They cut down the forest – the Nazarians fly: the ex-deputy of Primorye “stumbled” on business?
Dmitry Nazarets could have left the country for fear of possible criminal prosecution for alleged timber smuggling to the PRC.
The deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai prematurely terminated the powers of their colleague, United Russia Dmitry Nazarets. It turned out that the people’s choice has been abroad since July 2022, does not attend parliamentary meetings, does not participate in the life of the region and solving the problems of residents.
Apparently, Nazarets was pretty scared not so much of the resulting geopolitical instability as of a possible criminal case.
But, as Vesti Primorye writes, there is a version that the investigating authorities of the region are investigating a certain criminal case on timber smuggling and the investigators would very much like to talk with Dmitry Yuryevich. But the business of the Nazartsov is tied precisely to the timber industry.
“Ill” MP
One can be surprised at the naivety of the deputies of the Primorsky Legislative Assembly. Or it’s not naivety, but a reluctance to unleash a scandal that may affect them. The fact is that since the summer of 2022, Mr. Nazarets has been sending certificates to the parliament that, they say, he is undergoing treatment abroad. Particularly in Thailand.
At the same time, the former deputy is a relatively young and strong person. How can he be sick for a whole year, a mystery. However, until recently, no one paid attention to this situation.
Something similar happened in Perm in April 2023 with Sergey Zakharov, also a former City Duma deputy. After the start of a special operation to protect the Donbass, he abruptly disappeared from the radar. And much later it turned out that Zakharov was in Germany and “does not hold on to the mandate.” As a result, he ceased to be a deputy.
But Zakharov openly criticized the SVO, although he had previously tried to present himself as a real patriot. It is clear why his colleagues subjected him to obstruction. Dmitry Nazarets acted much smarter – he was silent. Moreover, he did not publish anything on social networks at all. However, apparently, he turned out to be the same “patriot” as Zakharov.
Dmitry Nazarets with his wife. Photo: https://kompanprr.ru/photo/?PAGEN_1=3
And along with the powers, the Nazarets left behind a whole mountain of unresolved problems, he simply abandoned his voters, whom he promised a sweet life two years ago. What can I say – it looks like he “escaped” even from his neighbors.
For example, today residents of Vladivostok are suing a former deputy: allegedly, there was a water leak in the apartment he owns in the city. As a result, almost the entire entrance was flooded, apartments were damaged, property was damaged. As if the Nazarene refused to compensate for the damage to people, as a result of which they went to court.
What does it take to be, being a deputy and a representative of a prominent business dynasty, to first defile the property of neighbors, and then refuse to compensate for the damage? Apparently, this is some kind of special breed of people …
On the trail of the Nazarts
At the same time, Dmitry Nazarets only recently became a deputy – in 2021. And he seemed to be considered relatively independent – in the sense that observers did not see any powerful federal figure behind him. However, he turned out to have a powerful rear: Dmitry’s father, Yuri Nazarets, is a member of the regional control commission of United Russia, a representative of the timber business.
Previously, Nazarets worked in the business structures of his family, in the forestry business – Primorsky Les LLC, where he was first a lawyer and then a general director. He is in this position today, although the founder of the entire forest empire is not he, but his father Yuri.
Rumors that the departure of Nazarets from the country may be associated with the possible interest of the security forces did not appear yesterday, but back in August 2022. According to the authors of the Sila v Pravda Telegram channel, allegedly Dmitry Nazarets fled abroad, fearing a criminal case on the smuggling of strategic resources.
As if the case was initiated based on the materials of the FSB, it concerns illegal logging and fake CITES declarations. According to the authors of the Sila v Pravda Telegram channel, the version of the investigation is allegedly as follows: in order to make the export of timber legal in 2018-2020, Nazarets’ business representatives could submit CITES declarations to customs that had signs of forgery. We can talk about the supply of timber to the PRC for tens of millions of rubles.
So far, this has not been confirmed. But if this is true, then both the son and the father (who has been working in the industry for more than 30 years) simply could not help but know that the CITES declarations are wrong.
As if the promotion of the case went on for several years, during which the father and son of Nazarets hoped for a miracle. It is possible that Dmitry Yuryevich went into politics just with the considerations that this would help him settle the situation. Apparently it didn’t help. We repeat – all this is unconfirmed information, but it sounds quite plausible.
Forest is a family business
However, calling the Nazartsy forest barons is only a stretch. They have a rather big business, but it cannot be called huge. Nevertheless, it is surprising why Dmitry Nazarets, having become a deputy, did not withdraw from the capital of his companies.
Today he remains a co-owner of three structures: VEK LLC, Artexport LLC and Primorsky Export LLC. In none of them, his shares have been transferred to trust management. Those. he was a deputy or on an exempt basis (that is, he was more engaged in his business than solving the problems of voters), or this is a banal violation of the law.
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However, those companies where Nazarets Jr. owned shares, but which have already been liquidated, turned out to be more interesting. These are the firms Granula LLC and Lestorg LLC. The first one resembles a frank dummy with 10 thousand authorized capital. And it was liquidated due to the fact that it provided false information about itself in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. The data on both the legal address and the head of the company turned out to be false.
The second one is even more interesting. It was liquidated in 2016, but it is difficult to call it a “dummy”. Rather, the “pod” Nazartsov. Against the background of relatively small financial indicators of other firms of the family (an account for tens of millions of rubles), Lestorg LLC looks like a real giant.
At the end of 2015, it received almost 700 million rubles in revenue. Moreover, the growth for the year amounted to almost 10 thousand percent – from 7.3 million rubles. Despite such revenue, the company received a modest income of 7.9 million rubles, which suggests that the company could have simply underpaid taxes.
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In 2016, the company was liquidated through reorganization. Real LLC became the successor, which, in addition to Dmitry Nazarets, was owned by several other persons, each of whom had several liquidated companies.
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They owned it because the company was liquidated on the same basis as Granula LLC. It turned out that she provided false information about the head of the organization, its legal address, as well as about one of the founders – Dmitry Milkevich.
Behind the latter – a whole cohort of closed firms, he established 52 legal entities. And he was a director, just think about it, in 145 companies. This is enough for several lives, and there will still be children left. All, as one, no longer exist, and the cost is zero. What is it, if not “pods” for withdrawing funds?
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Apparently, Milkevich may be a figurehead who could work in the interests of the Nazartsy. It is not clear why neither the law enforcement officers nor the party members of the Nazartsy pay attention to this.
At the same time, there is no publicly available information about the finances of Real LLC. The question arises – where did those 700 million rubles in revenue from Lestorg LLC go? And where did they, in fact, come from, if the turnover of all other companies of Nazartsov did not exceed several tens of millions of rubles?
Now the father of the ex-deputy, Yuri Nazarets, remained on the farm in Primorye. It is followed only by Primorsky Les LLC, which at the end of 2022 showed a very modest result – 10 million rubles in revenue and just over 1 million rubles in profit. Moreover, over the year, both of these indicators decreased by more than 80%. Is it possible that after the “departure” of Nazarets Jr., the business sank so much or they began to withdraw from the company hzikhidtidekrt money?
In this sense, it can be assumed that Yuri Nazarets may soon follow his son. Will it succeed or not? Most likely, only the security forces can answer this question.