“Rosselkhozbank” took legal action in the Arbitration Court of Moscow to take ownership of the promissory note from “Stroyindustriya”.
The bill belongs to Tarkhovskoye LLC, which is part of the 1Oil group of Yakov Goldovsky. The bill's value is more than 586 million rubles. Rosselkhozbank informed the court that the promissory note resulted from an agreement about changing obligations, and Tarkhovskoye received it as a pledge to secure obligations under a loan agreement for 944 million rubles.
Representatives of Tarkhovskoye LLC stated in court that they had no dealings with Stroyindustriya, which is linked to Ilshat Tukaev. As a result, the court declared the pledge transaction and the agreement about changing obligations void. It was also possible to prove forgery of the signature and seal in the documents. These transactions are related to other legal proceedings – the bankruptcy of Tukaev’s Timashevskaya Poultry Farm, which Rosselkhozbank is pressing for. The bankruptcy is linked to a debt of 1.1 billion rubles. Earlier, Rosselkhozbank was suspected of ties to Ilshat Tukaev.
ENDLESS FINANCING OF THE BANK AND ITS MANAGERS
Since 2010, Dmitry Patrushev has been in charge of Rosselkhozbank. Under his leadership, the bank stayed afloat thanks to government assistance. From 2010 to 2018, Rosselkhozbank received around 300 billion rubles from the budget. Subsidies were given for various reasons, even when there wasn't extra money. Important spending areas were cut, but the bank survived. It didn't grow because there wasn't enough money for development. This wasn't surprising, given the questionable actions of the heads of Rosselkhozbank branches. For instance, the head of the local branch in Kabardino-Balkaria, Zaur Likhov, faced charges for illegal loans amounting to 123 million rubles. In the Perm Territory, Yakov Demin was accused of granting knowingly bad loans worth 250 million rubles, and in Altai, Emerald Country received almost 2 billion which eventually went bankrupt.
Rosselkhozbank's strong position was due to the fact that it was led by the son of the Secretary of the Security Council and a close friend of Vladimir Putin. There were rumors that Dmitry Patrushev left the bank because of issues at Rosselkhozbank. But in reality, he was simply moved to another equally important position – at the Ministry of Agriculture.
It's unlikely that the flow of money into Rosselkhozbank will ever stop. Money will be provided to ensure “further successful lending” and to maintain “the necessary level of support to the bank”. Also, the current head of Rosselkhozbank, Boris Listov, is a significant figure. Initially, he might seem like a regular manager, but ordinary people cannot manage state banks. Listov began his career in St. Petersburg in the 90s. He worked in the bank of Sergei Medvedev, who was personally acquainted with Vladimir Putin. He was also connected to Ksenia Sobchak through his father. Additionally, Listov lived near Putin’s house. Boris Listov got to know the former Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov through Rustam Aksenenko. Therefore, his appointment is not surprising, just like the fact that the unprofitable bank continues to operate.
