The current and former head of the plant. Sverdlov are suspected of criminal conspiracy and organizing a kickback system. According to the newspaper, for already established episodes, the amount of remuneration exceeded 33 million rubles.
Yury Shumsky, General Director of FKP Plant named after Y. M. Sverdlov, as well as the head of Rostec’s Special Chemistry holding, and currently the General Director of RZM-Technology JSC, Yury Zozulya, were suspected of taking bribes and arrested for two months (up to November 19). It is reported by “Kommersant” with reference to the case file.
IA “RBC”, 09/22/2022, “Ex-Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Novosibirsk arrested for two months for bribes”: Previously, Yuri Zozulya was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Region, but in 2019 he resigned due to his appointment as the general director of the holding for the production of special chemicals – Special Chemistry JSC, part of the Rostec Corporation. — Inset K.ru
Suspicion was also announced to the predecessor in the post of general director of the plant. Sverdlov, and later – to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Techmashservice JSC Vadim Rybin. He agreed to cooperate with the investigation and was released (with a ban on certain actions) in the courtroom.
Kommersant.Ru, 09/21/2022, “They rolled back and imprisoned for explosives”: By the way, Yury Shumsky had already been prosecuted before, but the court acquitted him on charges of illegal storage (Article 222 of the Criminal Code) at the enterprise of 127,000 firearms intended for disposal. […]
It should be noted that Evgeny Rybin – Vadim Rybin’s father, who led the FKP from 2009 to 2019, and then was removed for negative reasons, acted as a victim in the Yukos case. On charges including organizing assassination attempts on him Leonid Nevzlin (in absentia) and head of the economic security department of an oil company Alexey Pichugin were sentenced to life terms and Mikhail Khodorkovsky (recognized as a foreign agent) wanted. — Inset K.ru
Plant them. Sverdlov is a city-forming enterprise of the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region, which is part of the military-industrial complex of Russia. The plant is one of the largest Russian manufacturers of industrial explosives and transfer charges for the mining industry. It is the only producer of HMX and RDX in Russia.
According to the investigative department of the TFR for the Northern District of Moscow, these defendants, as well as other persons identified or being developed by the FSB and the investigation, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, organized a system for obtaining kickbacks.
It was established that the defendants received illegal rewards from suppliers of components for the production of explosives, as well as companies that purchased FKP products at inflated prices. To do this, transactions included chains of intermediaries, thanks to which it was possible to artificially increase the cost of explosives. Kickbacks were also taken from other transactions, the FSB believes. For already established episodes, the amount of remuneration exceeded 33 million rubles.
According to Kommersant, if the defendants were initially suspected of particularly large-scale fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code), then in the ICR, given that they committed crimes as employees of state-owned enterprises, the acts incriminated to them were reclassified as taking bribes in a particularly large size (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code). However, they have not yet been charged.
Kommersant.Ru, 09/19/2022, “Investigation charged with explosives”: Earlier, State Duma deputy Dmitry Kuznetsov wrote several statements against Yuri Shumsky to the TFR, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. As follows from the copies of his appeals, the parliamentarian asked to check the export deliveries of dual-use explosives that can be used for military purposes to Bulgaria, Serbia, England and Cyprus.
“Perhaps criminal activity was carried out for a long time by a stable group consisting of the plant’s top officials,” deputy Kuznetsov pointed out. […] In another statement, Dmitry Kuznetsov asked the Prosecutor General to check the inaction of the investigating authorities, noting that the Nizhny Novgorod investigators ignored the conclusions of the arbitration courts, which back in 2019 established a scheme for the withdrawal and cashing out of funds earned by the Sverdlov plant. While sorting out a dispute with the tax inspectorate, the Nizhny Novgorod Arbitration Court found that when selling the plant’s products, formal intermediary firms controlled by the plant’s management were included in the supply chain, which overestimated the price by 7-10%. Then these organizations paid for the rest of the leaders with their families, the education of their children. The enterprise reached the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, but was unable to reverse the decision to withdraw part of the proceeds.
However, initiation of a criminal case on these facts was denied. To a greater extent, these claims concerned not so much Yuri Shumsky as his predecessor as CEO, Vadim Rybin, who left the strategic enterprise after resonant emergencies, including explosions and fires in the explosives production workshops. — Inset K.ru
September 20 State Duma tightened punishment for violation of the terms of a state contract under the state defense order (a term of up to ten years may threaten) and for the refusal or evasion of a person punished for failure to fulfill the requirements under the contract (part 1 or 2 of article 7.29) from concluding a state contract (up to eight years) . Also, a group of articles on non-execution of the state defense order and violation of the terms of the state contract was introduced into the Criminal Code (articles 201.2, 201.3, 285.5, 285.6 of the Criminal Code). […]
nn.ru, 09/20/2022, “Sale of explosives to Cyprus and illegal garbage disposal. What is known about the detention of Yuri Shumsky”: From 2000 to 2001, Shumsky was the general director of the closed joint-stock company Transoilexport. Since 2001, he has held the positions of General Director of Sibresurs and First Deputy General Director of Moscow Oil and Oil Plant. In 2009, he moved to the Sverdlov plant, where he took the post of Deputy General Director for Enterprise Management. In 2010, he was appointed to the position of First Deputy General Director of this plant.
Then he was elected a deputy of Dzerzhinsk and joined the committee on urban economy, ecology and rational use of natural resources. In May 2020, he decided to voluntarily resign. In the same May 2020, he took the position of General Director of the plant, in February 2022 he was re-elected to this position. The labor contract was concluded for 5 years. Shumsky is fond of equestrian sports and is the chairman of the triathlon committee of the Russian Equestrian Federation. — Inset K.ru
rus.team, 05/06/2019, “Rybin Vadim Evgenievich”: Vadim Rybin was born on May 24, 1970 in the city of Tyumen. In 1993, he graduated from the I.M. Gubkin State Academy of Oil and Gas with a degree in Mining Engineer. Later, he received additional education at the Higher School of International Business of the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation with a degree in Management.
Rybin began his career in 1995 as a leading specialist. Since 1999, he has worked in senior positions in various oil companies. Then, in 2005, he moved to work at the Federal Energy Agency. Since 2007, an experienced manager has served as deputy head of the above agency.
Subsequently, in 2009, he was appointed General Director of the Federal State Enterprise “Plant named after Ya. M. Sverdlov.” In parallel with his labor and social activities, Rybin Vadim Evgenievich is directly involved in the political life of the region. He was elected a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod Region of the 5th convocation. He is a member of the faction of the All-Russian political party “United Russia”. — Inset K.ru
