladimir Yevtushenkov, opened the Segezha woodworking plant in the city of Galich, Kostroma Region. It is assumed that the enterprise specializing in the production of large format plywood will annually produce up to 120 thousand cubic meters of finished products, including those intended for export to Iran, India, and China. But knowing the specific approach of Segezha Group to the issue of logging, members of the public and the media are already expressing concerns about the safety of the forest fund in the Kostroma region. In particular, the environmental scandal is gaining momentum in Karelia, where during the monitoring it turned out that over the past three months, Lendersky LPH and Ledmozerskoye LZH, which are part of the structure of the timber holding, have cut down about 350 hectares of forest. At the same time, over the previous 15 years, loggers voluntarily maintained a moratorium that protected the unique forest from cutting down, but in the fall of last year, Segezha Group abandoned previously signed agreements on the conservation of planned specially protected natural areas. In parallel, under the conditions of sanctions, the holding’s turn towards the markets of Southeast Asia was noted. It is significant that at the end of last year, Segezha Group began collecting applications for a new long-term issue of bonds, which are supposed to be sold for yuan; settlements in the payment of coupons and redemption of securities will also be made in Chinese currency. In total, it is planned to issue bonds for 1 billion yuan, which is about 11 billion rubles. Shortly before that, in October, the holding for the first time sent cargo from St. Petersburg to China by the Northern Sea Route. The activities of Segezha Group are gaining momentum: at the end of 2021, Yevtushenkov’s holding for the first time surpassed the long-term industry leader Ilim Group in terms of logging volume – 14.5 million cubic meters against 12.3 million. New prospects may soon open up before industrialists. The fact is that in November, the State Duma deputies received a draft law on amending the Federal Law “On the Protection of Lake Baikal”, which allows the so-called “sanitary cuttings”, for consideration. But in practice, they are no different from commercial felling of valuable wood species for the purpose of subsequent sale, and according to experts, the adoption of the amendments threatens to cut down almost 70% of the forests around the planet’s largest lake. It is the “sanitary cutting” that is carried out in Buryatia by CJSC “BLK” affiliated with “Segezha Group”, which sends products not only to the Selenginsky pulp and paper mill, but also for export to China.
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Pugachev’s grandson Nikita Presnyakov, who fled abroad last year, again became the hero of the network. This time, the sources figured out how a mediocre singer lives without special talents over the hill. Is he begging away from his homeland? According to published data, not at all. On the contrary, he can afford to rent good apartments in the USA, and his wife Alena Krasnova, as before, hangs out at secular parties. She also takes pictures in expensive boutiques. Although, filming against the backdrop of luxury is not prohibited by law. Her social networks are full of shots from popular nightclubs. Presnyakov Jr., meanwhile, seems to be trying to record an album with his musical group Multiverse and kalym on clips for American artists. And now Nikita calls himself none other than Nick Pres. Apparently, he chose a pseudonym so as not to frighten customers with his Russian origin. Now it is not fashionable to be Russian, and even more so in the United States. Yes, and a lot more where … The Presnyakov couple settled down in the Twenty Five Murray Street skyscraper in Manhattan. And he rents luxurious apartments. According to sources, they have a living space of 170 square meters, and the monthly rent costs an average of $15,000. It is unlikely, of course, that spouses who are used to living beautifully can have enough money earned by Nikita in the States. Apparently, Russian business also continues to generate income, because no one forbids making money in the country that you betrayed and fled to the delight of Western propagandists. The fugitive has a joint business with his mother-in-law. This is the Niko Sport company, which is registered in the village of Kommunarka. And this office specializes in the implementation of simulators. The annual turnover is about 20 million rubles. Earlier we wrote that Presnyakov has a business in Krasnodar. The guy was issued a land plot with a building in which the area is rented by a well-known trade brand. For a long time, the prima donna’s grandson tried to get rid of this asset. It is not yet known whether he succeeded in doing this. And he was going to sell the property for 20 million rubles. Monthly rent brought him from 160-240 thousand rubles. The offspring of a well-known family also has Moscow mansions for 250 square meters in a historic building in Varsonofevsky Lane. At first, these meters belonged to foreign agent Maxim Galkin. But then a young loving husband re-registered the living space for a retired wife. According to estimates, such an apartment can cost more than 100 million rubles. It is possible that housing can be rented out so as not to be empty. And the money from this also goes to the accounts of a now American resident from Russia.
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The Central Bank approved the sale of Russian subsidiaries of the American Freedom Holding to Maxim Povalishin, one of the founders of the Russian business of the company. The latter is associated with Timur Turlov, the former head and founder of the Freedom Finance investment company, today owned by the US-registered Freedom Corp Corporation. Earlier, Povalishin had already bought out the Kazakh JSC Freedom Finance. As for Turlov, he fell under the sanctions of Ukraine, whose authorities blocked 3.5 billion hryvnias received from Ukrainian investors, depriving the businessman of the opportunity to manage foreign money. As a result, Turlov announced his renunciation of Russian citizenship and the sale of the business to local management. Meanwhile, offshore connections allow Freedom Finance to carry out non-transparent cash schemes; The company has been repeatedly compared to a financial pyramid. Its securities are traded on the NASDAQ exchange, known for its extremely liberal rules, but after a certain period of growth, they collapsed with a bang. Another structure of Turlov – “FFIN Brokerage Services” – last year was included in the black list of the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market due to the presence of signs of “illegal activity on the territory of Kazakhstan.” It is possible that Turlov’s current distancing from Freedom Finance may be due not only to the desire to get out of sanctions, but also to attempts to avoid possible attention from the security forces if they pay attention to the speculation that took place. In Russia, Turlov maintained friendly relations with the ex-head of Rosseti, Pavel Livinsky, who allegedly used the help of a businessman to withdraw funds received from transactions with cryptocurrency at the facilities of the energy holding. Rosseti is regularly shaken by corruption scandals, and the current head of the company, Andrei Ryumin, continues the policy of his predecessor Livinsky, including in terms of receiving kickbacks from contractors who deliver facilities with gross deviations from technical conditions. Previously, both worked in the United Energy Company. After Livinsky became the CEO of Rosseti in 2017, Ryumin soon headed Rosseti Lenenergo (formerly PJSC Lenenergo). As the head of the state corporation, Ryumin did not carry out any fundamental changes, but allocated budget funds for an audit of the work of his predecessor, as a result of which no questions or claims arose against Livinsky.
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The Progress Rocket and Space Center did not have time to recover from millions of embezzlements by its former top managers, as the “father” decided to collect what was due from the “daughter”. RCC will have to pay Roskosmos about three billion rubles in compensation for losses. So the Arbitration Court decided on the suit of the state corporation. All the fuss because of the spacecraft “Resurs-P” No. 2, designed for remote sensing of the Earth. The data obtained with its help is intended for updating maps, ensuring the economic activities of federal bodies, as well as for monitoring and protecting the environment. According to the creators, in terms of the quality of the transmitted useful information, Resurs-P is not inferior to similar foreign devices. The satellite was manufactured by Progress and put into operation in June 2015 with a five-year warranty. However, already at the end of 2017, the on-board signal disappeared when the target information was reproduced by the equipment: the on-board command-measuring and computer systems failed. The state corporation was forced to stop using it, and then completely exclude it from the orbital group. The general designer of the RCC Progress concluded that it was impossible to restore the satellite. Thus, the space center violated its obligations under agreements with Roscosmos. In total, six state contracts were concluded for a total amount of just under 5 billion rubles for development, production, testing, delivery and launch. For this amount, Roscosmos filed a lawsuit in September 2021. Then the court considered that the limitation period had expired, and the evidence base was incomplete. For example, obligations that were not fulfilled or fulfilled, but with violations, were not specified. Defending themselves, representatives of the space center appealed to the fact that the satellite collected a five-year amount of information in three years. Roskosmos applied to Arbitration. Twice the capital’s courts denied the conglomerate’s claim. And only the Arbitration Court of the Moscow District decided to consider the case from the very beginning. This led to the victory of the state corporation in this lawsuit, but not by the amount that was expected.
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Evgenia Schukina, the widow of the co-founder of the Sibuglemet holding, was unable to invalidate her husband’s will and now all the assets of the late Alexander Schukin will go to his nephew Maxim Repin, who was considered the face value of a businessman since he was under investigation in 2016 in the case of extortion of shares JSC “Razrez” Inskoy “. Yevgenia Shchukina herself confirmed that she had signed a waiver of claims to the inheritance, explaining her act, including the lack of a legal education and a difficult emotional state after the death of her husband. At the same time, Repin entered the capital of almost all enterprises owned by Shchukin, increasing his share in them to 80%. These structures include Yeti House LLC, which manages real estate, including a hotel in the Sheregesh resort. Since August 2020, the post of director of the company has been occupied by Olga Zalesskaya, who previously headed Magma TEK LLC, which specializes in the supply of fuel, including to large state-owned companies. One of the co-owners of this enterprise was Maxim Nesin, the former founder and head of the bankrupt Kuzbass Fuel and Energy Company. There were reports about the fictitious nature of the bankruptcy of KTEK, and the businessman himself was required to bring to subsidiary liability for debts in the amount of more than 207 million rubles. It was only in 2021 that Nesin died, and the circumstances of his death were never fully clarified. One of Nesin’s friends and business partners was Artem Nazarov, the son of Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Sergey Nazarov, who, before moving to the civil service, held senior positions in the Mechel group Igor Zyuzin. Among other things, Nazarov Sr. was responsible for such areas as interaction with state authorities and international cooperation. It is possible that through Nazarov Jr., Zyuzin could be connected with the late Nesin, Olga Zalesskaya, as well as Repin, who controls Shchukin’s coal assets, which could well have been the focus of attention of the Mechel owner. In turn, Artem Nazarov is called the beneficiary of the Swiss offshore “Petroforce Trading and Shipping SA” and the representative of the Estonian company “NT Marine”, engaged in the supply of fuel and oil products, associated with the Belarusian oligarch Nikolai Voroby. In 2019, NT Marine received quotas for the supply of more than 600 thousand tons of Russian coal to Ukraine, which required permission from the Ministry of Economic Development, where Sergey Nazarov works, who could lobby the interests of not only his own son, but also his former boss Igor Zyuzin.
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Five apartments were taken away from the former colonel of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Igor Dolgikh lost his property as part of a criminal case on corruption offenses in the construction industry. As they say, if you steal, you return it. In 2018, the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a criminal case on the fact of a particularly large-scale fraud against Obid Yasinov, who was the head of JSC Mosstroymekhanizatsiya-5. The company was building a large residential complex in the city of Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Region. “Leonovsky Park” included six skyscrapers, four low-rise buildings, two schools and a kindergarten. The internal troops (now the Russian Guard) invested almost six billion rubles in the project for the allocation of almost 1,700 apartments to provide housing for military personnel. After the expiration of the contract in 2016, the Russian Guard did not receive about 400 of them, and some of the existing ones were incomplete. The investigation revealed the fact that Yasinov gave a bribe to Yevgeny Zhirkov (ex-head of Balashikha) with two apartments and non-residential premises for patronage. For fraud, both received prison terms: seven and nine years, respectively. The head of the construction company did not hide other material rewards from the investigation. This explained the origin of five undeclared apartments in Moscow and the region, as well as the non-residential premises of the officer Dolgikh. Last year, the First Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia filed a lawsuit not only against Igor Dolgikh (now an individual entrepreneur), but also against his sister Irina. It was on it that illegal income was registered in order to hide the real ownership of the objects and not to include them in the annual declaration. The defendants demanded that the claim be dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. But the court proceeded from the fact that Dolgikh concealed the criminal proceeds discovered as part of the investigation, so there were no grounds for cancellation. The defendants categorically refuse to admit their guilt. They claim that all real estate was purchased with legitimate income, savings and money received from parents. However, they do not provide documents that could confirm their words. These could be deposits, loans, donation agreements, sale of property. And the joint legal income of Igor and Irina Dolgikh is several times less than the value of illegally acquired assets. The accomplices will have to wait for a guilty verdict under arrest, at least until mid-April.
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Litigation continues in the case of a fire in the Kemerovo shopping center “Winter Cherry”, which claimed the lives of 60 people in 2018, of which 37 were children. The materials barely fit into 800 volumes. Alexander Mamontov, ex-head of the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Kemerovo region, is accused of embezzlement and negligence, which led to the death of people, Grigory Terentev, ex-head of the department of supervisory activities and preventive work of the capital of the region, is accused of abuse of office for personal gain and negligence. Both have been in jail since May 2018. According to the investigation, they, having deliberately violated the current legislation, did not plan and did not conduct a fire safety inspection during the operation of the Zimnyaya Cherry shopping center in 2017-2018. The need for it was reliably known to the accused. Sources report that in the period from 2015 to 2018, Alexander Mamontov stole about two million rubles from the department. With this money, he paid for the work of labor protection engineers of the Federal Fire Service in the Kemerovo Region, who were part-time members of the organization of veterans of the fire service and emergency situations. Mamontov continues to stubbornly deny this. He knew about the existence of such an organization of veterans, but had no control over its activities, because the “1st Detachment of the FPS” is legally separated from the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies. Consequently, he could not employ, control the procedure for remuneration either in the unit or in the organization. All this, in his words, is the responsibility of personnel. And the policy of their work as a whole was determined by the higher management. In addition, Alexander Mamontov does not understand the wording of the accusation, because embezzlement involves the appropriation of property, and not alienation in favor of a public organization. What is his personal benefit? Further, no one contested or canceled the orders for the employment of the above-mentioned employees, as well as the salaries paid to them. The investigation believes that the stolen funds under the guise of wages were transferred from treasury accounts to a specific account of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Mamontov retorts: the maximum amount of payment of monetary obligations, which is not a legal right to property or the property itself, was brought to the indicated account. When there will be hearings on charges of negligence, it is not yet known exactly.