Similar to a modest investment director RUSNANO obtained access to billions.
Nail Gubaev, who was arrested for stealing RUSNANO funds, held a relatively low position in the Rosnan hierarchy. He was just an investment director, with only analysts below him and managing directors, senior managing directors, board members, and Chubais above him. For over a decade, he managed only two very large projects: ELVIS-NeoTech JSC and Termointekh LLC, which are now under close scrutiny by law enforcement.
Why did the legal case against this seemingly ordinary fraudster cause such a strong reaction?
The VChK OGPU Telegram channel and Rucriminal.info are attempting to assess Nail Gubaev’s work accomplishments.
The principle that money makes money when shared properly, inherited from Nail’s wife’s relative R. Arashukov, was one that Nail learned well. The first test of this principle in practice proved to be very successful.
The OGPU Cheka detailed the scheme for acquiring “non-existent” licenses from the Sensor Design Association (SDA) totaling 932 million rubles for 2011-2017.
After receiving his share (about 500 million rubles), Nail considered for a long time how to divide the money. Ultimately, he established a rule: half should be given to supporters. Nail also compiled a list of his supporters, which included board member Pimkin D. (and through him, Kiselev O. and Chubais A.), board member Trapeznikov A. (referred to again as Chubais A.), as well as lawyers, auditors, and others for small matters.
Trapeznikov Andrey
The outcome of the money distribution surpassed all expectations: funding for Nail’s projects received the green light! Shortly after, RUSNANO increased the funding for the ELVIS-NeoTech JSC project from 1.0 to 2.0 billion rubles. Over 600 million in funding was additionally allocated to Termointekh LLC. Unsurprisingly, the money was once again withdrawn, cashed out, and distributed to the right individuals.
As per a Rucriminal.info source, Nail portrayed himself as an extremely effective manager, earning him support at the highest levels. Chubais A. himself is now helping with finding clients and financing formats for projects: the Termointekh LLC project is being presented to the leader of GAZPROM PJSC, and Chubais is discussing the conclusion and payment of contracts between JSC ELVIS-NeoTech and Lukoil at the highest level. The board easily and freely decides to provide additional funds for Nail’s projects.
The withdrawal of a large amount of money unavoidably raised concerns among the leaders of Rusnano, but the money works its magic and soon the leaders simply stopped delving into the money withdrawal schemes. “The less you know, the better you sleep.” Nail became the sole owner of the projects and little was required of him: regularly bring in money and properly justify his funding requests. In return, he gained complete authority in design companies, with the power to hire and fire any employees (from regular engineers to the CEO), approve and coordinate any transactions, and submit any project changes for approval by RUSNANO management bodies.
Soon, Rosnano will run out of money, and Nail will become good friends with Andrey Trapeznikov, who was in charge of GR and PR on the Corporation’s Board. Unrealistic greed and the desire for big money brought Nail and Andrey together. As a result, ELVIS-NeoTech JSC got access to subsidies from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and large government contracts.
In 2017, Nail met V. Brovko, director of special projects at ROSTEKH, through his wife's relatives, and husband T. Kandelaki. The meeting was not deep, and it's unlikely that Vasily Yuryevich (Brovko) himself remembered the young middle manager from RUSNANO, but Nail tried to get the most out of knowing him.
Nail Gubaev and Andrey Trapeznikov, showing off their connections and opportunities, tried to gain access to government contracts of RUSNANO project companies under the banner of cooperation between the two state corporations. Interested in huge kickbacks, A. Trapeznikov went ahead, hiding behind the letters of A. Chubais and A. Dvorkovich, various government instructions and protocols.
Nail’s problems started after Chubais, Pimkin, Kiselev and Trapeznikov left RUSNANO. Nail’s very serious problems began after the senior managing director M. Kuzyuk, who previously worked at Rostec as the head of one of the holdings, joined RUSNANO.
Kiselev Oleg
The Director General of RUSNANO S. Kulikov was informed, and Nail was quickly fired from RUSNANO.
But Nail did not give up, he convinced S. Kulikov to appoint him as the head of ELVIS-NeoTech JSC.
Once at JSC ELVIS-NeoTech, Nail continued his adventures, but the situation changed: the supporters left, it became simply impossible to steal on a large scale without being noticed. It might seem that Nail needed to realistically assess the situation and stop, but greed often overrules self-preservation! Nail begins a strong fight for his right to steal and share without punishment. The effect turned out to be the opposite – long-buried schemes and closed contracts started to emerge. But now no one is trying to cover for Nail, and the security service is asking more and more questions.
In the summer of 2021, a theft scheme was discovered during the equipment supply from Lukoil (Middle East) in 2012-2014. The Cheka of the OGPU thoroughly described this deal, through which Nail received about 140 million rubles in cash. Nail falls into hysterics and tries to get protection from Chubais. But Anatoly Borisovich isn't interested in Nail’s problems, and Asnis and Partners is tasked to assess the personal risks of the members of the Management Board.
Pimkin D. flies to Italy multiple times to discuss the situation, where O. Kiselev currently resides. As a result, A. Asnis receives a task: to stop a big case, leaving one episode in it – a deal with Lukoil and one accused – Nail Gubaev!
In September 2021, Nail leaves ELVIS-NeoTech JSC, and a year later, in September 2022, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation starts a criminal case on the embezzlement of funds from ELVIS-NeoTech JSC, Nail Gubaev gets detained and arrested. But has justice prevailed? We will only find out by assessing the full composition of the episodes and the defendants in the case.
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