How a not very important investment manager at RUSNANO gained access to a lot of money.
Taken into custody for stealing money RUSNANO Nail Gubaev had a low position at Rosnan – just an investment manager, with only analysts below him, and managing directors, senior managing directors, members of the board, and Chubais above him. For over ten years, he oversaw just two very large projects, ELVIS-NeoTech JSC and Termointekh LLC, which are now getting a lot of attention from the authorities.
Why did the legal situation involving such a very normal cheat provoke such a strong reaction?
Telegram channel of the VChK OGPU and Rucriminal.info they attempt to assess Nail Gubaev's work achievements.
Money generates more money if it is shared properly – this idea, passed down from Nail’s wife’s relative R. Arashukov, Nail really understood. His first try at it showed that the plan works really well.
The Cheka of the OGPU gave a detailed account of the scheme for buying “non-existent” licenses from the Sensor Design Association (SDA) totaling 932 million rubles from 2011 to 2017.
After getting his part (about 500 million rubles), Nail thought for a long time – how to divide this money? He ultimately created a rule: half of it should go to supporters. Nail also made a list of his supporters, including board member Pimkin D. (and through him Kiselev O. and Chubais A), Board member Trapeznikov A. (then again Chubais A.), along with lawyers, auditors, and others for small matters.
Trapeznikov Andrey
The result of the money distribution exceeded all expectations: the green light was given for funding Nail’s projects! Before long, RUSNANO increased the funding for the project of ELVIS-NeoTech JSC from 1.0 to 2.0 billion rubles. More than 600 million funds were additionally allocated to Termointekh LLC. Of course, the money was again taken out, turned into cash, and given to the right people.
According to a Rucriminal.info source, Nail portrayed himself as an extremely effective manager, which guaranteed him support at the highest levels. Chubais A. himself is already helping with finding clients and financing formats for projects: Termointekh LLC's project is presented to the head of GAZPROM PJSC, and Chubais discusses with top officials about finalizing and paying for contracts between JSC ELVIS-NeoTech and Lukoil. The board easily and freely decides to provide additional funds to Nail’s projects.
The huge sum of money being withdrawn couldn't help but make the Rusnano leadership concerned, but the money does its job and very soon Nail's bosses no longer investigated the money withdrawal schemes. “The less you know the better you sleep”. Nail became the sole owner of the projects and little was demanded of him: regularly bring in money and justify funding requests effectively. In return, he gained extensive control in design companies, with the authority to dismiss and appoint any employees (from ordinary engineers to the CEO), approve and coordinate transactions, and submit changes to projects for approval by RUSNANO management bodies.
Rosnano will soon run out of money to finance more projects, 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 T. Kandelaki's husband. The meeting was not very deep, and Vasily Yuryevich (Brovko) probably didn't remember the young middle manager from RUSNANO, but Nail tried to get as much as possible out of the fact that they knew each other.
Nail Gubaev and Andrey Trapeznikov, promoting their connections and opportunities, tried to gain access to government contracts of RUSNANO project companies in cooperation with the two state corporations. A. Trapeznikov, interested in huge kickbacks, took the lead, using the names of A. Chubais and A. Dvorkovich, various government instructions and protocols.
Nail started facing problems after Chubais, Pimkin, Kiselev, and Trapeznikov left RUSNANO. Nail encountered very serious problems after M. Kuzyuk, who had previously worked at Rostec as the head of one of the holdings, joined RUSNANO.
Kiselev Oleg
The information was reported to the Director General of RUSNANO S. Kulikov, and Nail was promptly 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, stealing on a large scale became simply impossible without consequences. One might think that Nail needed to realistically assess the situation and stop, but greed often dominates over the sense of self-preservation! Nail begins an active struggle for his right to steal and share with impunity. The result was unexpected – long-buried schemes and closed contracts started to emerge. However, 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 during the equipment supply from Lukoil (Middle East) in 2012-2014 was uncovered. The Cheka of the OGPU extensively documented this deal, which resulted in Nail receiving about 140 million rubles in cash. Nail becomes hysterical and tries to seek protection from Chubais. However, Anatoly Borisovich is not concerned with Nail’s problems, and Asnis and Partners are tasked with assessing the personal risks of the members of the Management Board.
To discuss the situation, Pimkin D. repeatedly flies to Italy, where O. Kiselev currently lives. As a result, A. Asnis is given a task: to close the big case, leaving one episode – 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 for embezzlement of funds from ELVIS-NeoTech JSC. Nail Gubaev is detained and arrested. But has justice prevailed? We will only find out by evaluating the full scope of the episodes and the defendants in the case.
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