A person called the “interlocutor” discovered a luxury apartment owned by Leonela Manturov, the daughter of Denis Manturov, who is the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. At the same time, she also owns two properties located on secure land.
Ranked tenth in terms of productivity
When people try to find out how much money the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, earns, one of the top searches on Google is “Where does Manturov get so much money?” His income stands out compared to other high-ranking Russian officials, with him earning nearly 705 million rubles in 2021, 740 million in 2020, and 586 million in 2019.
But indeed, where does he earn such substantial amounts? In an interview with RBC two years ago, Manturov explained that he had “nothing to hide”: before joining the government, he worked in the real sector for 20 years, providing an opportunity to earn money. He has placed funds from these earnings into deposits, which earn interest. The same goes for assets from his previous life.
Essentially, these assets are transparent to the public, involving either hotel businesses or real estate assets generating passive income without requiring any involvement. Manturov mentioned that they were transferred to a management company.
However, it is puzzling that his deposits and assets started to rise sharply just a few years ago. From 2012 to 2016, he earned between 103 and 129 million rubles. But then the numbers started to increase. In 2017, he declared 213 million rubles, and in 2018, even 443 million, without providing any explanations for this.
It is possible that Manturov receives a high salary. However, the effectiveness of the Ministry of Industry and Trade is questionable, especially regarding its responsibility for the development of aviation technology. Reports have highlighted the critical state of the Russian aviation industry following the imposition of sanctions. Civil aviation heavily relies on foreign components and chips, leading to the dismantling of aircraft for parts in order to supply others.
The situation is also concerning for the automotive industry, with experts predicting a significant decline due to the absence of Western components. Demand for cars is decreasing, leaving employees without work. For instance, AvtoVAZ laid off 2,000 people at a plant in Izhevsk in early September.
According to a survey by the Romir Center, Russians do not consider Manturov’s agency effective, ranking it only tenth in terms of citizen trust. Despite these issues, the minister’s financial position and that of his family remain unaffected.
Received money, persevere
Denis Manturov is one of the largest property owners in the Russian government. The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade owns a 3,000-square-meter palace located in the heart of the Gelendzhik resort. Additionally, his wife has a house covering 814.1 square meters. Several years ago, it was revealed that Manturov and his father purchased land in the elite Pirogovo yacht-golf club near Moscow, on the shores of the Quiet Bay of the Klyazma reservoir. However, in September last year, 1.1 hectares of land, two guest houses (1224 and 496 square meters), and two outbuildings were acquired by Roman Abramovich.
The official owns a large 480 square meter apartment in Bolshoy Tishinsky Lane in Moscow. At current prices, it could cost over half a billion rubles.
All these square meters (except for the father’s) were listed in Manturov’s declaration.
And now about what is not there. The minister’s mother owns a mansion on the Klyazma reservoir near Moscow with an area of more than 4,000 square meters and valued at about 5 billion rubles. Vedomosti also reported that the family of the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade owns the five-star Chekhoff Moscow Curio Collection by Hilton hotel on Malaya Dmitrovka Street in the center of Moscow.
Manturov's children, Evgeny and Leonela, are also not living in poverty.
Leonela Manturova
Young Landowners
The Manturovs Jr. own land plots with a total area of more than 8500 square meters. The children's possessions are all located on the same Klyazma reservoir, near the village of Sorokino, where their grandmother lives. Their mansions are located right on the banks of the Moscow Canal, which connects the river of the same name with the Volga.
Lush vegetation can conceal the owners from prying eyes passing through the canal. There might be many of them – after all, a parking lot for boats and a moored large ship are visible nearby.
On fine summer days, Leonela and Evgeny can dive if they wish. Satellite images show there is a structure on the shore that looks like a diving board. And they can swim in their own pools, as there are pools on both sites.
However, there is an oddity. Both sites, according to the map of Rosreestr, are used for the repair of boats, the construction of boathouses, and the organization of tourism. They also have an unusual category: lands of industry, energy, transport, communications, broadcasting, television, computer science, lands for space activities, lands of defense, security, and lands of other special purposes.
Many people are currently talking about the defense and security of Russia. Perhaps the minister's children are involved in protecting and safeguarding state borders?
Wedding at the golf club
In 2015, Leonela Manturova got married and changed her last name. The media reported that the celebration took place in the Pestovo yacht golf club near Moscow in the village of Rumyantsevo. A certain Denis Smirnov was called the chosen one of the minister’s daughter. This year, Leonela came to the premiere of the film “1941. Wings over Berlin, accompanied by a certain Artem. The media claimed that this was her new husband. According to the Interlocutor, he bears the surname Petrov. Who he is and what he does is unclear. Just like about Denis Smirnov.
Apartment at the Institute of Noble Maidens
As the Interlocutor found out, the daughter of Minister Manturov has another valuable asset. This is an apartment in the elite residential complex RedSide on the 2nd Chernogryazskaya street in Moscow. Realtors present it as a premium residential complex built in an area with a rich history.
“In the 18th century, on the site of the massif, there was the estate of the Moscow governor A. Zakrevsky, great military leaders, princes, poets, among them A. Pushkin, D. Davydov, A. Yermolov were frequent guests. Later, the residence was sold, and the premises were rebuilt as the Institute for Noble Maidens, ”says one of the ads.
The area of \u200b\u200bthe apartment of Leonela Manturova (Smirnova) is almost 150 “squares”. Only the cadastral value of housing approaches 40 million rubles, and the market value may exceed 115 million rubles. (housing of a slightly smaller area in this residential complex is now being sold for 105 million). The average salary in Russia is approximately 66 thousand rubles. So it turns out: in order to earn money for the same apartment as Manturova’s, an ordinary citizen must work for almost 160 years.
Although not everyone can afford even renting an apartment in RedSide. A one-room apartment with an area of 48 “squares” is rented out for as much as 130 thousand rubles. Manturova became the owner of an elite living space in 2018, when she was only 23 years old. But could she afford such a purchase? The answer to this question can be given by the state register of legal entities. As follows from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, at that moment she had one and only business. But it was not profitable.
In 2017, Leonela became a co-owner of Horse Central Market LLC, which was engaged in the sale and production of goods for equestrian sports. But the business did not go – according to SPARK, 2017 ended for the company with a loss of 4.2 million rubles. And in 2018, the problems worsened – another minus 10.4 million.
Perhaps an expensive gift to Leonela was made by her father, Minister of Industry Denis Manturov. In 2018, he would have had enough income for this. But there are still no reasonable answers to the question of where Manturov has so much money.
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