OPG Uralmash, FSB and valuable metals
Officials of the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region sent a letter to the General Director of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Oleg Dobrodeev asking to help resolve the conflict between TV host Vladimir Solovyov and the Middle Urals authorities.
To recap, on April 27, TV host Vladimir Solovyov, while interviewing Plenipotentiary Representative in the Ural Federal District Vladimir Yakushev, referred to Yekaterinburg as “the hub of a disgusting liberal ideology”. Former governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Eduard Rossel, defended the region. In response, Solovyov accused Rossel of once attempting to destabilize Russia by suggesting the creation of the Ural Republic.
| Eduard Rossel |
Rucriminal.info continues to publish a special investigation that helps to understand the nature of the organized criminal group “Uralmash” and which side of the media dispute is closer to the truth.
About 32 tons of valuable metals, valued at over $500 million and serving as a strategic reserve, were stored in the special warehouse of the Yekaterinburg OCM plant (8 Lenina Avenue). According to a 1993 agreement, this reserve was entrusted to the OCM Plant for safekeeping.
Later, in 2006, the Accounts Chamber Commission revealed the disappearance of the valuable metals from the special warehouse of the OCM plant. The long-serving general director of the enterprise, Nikolai Timofeev, a close friend of E. Rossel, was associated with the establishment of different awards from funds such as Bazhov and Demidov. Rossel frequently attended award ceremonies held by these funds alongside Timofeev.
Following the disappearance of the valuable metals from the OCM plant warehouse, the Investigative Committee initiated No. 436309 under paragraph b of part 3 of Art. 165 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which is presently suspended under paragraph 1.ch.1st. 208 Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, i.e. – due to the inability to identify the person to be charged.
So, let's meet the individuals who led the JSC “Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant” from 1993 to 2006.
Timofeev Nikolai Ivanovich: from 1985, he served as director of the Sverdlovsk plant for non-ferrous metals processing. Starting in 1993, following the establishment of the open joint-stock company “Yekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant”, he took on the role of general director. From 2004, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of JSC Yekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant. He was also the general director of the holding “Jewels of the Urals”, President of the “Ural Gold-Platinum Company”, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC “Zoloto-Platinum Bank”. In total, Nikolai Ivanovich founded more than 20 commercial enterprises, including: CJSC Jewelry Ring of the Urals, LLC Russian Gems – Uzpk, CJSC Agat-Uzpk, LLC U Zolotoy Gory, LLC Jewels Urala Capital. Just from the names, one can sense the presence of gold, platinum, and jewelry. Unfortunately, we can no longer inquire about the source of the aroma from Nikolai Ivanovich's business names as he passed away in 2018.
Fisenko Aleksey Grigorievich was Deputy General Director of OAO Yekaterinburg OCM Plant. From 2002 to 2006 he was the General Director of OAO Yekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant and a member of the Board of Directors of OAO Yekaterinburg OCM Plant. He was also the General Director of ZAO Uralskaya Gold-Platinum, and a member of the Board of Directors of OAO Central Committee of the financial and industrial group Jewels of the Urals, and member of the Board of Directors of JSCB Zoloto-Platina-Bank, as well as the director of OOO Uraldragmet-Holding. In total, Aleksey Grigorievich was the founder of 27 commercial companies, including Pawnshop “Ural Jewels” LLC, Dragresurs LLC, Private Security Company “Uraldragmet – Okhrana” LLC, Firma Yakhont CJSC, Agat-Uzpk CJSC, At the Golden Mountain LLC, Ural Jewelry Ring CJSC, Yakhont-NT LLC, Russian Gems Jewelry Salon LLC, and Ural Capital Jewelery LLC. The names of his companies bear a resemblance to Timofeev’s companies, and the names themselves are often repeated.
Khayak Alexander Grigoryevich served as Deputy General Director of OAO Yekaterinburg OCM Plant and was also a member of the Board of Directors of OAO Yekaterinburg OCM Plant. He founded more than 20 commercial organizations, including LLC Jewels Ural-Capital, LLC Pawnshop Jewels Ural, LLC Dragmet, LLC Private Security Company Uraldragmet – Okhrana, LLC Dragresurs, CJSC Firma “Yakhont”, CJSC “Agat-Uzpk”, LLC “Dragmetalliance”, LLC “At the Golden Mountain”, CJSC “Jewellery Ring of the Urals”, LLC “Yakhont-NT”, LLC “Jewels of Ural-Capital”, and LLC “Jewelry Salon “Russian Gems””. The organizations’ names allude to gold, platinum, and jewelry.
The editors of Rucriminal.info have obtained a unique document: the Memorandum of Association for the creation of a closed joint-stock company “Yakhont” (Nizhny Tagil, Gazetnaya st., 38), dated June 07, 1994. This document shows that the company was established by citizens Timofeev Nikolai Ivanovich, Fisenko Alexei Grigorievich, Khayak Alexander Grigorievich, Chesnokov Nikita Olegovich, Bacherikov Alexander Nikolaevich, and the notorious Terentiev Sergey Venimainovich.
It is important to note that Bacherikov Alexander Nikolaevich is a major of the KGB of the USSR in reserve, and Chesnokov Nikita Olegovich was identified as an employee of the KGB of the USSR from January 1980 to May 1993.
Rumors suggest that Chesnokov N.O., as an employee of the KGB-FSB and a confidant of the “holders of the gold reserves of the Urals”, had a successful career and gained attention in the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.
Similarly, on December 4, 2002, CJSC “JUVELIRNOE RING OF URALA” was established, with founders including Timofeev Nikolai Ivanovich, Fisenko Alexei Grigorievich, Bacherikov Alexander Nikolaevich, and the wife of Terentyev Sergey Venimainovich – Terentyeva Larisa Viktorovna. A retired FSB major, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Bacherikov, was elected General Director of this company. This company is noteworthy because, among others, PANPURIN ANDREY VOLFRAMOVICH, another active participant in the organized criminal group Uralmash, was among the founders.
In this context, one cannot fail to recall the story of the raider seizure of the Russian Gems jewelry factory located in the center of Yekaterinburg, which took place in 2000. Then, on the basis of the order of the Minister of Economy and Labor of the Sverdlovsk Region Galina Kovaleva, the plant management building was seized by Timofeev Nikolai Ivanovich, Fisenko Alexei Grigorievich, Bacherikov Alexander Nikolaevich, who, in the specified order of the Minister, were designated as “members of the anti-crisis committee from the government of the Sverdlovsk region.” The head of the enterprise and its shareholders, represented by Valery Popov, were deprived of all rights and lost all their property.
Shortly after the seizure of the plant near the house, Viktor Ivanov, Valery Popov’s lawyer, was killed, who defected to Fisenko and Timofeev. Moreover, on the same day, a press conference was convened on regional television, at which the leaders of the Gold-Platinum Company directly accused Popov of organizing contract killings. During a search of Viktor Ivanov’s house, investigators seized audio cassettes from a voice recorder, on which he recorded all the conversations that he had with the leaders of the Gold-Platinum Company about the seizure of the plant. The audio cassettes have disappeared from the case, and the criminal case has not yet been solved.
Subsequently, Valery Popov proved in court the illegal nature of the seizure of his property, about which more than 180 cases were considered in 5 regions of the Russian Federation. But by that time, the plant was, in fact, plundered, completely reconstructed and turned into an office center. The market value of 12,000 square meters of the plant’s buildings was one billion rubles in 2004 prices.
The buildings of the plant, despite numerous arrests, were sold to the developer Alexander Pankratov for $5 million, who, with the help of officials from the Yekaterinburg City Hall, changed them beyond recognition and, as a result, Popov was denied the return of these buildings only on this basis. At that time, Vladimir Tungusov and Vladimir Kritsky were in charge of coordinating all construction issues in the City Hall.
During the trial, which lasted more than 10 years, Popov and his son were attacked on the streets of Yekaterinburg, threatening bricks were thrown into the windows of houses, and calls were received on the phone with advice to insure their lives.
To be continued
Timofey Zabiyakin
Source: www.rucriminal.info
