Vyacheslav Pivovarov asks the police to investigate why his fancy and expensive number from his personal Rolls-Royce has recently been listed on an inexpensive Lada. How did this happen?
On Tuesday, a traffic police crew stopped a Rolls-Royce Phantom, owned by 49-year-old RusHydro top manager Vyacheslav Pivovarov, on Uspenskoye Highway in the Moscow region. A similar new car costs more than 50 million rubles. However, the Rolls that Pivovarov drives were produced back in 2005.
The traffic cops were attracted by a beautiful number of “Rolls” – A777MR77. The numbers of this series were issued to special services and other law enforcement agencies. When they checked the documents, it turned out that the Rolls-Royce should have completely different numbers – a completely ordinary series that were issued on June 6, 2021. And the number A777MR77 has been on the 20-year-old VAZ-2115, also owned by Pivovarov, since June last year.
For Pivovarov himself, this was a revelation. He claims that he allegedly did not personally perform any registration actions with Rolls-Royce and does not know why the number is issued for Lada. And he allegedly knows nothing about the domestic car. Pivovarov wrote a statement to the police with a request to investigate.
Most of the numbers of the A-MP77 series were assigned to the central office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but in various ways they floated away to the cars of rich people. Informally, they belonged to the so-called non-checkers: cars with such a number were rarely stopped by traffic cops. The cost of the A-MP77 series on the shadow market now reaches eight million rubles. As for the VAZ-2115, this is the so-called donor: beautiful numbers are registered for a cheap car and sold along with it.
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According to the SHOT telegram channel, in 1998 the number A777MP77 was indeed on the balance sheet of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and stood on the Volga. Life found out that in the 2000s it was put up for sale on one of the services where they published private ads for the sale of beautiful numbers. At first, the number cost one and a half million rubles, but soon the price dropped to a million. In 2002, the number appeared on the Mercedes-Benz S600L of Viktor Vasilyevich Pivovarov, the father of the top manager of RusHydro. Already in 2009, the number moved to the Rolls-Royce Phantom, which was driven by Pivovarov Sr. In 2017, the car with the number passed to Pivovarov Jr. There were never any questions about the expensive sedan with this number, despite the fact that in 2017 the car became a participant in an accident.
Intermediary error or intent
Pivovarov really could not have known that his Rolls-Royce had changed numbers. For example, if he instructed the reissuance of his trusted people or a specialized company. Today, the service of providing a car for overweight numbers with a driver and turnkey legal support costs around 20 thousand rubles.
As per one account, someone changed the numbers on the owner's Rolls-Royce without him knowing, and put more expensive ones on a VAZ-2115 to steal and sell later. To avoid suspicion, the Rolls-Royce still bears a noticeable number. In another case, Pivovarov re-registered his Rolls-Royce for some reason and got new numbers and a certificate. He kept the special series number for himself, with the intention of transferring it to a new car. However, he occasionally drove the Rolls-Royce with him.
The State traffic inspectorate is currently investigating how Pivovarov obtained and re-registered this number. Article 12.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses threatens Pivovarov with a fine of 2,500 rubles for driving with fake numbers, and he could lose his license for up to one year.
In addition to the Rolls-Royce, Pivovarov's garage recently housed a Maybach 62, Mercedes-Benz S-500, and Mercedes-Benz S-600L. The “five hundredth” previously had prestigious A-AA77 series numbers (worth about three million rubles on the shadow market), but then ordinary ones were put on it. The Maybach had B-MP77 numbers (worth up to two million rubles).
Who is Vyacheslav Pivovarov
The businessman was born in Moscow in 1972 and attended an English special school. In the early 1990s, he enrolled in the Sergo Ordzhonikidze State Academy of Management, but later moved to study in the West. He studied at the American University in Paris and Stanford. After receiving a good education, he worked in American funds in the 2000s, selling Russian assets to foreigners.
Vyacheslav Pivovarov pictured with his most recent wife Ilona Kesaeva. Photo © Facebook / Vyacheslav Pivovarov
By 2003, Pivovarov managed a $500 million portfolio. In 2008, he returned to Russia and took part in government projects, serving as an adviser to the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation for two years. In 2013, Pivovarov became a director at the large state corporation RusHydro, a position he still holds as an independent director. Previously, he was also on the Board of Directors of PJSC “Quadra – Power Generation” and led the investment company “Altera Capital”. Earlier reports indicated that Pivovarov was promoting his startup in the United States – a brand of baby food.
According to Life, Pivovarov resides in the Patriarch’s Ponds area in the center of Moscow, specifically in the residential complex “Garden-Labyrinth” in Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Lane. Currently, several apartments in this club house are up for sale. Price — 500-600 million rubles. He also owns a mansion on Rublevsky highway near the village of Usovo.
LCD “Sad-Labyrinth”
The 49-year-old Pivovarov is also known in the capital’s social circles for his romantic relationships. According to some reports, he has been married twice. His current wife is Ilona, the eldest daughter of the well-known Russian oligarch Igor Kesaev. She is thirty years old and, like her husband, studied in London and New York. She works as an art director for the Secret Art project.
Kesaev Sr. ranks 35th on the Forbes list with a fortune of four billion dollars, is the owner and president of the Mercury group of companies, which includes the developer Mercury Development, Russia’s largest tobacco distributor Megapolis, and once a supermarket chain ” Dixie”. The businessman also owns a stake in the Mercury skyscraper in Moscow City. The media reported that Kesaev allegedly had a 50-meter Sky yacht worth $40 million, as well as a 37-meter Heesen Ilona.
