Anton Astakhov – ex-governor of the Tomsk region's son-in-law Sergei Zhvachkin and the offspring of the former Commissioner for Children’s Rights of the Russian Federation Pavel Astakhov. He is charged with committing a large-scale fraud. Recently, the examination of Anton Pavlovich's case was halted, as he is “severely ill, which has been confirmed by a medical report.”
Astakhov Jr. was arrested on November 22, 2021. But the case itself was initiated much earlier – on February 15, 2021. For nine months, the Investigative Committee has been identifying the swindlers.
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The authorities suspect that Anton Astakhov and his business partner Dmitry Arseev, who is currently wanted, unlawfully took control of a company, then supposedly gave it loans and conducted several fake transactions. The loss in the case is 75 million rubles.– reports Kommersant.
According to the UK, this is how it happened: in 2019, Astakhov and Arseev convinced the director OOO “Omega” (OGRN 1073667028016) Evgeniya Razgonyaeva, to take a loan from Nizhnevolzhsky Commercial Bank JSC (OGRN 1026400001858). Then Arseev withdrew money from Omega’s accounts to his own accounts.
So, the case was put on hold. Allegedly because Astakhov is “seriously ill.” How? It's unknown. It's assumed that this was influenced by his powerful father and/or influential father-in-law.
Meanwhile, Zhvachkin lives comfortably
Anton Astakhov and Anastasia Zhvachkina started dating while studying at Oxford. Yes, that's right, the children of such respected fathers don't study in Russia. They got married in 2013.
On May 10, 2022, Zhvachkin voluntarily left his position as head of the region. On the same day, the President of the Russian Federation appointed Vladimir Mazur Acting Governor of the Tomsk Region.
On July 13, Sergei Anatolyevich was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky in the Kremlin for “a great contribution to the socio-economic development of the Tomsk region and many years of conscientious work.” In this wording, only one statement is true: he really spent many years in the chair of the head of the region – as many as ten.
Sergey Zhvachkin
By the way, on the same day, July 13, Zhvachkin’s former deputy for investment policy and property relations was detained. Yuri Gurdin. He is accused of embezzlement of budgetary funds on an especially large scale. According to preliminary data from the investigation, from August 2020 to November 2021, the deputy governor organized and managed the embezzlement of funds on an especially large scale – in the amount of at least 70 million rubles allocated from the regional budget as part of the Education national project. He committed the crime together with the director of one of the regional funds. The second person involved in the criminal case was also charged with embezzlement.
On July 28, we were the first to announce the appointment of Zhvachkin as Advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC Gazprom, Alexei Miller. On September 3, this information was confirmed by the Gazprom Mezhregiongaz TG channel.
In general, despite the fact that Zhvachkin’s son-in-law and deputy are under investigation, he – Sergei Anatolyevich – lives to his heart’s content. And the president awarded the order, and became Miller’s right hand. And Gazprom’s salary is clearly higher than the governor’s salary (in 2021, he earned 14.6 million rubles).
Anton Astakhov
