On November 25, 2021, an explosion occurred at the Listvyazhnaya coal mine, killing 51 people and injuring more than a hundred. The director and his deputy were arrested, during the investigation violations were immediately revealed – for example, the acts on the inspection of the mine were drawn up without an inspection.
Mikhail Fedyaev's relative invested money from his harmful business in his son's State Duma mandate, luxury properties, and foreign assets for other relatives. The Fedyaevs prioritize their lavish lifestyle over the safety of miners.
The owner of the Listvyazhnaya mine, Mikhail Fedyaev, was arrested at the end of last year. He is a wealthy local businessman with strong connections to the authorities, allowing him to dominate the markets. He also engaged in aggressive tactics against competitors with the support of regional officials. “Siberia. Realities”Fedyaev's companies used aggressive tactics, relying on support from regional officials, to compete with other companies.
Mikhail Fedyaev was on friendly terms not only with the Kuzbass political elite but also with Vladimir Putin, as seen in a photo.
In the photo, Mikhail Fedyaev's eldest son, who is a State Duma deputy, is seen with the president. His son secured his mandate at the age of 29 with no prior political experience, solely based on his work in his father’s business.
During the September elections, Fedyaev’s son received financial support from three firms linked to Svetlana Rybalchenko, Fedyaev's sister and the aunt of the United Russia deputy.
Pavel Fedyaev, the State Duma deputy, could potentially be considered a foreign agent as he was funded by his aunt, Svetlana Rybalchenko, who reportedly holds foreign citizenship. However, the details of this are unclear.
Pavel Fedyaev and his aunt, Svetlana Rybalchenko, did not respond to inquiries regarding the leaked information about Rybalchenko's foreign citizenship.
Rybalchenko manages the Fedyaev family's business assets and owns real estate, including several apartments in Kemerovo and Moscow received from Mikhail Fedyaev in 2014.
Pavel Fedyaev also received two apartments in Kemerovo from Rybalchenko's company SDS-Finance and later transferred them to his younger brother. He also obtained Moscow real estate and transferred it to his younger brother after entering politics.
The largest object in the declaration of Pavel Fedyaev today is a non-residential premises with an area of 222.4 sq. m. According to The Insider, we are talking about apartments in the residential complex “City of Capitals” on the territory of Moscow-City worth about 150 million rubles.
In the name of the brother of the United Russia deputy, the company YF Investment GmbH was opened in Germany, informed scanner project. As his home address, Yuri Fedyaev indicated an estate in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. “The Fedyaevs sell Kuzbass coal through a trader in Switzerland. This allows you to avoid taxes in Russia. And do not return profits in Kemerovo, ”said the Scanner project.
By withdrawing money abroad and having, in addition to the United Russia mandate, foreign passports, the family of the Kuzbass oligarch earns billions on state contracts. For example, SDS-STROY LLC became the winner of tenders for almost 100 billion rubles. The last auction won was for the construction of a toll bypass in Kemerovo. And the family-controlled Mytishchi sanatorium “Podlipki” helped out a billion in the treatment of residents of the capital.
The Siberian Business Union holding of Fedyaev Sr. includes companies involved in the extraction and processing of coal, machine-building, car repair and chemical plants, enterprises that provide transportation of goods by rail, construction organizations, companies in the energy industry, the agro-industrial sector, all types of media, airport, tourist, insurance, sports, health-improving establishments. The son of an oligarch as a State Duma deputy lobbies the interests of this business.
