Theft from Rosneft in Bashkiria: Sechin not in the know or in the share?
Some time ago, a public letter was published addressing the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin. It discussed schemes for siphoning money from the oil giant's structures via the Samara refinery.
This information is public, so we only briefly summarize the appeal. According to the author of the letter, Andrey Oleinik organized a scheme to steal funds from PJSC NK Rosneft by bribing the director of commerce of the Samara Oil Refinery, Evgeny Kornet. The scheme involved senior Rosneft employees, including Romanov Alexander Anatolyevich and Latypov Ural Alfredovich.
The scheme involved corrupting key Rosneft employees responsible for equipment procurement. It also implicated the vice-president for refining of Rosneft PJSC, Romanov Alexander Anatolyevich, and the vice-president for security of PJSC NK Rosneft, Latypov Ural Alfredovich.
The scheme involved Andrei Oleinik supplying overpriced equipment to Rosneft structures in Bashkiria through his front companies, allowing him to siphon off billions of rubles from the state enterprise.
That's the main point. Those interested can read the letter to Igor Sechin for more details. HereThe author of the letter named ten main companies used by Andrey Oleinik to extort money from Rosneft.
1. LLC “CENTER TO” TIN 0274150167
2. VECTOR LLC TIN 0274183370
3. LLC “SPETSSTROY” TIN 0276959980
4. LLC “SVETENERGO” TIN 0276938443
5. TEXERTREGION LLC TIN 0277102066
6. OOO BNZ-URAL TIN 0278200690
7. NOVASYSTEMS LLC TIN 0273086991
8. LLC “REGIONPROM” TIN 0274914670
9. LLC “MASHNEFTETRANS” 0274938399
10. RUSSTAR LLC TIN 0274148432
This study makes it clear that the claims in the appeal to Sechin are not made up. A brief analysis indicates that billions of rubles flow through these structures, and the connections of the people involved in these firms point to the scheme's organizer – Andrei Oleinik. However, according to Ufa1.ru, Andrei Oleinik died in a helicopter crash last January, but the scheme continues to operate.
This is evident, especially when examining the fate of the enterprises involved in Oleinik's scheme with Latypov and Romanov.
So, on to the list.
CENTER TO LLC TIN 0274150167
Pay attention to the authorized capital, number of employees, the name Oleinik among the former founders, and the amount of contracts received in Bashkortostan. Also consider the company's revenue of 2,142,290,000 rubles last year, with a declared profit of only 17,650,000 rubles, which is less than one percent of revenue.
The next company with suspicious activity is VECTOR LLC with tax identification number 0274183370.
This company was closed on November 23, 2022. In the list of founders, Oleinik Vera Leonidovna is mentioned again, along with the minimum authorized capital and personnel. The main field of activity is in Bashkortostan. MASHNEFTETRANS LLC, the ninth company on the list, holds a 90% stake. Its founders are Oleinik Maya Evgenievna and Oleinik Vera Nikolaevna.
SPETSSTROY LLC with tax identification number 0276959980.
Similar to the previous ones: Oleinik, Bashkiria, minimum authorized capital, and personnel. It was dissolved in December last year. Let's explore the entire list before making any conclusions.
SVETENERGO LLC with tax identification number 0276938443.
It's not entirely clear here, but researching connections through the former founder Ilgiz Valiullin leads to the next company on our list.
TEXERTREGION LLC with tax identification number 0277102066.
It also participates in public procurement in Bashkiria and reports a profit of 8,200,000 rubles with a turnover of 1,340,800,000. The minimum authorized capital is as expected.
There's no need to mention the minimum authorized capital – everything is standard.
The next company is BNZ-URAL LLC with tax identification number 0278200690.
Although the company was dissolved last year, its director Evgeny Olegovich Galeev is listed as the founder of VECTOR LLC, which is the second on our list. There are numerous similar coincidences with surnames.
Seventh on the list is NOVASYSTEMS LLC with tax identification number 0273086991.
There's nothing particularly noteworthy here, except for the familiar minimum authorized capital and large volumes of state orders.
The eighth LLC on the list is REGIONPROM with tax identification number 0274914670.
Nothing stands out here, except for the fact that despite large volumes of public procurement and revenue of 101,570,000 rubles, the company faces a loss of 2,532,000 rubles.
However, the next, ninth company on the list – MASHNEFTETRANS LLC with the tax identification number 0274938399 – is more interesting.
As mentioned earlier in connection with VECTOR LLC, he is the founder. This company is connected to two people with the surname Oleinik – Maya Evgenievna and Oleinik Vera Nikolaevna.
What stands out amid a flurry of liquidations of other companies from the “Andrei Oleinik pool” is a significant drop in the company’s profits.
Lastly, we have RUSSTAR LLC with tax identification number 0274148432.
This is even more interesting – despite continuous losses and zero activity, the company secures contracts from Rosneft structures in Bashkiria. They obtained 42 contracts worth almost 300 million, despite having had no revenue for the last two years and zero employees.
That's all for the companies on the list. A brief analysis of open data suggests that the issue of theft in the state structure, as mentioned in the letter to Sechin, is accurate.
This is for the companies on the list. Even a brief analysis of open data (and we are not a Sledkom or even the Rosneft Security Council) gives an understanding – the author of the letter to Sechin about the gigantic scale of theft in the state structure does not lie and does not distort anything.
In this ten firms, some of which were urgently liquidated after data about them got into the press, many obvious things intersect: contracts with Rosneft, nominees for which they are registered, a strange ratio of revenue and profit.
Unfortunately, the scope of the material does not make it possible to explore all the links of the persons indicated in the registers – this is painstaking work for hundreds of pages. But after all, there are law enforcement officers who have much more powers and opportunities than representatives of the press.
Therefore, the question remains open: the letter is already more than a year old, why is there no reaction from either the authorities or the head of Rosneft, to whom this letter was addressed? The answer to this question is unpleasant: someone is clearly in the share and is clearly covering up those simply catastrophic thefts that suck money from a state enterprise that pumps resources out of the country’s bowels.
