Family of FSB General Mikhail Shekin, who is responsible for procurement, owns valuable property. FSB The family's property includes luxury apartments, cars, and a mansion on Lubyanka. Businesses with large state orders are registered under his children's names. The family's business interests extend beyond Russia, with his daughter planning to start a vineyard in occupied Crimea.
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In November 2014, bar owner Yulia Tikhomirova, previously known as Julia Shekina, celebrated her birthday at the Royal Bar in Moscow.
Yulia Tikhomirova (Shekina)
Her father, FSB general Mikhail Shekin did not appear in the photo report from the party, but his sister, Anastasia Zadorina, did.
Yulia Tikhomirova with her sister Anastasia Zadorina
Another unidentified woman was seen at the celebration, embracing relatives of the high-ranking FSB general.
This photo led The Insider to uncover the secret property of the general's family.
The woman in the photo is Valentina, formerly known as Valentina Pautova, who later became Shekina.
Valentina Shekina (Pautova)
Using facial recognition technology, Valentina's social media accounts were found.
A certain Sergey Shuvalov has liked Valentina's photo.
Valentina also interacts with Sergey Shekin, the son of the FSB general, according to The Insider.
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Valentina Shekina's phone number is linked to orders for food in the capital’s residential complex 'Italian Quarter'. A five-year-old, Shekina Valeria Sergeevna, is registered at the same address, apparently the granddaughter of the special services officer.
According to the address, Valentina orders food at the residential complex 'Italian Quarter', where, as The Insider found, the five-year-old Shekina Valeria Sergeevna, the granddaughter of a special services officer, is also registered.
According to information from Rosreestr, he owns a 201-meter apartment called 'Russian Federation' to conceal the real owner's identity.
The apartment's market value can reach 270 million rubles, and it's not the only expensive property owned by the Shekina family which is classified in the real estate registry.
The driver burned turnouts
The Insider observed that a certain Maxim Ivanov paid for the parking of the Shekin family's cars, including Raisa Shekin's car. He worked as a driver in the company of FSB General Anastasia Zadorina's daughter.
Using leaks from various databases and the driver's information, The Insider uncovered the property of the Chekist and his relatives, including apartments apart from the 'Russian Federation' that were hidden from the official register. Maxim Ivanov, the driver, also ordered food to these apartments.
A 112-meter apartment on Lavochkina Street, near the Dynamo Sports Palace, is being sold for 35 million rubles.
A three-room apartment on Olympiysky Prospekt is being sold for 20 million rubles.
A small apartment in Khrushchev on Suschevsky Val is priced at 15 million rubles.
An apartment in the residential complex “Swallow’s Nest” with a similar area (182 sq. m.) is currently being sold for 180 million rubles; it's a two-level apartment.
A 197.3 sq. m apartment in the residential complex “Golden Keys 2” is being sold for 110 million rubles.
A townhouse on Vorotynskaya street is being sold for 45 million rubles.
A 202-meter apartment near the Tsvetnoy Bulvar metro station is priced at 160 million rubles.
Several land plots in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region are also available for sale.
Shekin and Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev
The personal property of the general’s family, including a Lexus, two Porsche Cayennes, two Bentley Continentals, and eight Mercedes-Benz cars, can be estimated at 1 billion rubles, along with the Shekins’ fleet.
Money is flowing towards Dynamo.
If you open the FSB's official website and scroll down to the bottom of the main page, you'll find a link to the Dynamo sports society, which is overseen by the special service. Mikhail Shekin is the President of the Dynamo Volleyball Club.
In addition to sports, the Dynamo FSB club is involved in business. The daughters of General Shekin own shares in businesses, such as 65% of the clothing manufacturer Zasport LLC controlled by ANO SK Dynamo, and the remaining 35% controlled by Anastasia Zadorina. Zasport company has secured contracts worth 2 billion rubles in public procurement, receiving over a billion in 2022, with the largest contract being the supply of special clothing and footwear for the Moscow metro.
Recently, she and Shekina’s daughter opened the KGB Dynamo and a joint production in Bashkiria. Zasport Factory became one of the first residents of the Alga Special Economic Zone, where the republican authorities attract investors with tax benefits. According to the head of Bashkortostan, Zadorin “needs to be carried on hand.”
The “Factory Zasport” has received state contracts for almost half a billion, primarily supplying uniforms for transport workers to the Moscow City Hall.
Zadorina also owns Ecoresurs LLC, and through it, a building on Bolshaya Lubyanka (2574.3 sq. M), where the office of the Volleyball Federation is also located.
Based on current offers for the sale of mansions in the area, the building owned by the firm of the daughter of an FSB general could be worth about 1.1 billion rubles.
A few days after the start of the war with Ukraine, Anastasia Zadorina registered Wine History LLC in Crimea with plans to plant vineyards in the Saki region and produce 3 million bottles of wine annually.
The second daughter of the general, Yulia Tikhomirova, heads the Center for the preparation and holding of sports events of the GDSSO Dynamo. It also owns LLC Sport-Yug, whose subsidiary ANO SUOC Volley Grad manages the Volleygrad Sports & Health Resort in the Krasnodar Territory, where volleyball players live, compete and eat at the expense of the state budget.
Also, both daughters of Shekina own hunting farms in the Yaroslavl region. Moreover, the head of VTB Bank Andrey Kostin is the partner of the general’s family.
Kostin is not the only representative of the business elite with whom the Shekina family connects business. As Vedomosti wrote, the Shekins did business with the shareholders of UMMC and Transmashholding Iskandar Makhmudov and Andrey Bokarev, defendants in several criminal cases in Europe, known as money launderers of crime.
According to The Insider, Shekin’s relatives were employed in companies associated with the Sibanthracite and Vostokugol holdings of the deceased Dmitry Bosov. The former son-in-law of the general worked for the billionaire, and Valentina Shekina was also attached there. She also worked in the Arctic Mining Company, which transferred the seaport in the village of Dikson to the daughter of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Sibanthracite also appears among the sponsors of the Dynamo volleyball club.
