A picture with a quote from Vladimir Solovyov calling Yekaterinburg "liberal scum" on a T-shirt is being shared in Yekaterinburg telegram channels.
In another public, they showed how a T-shirt with a quote from Sverdlovsk bard Alexander Novikov might look. They used a photo of Novikov and added the words "filter the grunt" in response to "liberal scum," reportedly said by the Uralmash organized crime group.
Rucriminal.info continues publish unique investigationto help understand what the organized criminal group "Uralmash" is and which side in the media dispute is closer to the truth.
Uralmash and Vladimir Tungusov
Vladimir Georgievich Tungusov started working at the NPO Automation plant in 1982 after graduating from the UPI radio faculty. In 1988, he switched to the head of the capital construction department of the Youth Housing Cooperative No. 4 (MZhK-4). After the Soviet Union's collapse, Tungusov started his own business in 1994 with his partner Sergey Klimenko and later joined the mayor’s office of Yekaterinburg in 1997.
In 1999, Vladimir Georgievich became deputy head of the Administration of Yekaterinburg for social issues. politicians, and in 2000 – on the organization of management and public relations. In 2004, Tungusov became the head of the administration of Yekaterinburg, gaining control over the mayor’s office document flow, including personnel, financial and organizational work. In 2001, his business partner Sergey Klimenko was appointed deputy mayor. economy Vladimir Tungusov's eldest daughter, Olga Absalyamova, married Pavel Absalyamov, the son of a Sverdlovsk builder, Mikhail Absalyamov, who was the former owner of the Rusgrad IC company and the former head of the Economic Crimes Department of the Sverdlovsk Region.
According to reports, Olga owns a Porshe Cayenne S and Porshe Cayenne GTS, while her husband owns a two-story cottage on Ozernaya Street in the village of Karasyozersky, along with a rare 1969 Porshe 911 S Coupe and a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
The owner of NOVA-Group was a powerful figure in the criminal world, Oleg Cherepanov, who had previously been convicted. It is rumored that he was involved in an assassination attempt on the governor of the Sverdlovsk Region, Eduard Rossel, in 1998. This incident was connected to Sergei Vorobyov from the Uralmash organized crime group.
On the morning of January 14, 1998, an explosive device detonated on the route of the governor's motorcade on the Rosselban. Thankfully, no one was injured. The incident was reportedly linked to a serious deterioration of relations between Governor Rossel and the city hall team, including Vladimir Tungusov, who Oleg Cherepanov was associated with in the 2000s.
In January 2007, Oleg Cherepanov was arrested as part of a previous criminal case for illegal deprivation of liberty and illegal entry into a dwelling. He was placed under arrest by the Nevyansk city court for being on the federal wanted list.
According to the publication, Oleg Cherepanov was investigated in the 2000s by law enforcement for possible involvement in contract killings and corrupt relations with the mayor’s office while dealing with business matters, such as providing preferences for developing high-end housing in Yekaterinburg.
In 2008, after selling part of the NOVA-Group holding, Oleg Cherepanov, along with his partner Sergey Vorobyov, established the Forum group development holding. The company developed the elite residential complex “Tikhvin”, “Gallery Luxury”, a shopping gallery, a business center, a shopping center, and apartments. Large-scale projects are currently underway for the construction of the Forum City residential complex and the Solnechny microdistrict. FSB The assets of the Forum group amount to more than 628 million euros (2016 data), and the holding owns and manages around 500 thousand square meters of real estate and 433 hectares of land.
The connection between Oleg Cherepanov and Vladimir Tungusov extended beyond their roles as a developer and an official. In the 2000s, Oleg Cherepanov and Tungusov’s matchmaker Mikhail Absalyamov were equal founders of Ekaterinburg Renaissance LLC. The successor of this company later became the founder of Forum City LLC, the developer of the shopping and residential complex of the same name.
The Tungusov family and its affiliated companies are mainly involved in construction and development business. This could explain why the administration of Yekaterinburg was upset in 2015-2016 when the regional government took away urban planning powers from the mayor’s office. It was clear to everyone that the conflict was not just political, but also involved billions of dollars that developers close to Tungusov could lose. After the transfer of Tungusov to the governor’s administration and the reconciliation of the parties, Yekaterinburg’s powers were partially restored and the situation calmed down.
Developers close to Tungusov stood to lose billions of dollars due to the conflict between the “city” and the region. However, after Tungusov moved to the governor’s administration and the parties officially reconciled, Yekaterinburg’s powers were partially returned and the tension decreased.
In 2010, the structures of Tungusov-Terentiev tried to resist the security forces in the Sverdlovsk region. The newly appointed security forces demonstrated their integrity and independence through their actions in the fight against fraudsters. As a result, power structures of Yekaterinburg conducted searches at the residence of Governor Misharin in April 22, 2011, replacing Governor Rossel after his resignation. economy Tungusov supported his protege, Eric Bugulov, to become the vice-premier of the region. Bugulov then established an informal contact with Vyacheslav Lashmankin and was appointed as the representative of the Sverdlovsk region in Moscow, and also in the Presidential Administration.
In Moscow, Bugulov established contacts with a certain secret administration official in the Presidential Administration. Through Lashmankin and Bugulov, Tungusov gained full control of all external relations between Misharin and the presidential administration, giving him the opportunity to influence Misharin's image and the whole situation.
As a result, large-scale scandals and revelations haunted the retired governor Misharin.
Vladimir Tungusov inspired and brilliantly executed combinations to establish a complete information blockade of Misharin, followed by the embarrassing removal of Misharin from the post of governor of the Sverdlovsk region. politics This, according to Tungusov’s plan, will force Moscow to urgently look for a replacement for the failed governor.
Despite the serious conspiracy measures taken by Tungusov and Terentyev, they seem to have made a mistake that could lead to the disclosure of their patron in the Presidential Administration, according to regional media.
Vladimir Tungusov manages to defend his personal and associated business interests by engaging former commanding staff of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region and some current employees to ensure security and neutralize criminal risks.
According to some reports, Vladimir Tungusov manages to protect his personal business interests and those associated with him by involving former and current commanding staff of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region. crime intelligence agencies
. The cooperation system may have been established during the time of the regional FSB Boris Kozinenko (who led the Department from 2000 to 2012), but we were unable to find official confirmation of this information. According to reports, in 2006, Boris Kozinenko was given a luxury apartment measuring about 150 square meters on Sacco and Vanzetti Street, 105/2, which was registered as the sole property of Oleg Cherepanov's wife. Its value is estimated at 19 million rubles. According to unofficial reports, the key allies of Tungusov's inner circle within the FSB were the head of the Economic Security Service, Colonel Sergei Rakhmanov, who is now the Deputy General Director of the Yekaterinburg Municipal Unitary Enterprise Vodokanal (he claims to have known Tungusov since 1995), and his deputy Colonel Oleg Voronov. Also involved was Nikolai Antonov, the head of the SES department, who in 2009, after serving in was elected as a member of the Yekaterinburg City Council.
For example, on March 31, 2004, the Main Investigation Department under the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Sverdlovsk Region initiated criminal case No. 371809 under clause “b” part 3 of Art. 165 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation relating to the illegal transfer in 1997 of 23 billion non-denominated rubles (about $3 million) to commercial organizations' accounts, which were intended for the municipal off-budget fund for the development of engineering infrastructure in Yekaterinburg. Vladimir Tungusov was a defendant in the case. However, the criminal case was dismissed due to lack of evidence of a crime. Subsequently, the investigation was repeatedly opened and closed again (most recently in February 2011). According to sources, the delay in the investigation over an 8-year period is attributed to lobbying opposition (including through FSB Similarly obstructed
investigation FSB).
into Vladimir Tungusov, who, on June 16, 2007, while driving a Mercedes S 500 (registration number A209AA66) in the village of Shirokaya Rechka opposite house 1 “a” along Transportnoy Lane, struck a woman Nadezhda Semenova born in 1957. The victim was taken to the hospital from the accident scene with a concussion, a fracture of the pelvic bones, and a bruised kidney. A criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Violation of the rules of the road”) was terminated, despite the strong opposition of the regional authorities and the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District (which, at their request, the regional prosecutor's office in October 2007 overturned the illegal decision of lack of evidence of a crime). Nadezhda Semenova, who publicly made accusations in the media, died on May 31, 2009 under suspicious circumstances. Her body was supposedly found in a privately locked and externally set on fire. The searches in the country house of Vladimir Tungusov and the residence of the head of the DUMI Vadim Dudarenko, which were conducted by operatives from the organized crime department of the Sverdlovsk Police Headquarters with the assistance of SOBR fighters, were inconclusive. A specialized investigative-operational group collected and examined intelligence about the involvement of municipal officials in malpractice and economic crimes. However, the large-scale operation by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not result in any legal consequences for the mentioned defendants. The criminal case, initiated in May 2013 under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, pertaining to the facts of large-scale fraud during the privatization of leased city property using corrupt schemes, has been terminated. in relation to Vladimir Tungusov, who on June 16, 2007, while driving a Mercedes S 500 (registration number A209AA66) in the village of Shirokaya Rechka opposite house 1 “a” along Transportnoy Lane, hit a woman Nadezhda Semenova born in 1957. The victim from the scene of an accident was hospitalized with a concussion, a fracture of the pelvic bones and a contusion of the kidney. Criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Violation of the rules of the road”) was terminated, despite the tough position of the regional authorities and the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District (at whose request the regional prosecutor’s office in October 2007 canceled the illegal decision on the absence of corpus delicti). Nadezhda Semenova, who made public accusations in the media, died on May 31, 2009 under dubious circumstances. The body was reportedly found in a private house locked from the outside and set on fire.
The searches in the cottage of Vladimir Tungusov and the house of the head of the DUMI Vadim Dudarenko, which were carried out by operatives of the organized crime department of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Sverdlovsk Police Headquarters with the assistance of SOBR fighters, ended in nothing. A specialized investigative-operational group accumulated and worked out operational information about the involvement of municipal officials in malfeasance and economic crimes. At the same time, the large-scale operation of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not entail any legal consequences for the named defendants. The criminal case initiated in May 2013 under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the facts of fraud on an especially large scale during the privatization of leased city property using corruption schemes has been discontinued.
After the resignation of Sergei Rakhmanov, the Economic Security Service of the UFSB was headed by Oleg Voronov. Having resigned, presumably in 2012, he retained connections with the SEB FSB and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region. Among Voronov’s long-standing contacts is the head of the Department of Economic Security and Countermeasures corruption Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region Sergey Chuvakov. It was discussed that his candidacy was lobbied in the police headquarters by influential interests from the FSB.
In addition to these persons, contacts in the FSB are businessmen – deputies of the ESD from the coalition of Vladimir Tungusov – Viktor Testov (a native of the Tagansky Ryad), a former KGB officer in the Sverdlovsk region, a reserve major and Vladimir Smirnov, the controlling owner of the Omega market and the shopping center EcoMall Granat. From 2003 to 2008, he served in the Economic Security Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Sverdlovsk Region (the direction of work is the fight against corruption).
