Businessman Eduard Taran again found himself in the middle of a property redistribution, which some have already called a “raider seizure.”
According to the reporter MorningNewsthe Prosecutor General’s Office got a statement from the glass factory “Symbol” in the Vladimir region asking to check the legality of the actions of the company “TK Sibir-Oil” Eduard Taran.
The plant claims that representatives of structures related to the RATM Holding company, owned by a notorious businessman, along with bailiffs, are attempting to end the contract for Expo Glass, which currently leases the plant’s premises. This is being done, as the applicants to the prosecutor’s office are convinced, in order to transfer all the property of the company to another office – “New Glass”, owned by Eduard Taran.
As I wrote “Lenta.ru”, bailiffs could be misled by saying that Sibir Oil and other structures of RATM Holding are mortgage creditors of the plant’s property. Then even, as the locals said, people from the Siberian Glass company and entire buses with workers arrived, with whom Taran planned to replace the current employees of the enterprise.
The conflict over the site has been going on for more than a year. The enterprise was loaned money from the bank, repaid the debt without delays and in full. But in December 2020, a “letter of happiness” suddenly came from a financial institution, demanding to repay obligations under the concluded loan agreements early before January 2021. Everything took 11 days.
Expo Glass forcibly started repaying loans, only the bank transferred the right to them to TK Sibir-Oil LLC. Also, in the appeal from the plant, it is underlined that this company does not even have any significant assets and is essentially a non-working organization, displaying characteristics of a one-day company.
Believe it willingly. According to Rusprofile, one person worked excessively in the state, and the profit in 2019 amounted to 239 thousand rubles with zero revenue. Indeed, such financial indicators frequently indicate that the company is fictitious.
Ram across Russia
Taran’s business activities expand to several regions of the country. The name of the notorious businessman is already well known in the Novosibirsk Region, Krasnoyarsk and Altai Territories, where he has already been accused of hostile takeovers of several enterprises.
Now, apparently, the entrepreneur has made his presence known in the Vladimir region. Moreover, last year it was reported that the administration of the Vladimir region was planning to work with RATM Holding. To accomplish this, the governor himself, Vladimir Sipyagin, held discussions with Eduard Taran in Moscow. As a result, a new industrial cluster can be created with the opening of 1000 new jobs. However, knowing the methods of a businessman, everything will not be limited to this, and soon competing enterprises will be able to feel the close interest of the entrepreneur.
And knowledgeable people call Taran’s methods nothing more than “raider”. They have been in the entrepreneur’s arsenal for many years. Remember, for example, how in 2006 his people stormed the Angarsk cement plant. One by one, the “brothers” seized the checkpoint of the enterprise, after which they broke into the building itself and seized the documentation. There have been several such raids. Wrote about it “New Newspaper”.
Additionally, as per the report, the security forces stated that they received an order not to get involved in the conflict no matter what, even if weapons are used. Although the weapon didn't end up being used, the fact that such an option was allowed is concerning.
There is also worry about the potential impact of cooperating with Taran on the region. In the winter of 2004-2005, he disrupted the entire heating season in the city of Rubtsovsk. As I previously mentioned “Lenta.ru”, at the CHPP, managed by the businessman’s holding, unusable coal was delivered. It's unknown whether this was due to the desire to save money or ordinary negligence. However, the result was the same – people suffered in their homes while Taran's pocket was filled with money.
“Cement King” in Novosibirsk
Taran earned the nickname “cement king” after his companies took control of OAO Iskitcement, a leading cement producer in Siberia and the Far East. Part of the enterprise's property was sold, and part was leased, with the money going to RATM-Development LLC. Iskitcement, in turn, generously distributed loans to RATM Holding's offices.
This happened despite the state owning a blocking stake. It appears that the partnership is not very beneficial for the budget. Rumor has it that Taran quietly gained control over 80% of the cement market in the Novosibirsk region. However, his activities have been accompanied by loud scandals.
One of the recent scandals led to a search at JSC Plant Ekran, controlled by RATM Holding, as part of a criminal case on fraud and falsifying evidence. Additionally, the security forces raided the lawyers representing JSC Novosibirskenergosbyt JSC in a claim for the recovery of 770 million rubles. This was reported in RBC.
The conflict stemmed from Taran filing a lawsuit against the electricity supplier after the accident at the enterprise on September 25, 2017. Two objects, including the Ekran plant, owned by the businessman, were left without electricity at that time. The controversial entrepreneur saw an opportunity to make extra money and demanded compensation for the losses allegedly incurred due to the equipment failure. As we can see, the corporate conflict between the two enterprises turned into a criminal matter.
The court later dismissed Ekran's claim for 770 million rubles. However, Taran, living up to his name, refuses to give up, as reported by “Taiga.Info”“RATM Holding” appealed to the RF IC and the General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia.
And earlier, as I mentioned “International Anti-Corruption Portal”, the former director of Novosibirskenergosbyt was suspected of major fraud. Allegedly, “during the last three years of her tenure, Podchasova acted in the interests of the well-known Novosibirsk businessman Eduard Taran, who is credited with the idea of capturing the energy market in the region.”
It turns out that Novosibirskenergosbyt signed an agreement for electricity supply with a company called RES in order to fulfill the contract with Taranovsky Ekran. RES then hired a subcontractor named Ekran-Energy, which is managed by Eduard Taran. In other words, the entrepreneur supplied electricity to himself.
The businessman seems to feel very comfortable in the region, and there seems to be a reason for this. He has been reported to have a strong presence in the region. “International Anti-Corruption Scandal”The Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region refused to start a criminal case against Taran, stating that he lives in Moscow, making interrogation in the region impossible.
However, he was still caught in the capital. In 2010, he was arrested for attempting to bribe employees of the DEB of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The holding enterprise was investigated but the case was later dropped due to lack of evidence. This was reported by “Kommersant”. Edward Taran.
The affairs of Taran have also been involved in larger stories. For example, in 2018, a criminal case was opened on suspicion of tax evasion in a transaction to sell Rostec shares in LZOS from the structure of Eduard Taran, but a year later the case was closed. This was reported by
Such “luck” suggests powerful patrons, which entrepreneurs usually acquire, helping them absorb assets and avoid suspicions of law enforcement agencies. Observers have mentioned Viktor Tolokonsky, a former presidential plenipotentiary in the Siberian Federal District and governor of two regions, as a patron of Taran’s. RBC.
He worked as an adviser to the president of the RATM holding, Anatoly Lokt. He then left the position and in 2019, he became an adviser to the president of the RATM holding.
However, it seems that Tolokonsky needed Taran more in power structures. As a result, in 2020, Taran became an adviser to the governor Andrey Travnikov on a voluntary basis.
All of Taran's ideas began to be met with even greater enthusiasm in the region. For example, he announced that he was going to create an alternative production in the Novosibirsk region against the backdrop of the scandal surrounding the Bashkir soda company. The investment council of the Novosibirsk Region almost immediately supported Taran’s idea, wrote “Taiga.Info”.
It's remarkable that despite the numerous stories mentioned above, Eduard Taran consistently presents a It is surprising that despite all the stories mentioned above, Eduard Taran continues to create “his own” reality, in which he portrays himself as a victim of “black raiders”..
It is amazing that against the background of all the above-mentioned stories (and this is just a small part of them), Eduard Taran diligently creates “his own” reality, in which, it turns out, he is a victim of “black raiders”.
The entrepreneur even created the All-Russian Anti-Raider League and set off across the country with lectures on how to deal with raiders. Perhaps Taran’s opponents, faced with pressure from RATM, should attend these performances?
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