Degtyarev eastern. The first defendant in the thefts at the cosmodrome heard the verdict. Theft at the cosmodrome

A defendant in a case of theft during the construction of a cosmodrome was sentenced.

The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow yesterday sentenced him to four years in a general regime colony and a fine of 1 million rubles. General Director of the VIP-Stroyengineering company Vadim Mitryakov for complicity in the theft of 1.3 billion rubles. during the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome. At the same time, the court refused to satisfy the claim of FSUE "Spetsstroytekhnologii" to recover material damage from the convicted person in this amount. Mitryakov's defense considers the sentence too harsh and intends to appeal it. The accused admitted his guilt and testified against the actual owner of VIP-Stroyengineering, Sergei Degtyarev, whom the investigation considers the organizer of the theft of budget millions.

Immediately after the verdict was announced, the general director of VIP-Stroyengineering Vadim Mitryakov, who was still under recognizance not to leave the place, was taken into custody. The court found the former top manager guilty of “fraud committed by an organized group”, as well as “money laundering on an especially large scale” (part 4 of article 159 and part 4 of article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). At the same time, the court refused to satisfy the claim of FSUE "Spetsstroytekhnologii" to recover material damage from the convicted person. Perhaps the court took into account the fact that the accused admitted his guilt and testified against the actual owner of VIP-Stroyengineering, Sergei Degtyarev, whom the investigation considers the organizer of the theft of budget funds.

Vadim Mitryakov headed VIP-Stroyengineering from June 2013 to February 2015. During this time, according to the case materials, he, on behalf of the actual owner of the construction company Sergei Degtyarev, prepared documents to receive contracts from the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Spetsstroytekhnologii for 1.9 billion rubles, intended for the construction of infrastructure facilities at the Vostochny cosmodrome, and then, carrying out “criminal orders Degtyarev" contributed to the theft of budget funds.

As follows from the case materials, for the intended purpose of almost 2 billion rubles. A little more than 500 million rubles were used - with these funds the initial stage of work was completed at construction sites. This was done, according to the prosecution, in order to “divert the attention of regulatory authorities.” The managers of VIP-Stroyengineering decided to use the lion's share of the funds for their own selfish interests.

So, more than 700 million rubles. by order of General Director Mitryakov, they were transferred to the accounts of the Volgo-Vyatka construction company controlled by Sergei Degtyarev. Subsequently, this money was used to pay off the “old” debts of “VIP-Stroyengineering” - they were transferred to the accounts of the Federal Institution “Capital Construction Administration of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia”. Degtyarev’s companies had contracts with the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the construction of housing in Moscow and Sochi, for which advance financing was received, but in the end the objects were not completed.

The leaders of Sergei Degtyarev’s group stole hundreds of millions of rubles using various financial schemes. Their main principle was the transfer of money to the accounts of companies affiliated with VIP-Stroyengineering as advances under the pretext of fulfilling contractual obligations to the general contractor - FSUE Spetsstroytekhnologii. In fact, nothing was built with this money, it was again returned to the accounts of VIP-Stroyengineering as borrowed funds, as well as under investment agreements, after which the budget millions were not identified as targeted and could be used as the company’s working capital for its own facilities commercial construction.

As follows from the case materials, the managers of VIP-Stroyengineering used the money intended for the development of the cosmodrome facilities not only to cover debts, but also generously lent it to their friends. Thus, LLC Atmosphere and Elitstroy received 11.5 million rubles from VIP-Stroyengineering as an interest-bearing loan. for conducting commercial activities. Several more transfers were subsequently made to the accounts of these companies in the form of loans, and the amounts were sometimes quite insignificant for businessmen of this level - from 15 thousand to 80 thousand rubles. LLC Land Yug also used the financial services of VIP-Stroyengineering, to whose accounts 14.5 million rubles were transferred on the basis of a loan agreement. However, as it turned out later, the millions issued as loans were subsequently cashed out and returned to Sergei Degtyarev and his accomplices.

The defense considers the sentence of ex-general director of VIP-Stroyengineering Mitryakov too harsh and intends to appeal it. “My client, within the framework of the pre-trial agreement, actively assisted the investigation and could count on a suspended sentence,” said lawyer Viktor Malyshev, who represented the interests of the former general director. However, it is possible that a higher court may somewhat soften the sentence to Vadim Mitryakov. Most likely, this will happen after the completion of the trial against four more defendants in the case - the former general director of the Volga-Vyatka construction company Evgeny Degtyarev, his father Sergei Degtyarev, whom the investigation considers the actual owner of the company, as well as former top managers of the company Alexander Bazankov and Murat Matuev . The outcome of their case, which has been separated into separate proceedings, largely depends on the testimony that the convicted Mitryakov can give as a witness.

As it became known, last week the Lublinsky Court of Moscow arrested the general director of the VIP-Stroyengineering company Vadim Mitryakov and the ex-head of the Nizhny Novgorod Volga-Vyatka Construction Company (VVSK) Evgenia Degtyareva. They are suspected of stealing about 300 million rubles, which was supposed to be used for the construction of roads to the Vostochny Cosmodrome, but was used to pay off debts.

Several sources in law enforcement agencies spoke about new arrests related to the theft of funds for the construction of the cosmodrome infrastructure. In total, within the framework of the criminal case initiated on April 23, 2015 under Part 4 of Art. 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (misappropriation or embezzlement committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale), five people pass. Among them are the general director of the Vostochny construction subcontractor company "VIP-Stroyengineering" Vadim Mitryakov, as well as the ex-head of the VSK Evgenia Degtyareva and her father Sergei Degtyarev (de facto owned the company). According to the interlocutors, the preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen by the Lublin Court of Moscow on September 8. The VIP-Stroyengineering telephone numbers listed in the SPARK system did not work. The VVSK did not answer calls yesterday.

According to information, the attention of operatives was attracted by a large number of subcontracting organizations that appeared within the framework of a contract for the construction of cosmodrome infrastructure facilities worth about 13.6 billion rubles, concluded on July 14, 2012 between the Federal Institution "Directorate of the Vostochny Cosmodrome" and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Spetsstroytekhnologii at Spetsstroy of the Russian Federation" . To implement it, the latter enterprise entered into a subcontract agreement with VIP-Stroyengineering, transferring over 1.7 billion rubles. advance Subsequently, the company engaged the construction company Apogey to carry out the work: under the terms of the contract, it was to build two connecting highways with a length of 1.95 and 2.3 km (this work was estimated at 570 million rubles). But, as investigators established, in October 2014, Apogey, having received an advance of 300 million rubles, entered into another subcontract agreement - this time with the Air Force. As soon as Apogee transferred the entire advance to the company's settlement accounts of Alta-Bank CJSC, the money was used to repay the company's previously formed principal debt. When by April 1, the construction of roads had not begun, and no one expected a refund, the investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Anti-Corruption, as well as the FSB department for the Amur Region got involved.

Let us remind you that about ten criminal cases have now been opened regarding the construction of Vostochny, and the same number are at the stage of pre-investigation. One of the most notorious is the case of the former head of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Dalspetsstroy, Yuri Khrizman, who in October 2014 was accused by the Investigative Committee of involvement in the theft of about 1.8 billion rubles allocated for the construction of the cosmodrome. In general, according to Interfax, the damage from theft in Vostochny exceeded 5.4 billion rubles.

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The builder of the Vostochny cosmodrome gave stolen goods to the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov.

The Investigation Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has completed an investigation into large-scale thefts during the construction of infrastructure facilities for the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Sergei Degtyarev, the owner of VIP-Stroyengineering LLC, which acts as the main contractor in construction, and his three accomplices are accused of theft of 1.35 billion rubles. budget funds with their subsequent laundering. At the same time, according to the investigation, almost half of the money was sent by the LLC to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, headed by Vladimir Puchkov, to which it owed money for construction.

There are four defendants involved in the criminal case: in addition to Sergei Degtyarev, whom the investigation considers the organizer of the crime and the actual owner of VIP-Stroyengineering LLC, this is the ex-head of the Nizhny Novgorod Volga-Vyatka Construction Company (VVSK) Evgeniya Degtyareva, as well as former VSK managers Alexander Bazankov and Murat Matuev. The case of the former general director of VIP-Stroyengineering Vadim Mitryakov, who admitted his guilt and is actively cooperating with the investigation, was separated into a separate proceeding by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

All of them are accused of committing crimes under Part 4 of Art. 159 and part 4 of Art. 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - fraud on an especially large scale committed by an organized group, as well as legalization (laundering) of illegally acquired funds.

According to the investigation, at the end of August 2013, VIP-Stroyengineering, as the winner of the corresponding competition, received from the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Spetsstroytekhnologii under Spetsstroy of Russia contracts for the construction of roads to the Vostochny cosmodrome, as well as other social infrastructure facilities - residential buildings, schools and child care institutions in ZATO Uglegorsk, Amur region.

About 2 billion rubles were allocated from the budget for these purposes. Having received the funds, VIP-Stroyengineering, according to the investigation, sent them to the VSK controlled by Sergei Degtyarev, which was headed by his daughter Evgenia. However, according to the prosecution, Mr. Degtyarev did not intend to use the millions received from Spetsstroy for their intended purpose, but planned to use them to solve his commercial problems. The partners of the owner of VIP-Stroyengineering were also privy to these plans.

As the investigation established, having received huge funds at his disposal, Mr. Degyatrev first began to pay off his old debts. Thus, over 700 million rubles were transferred to the accounts of the Federal Institution "Capital Construction Administration of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia" for the financial obligations of VIP-Stroyengineering LLC. Mr. Degtyarev’s companies had contracts with Puchkov’s department for the construction of housing in Moscow and Sochi, for which advance financing was received, but in the end the objects were unfinished.

Let us note that, according to decisions of arbitration courts, VIP-Stroyengineering failed several contracts with the Capital Construction Department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. Thus, according to the agreement for October 2012, the LLC undertook to carry out work on the construction of a branch of the All-Russian Center for Emergency and Radiation Medicine named after. A. M. Nikiforova in Krasnoyarsk until December 30, 2014. The contract, which was valued at more than 738 million rubles, was not fulfilled. As a result, in favor of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and LLC, the arbitration court recovered the amount of the unearned advance in the amount of 201.9 million rubles, interest for the use of other people’s funds - 46.8 million rubles, as well as a penalty - 83 million rubles.

Judging by the investigation materials, Mr. Degtyarev used the money intended for the development of the cosmodrome facilities not only to cover debts, but also generously lent them to his friends. Thus, LLC Atmosphere and Elitstroy received 11.5 million rubles from VIP-Stroyengineering as an interest-bearing loan. for conducting commercial activities. Several more transfers were subsequently made to the accounts of these companies in the form of loans, and the amounts were sometimes quite insignificant for businessmen of this level - from 15 thousand to 80 thousand rubles. LLC Land Yug also used the financial services of VIP-Stroyengineering, to whose accounts 14.5 million rubles were transferred on the basis of a loan agreement.

Individuals also turned to Mr. Degtyarev for money and received substantial sums as loans. In addition, budget funds were also used to pay shares in the authorized capital to the founders of companies controlled by Mr. Degtyarev. More than 9 million rubles were spent for these purposes in the period from February to September 2014 alone. In fact, according to the investigation, in this way Mr. Degtyarev and his accomplices laundered the government money they had stolen. The Ministry of Internal Affairs estimated the amount of damage caused by the accused at 1.35 billion rubles.

To compensate for it, as part of the investigation in Nizhny Novgorod, where the LLC was based, an unfinished multi-storey building and a parking lot for 2.9 thousand cars, as well as Mr. Degtyarev’s apartment in the elite residential complex “Shuvalovsky” on Michurinsky Avenue in Moscow, were seized. According to the defense's calculations, the real estate may well be enough to pay off the damage.

The criminal investigation into the group of Sergei Degtyarev lasted more than a year. During this time, the ex-general director of VIP-Stroyengineering Vadim Mitryakov, who made a deal with Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Grin, was released from the pre-trial detention center and will soon appear in court.

Other defendants and their lawyers have already begun to familiarize themselves with the materials of the criminal case. “We insist on changing the preventive measure for the defendants in the case, since the violations charged to them were committed in the field of business activity,” lawyer Rustam Musaev, representing the interests of Mr. Degtyarev, told Kommersant. According to him, the actions that Mr. Degtyarev and his alleged accomplices are charged with as criminal are ordinary business activities aimed at making profit.

The lawyer said that while in custody, Sergei Degtyarev is deprived of the opportunity to fulfill his duties to customers; in particular, the delivery of the “Dancing School” building on Krylatskaya Street in Moscow was in jeopardy.

However, it is possible that Mr. Degtyarev and his three accomplices will have to change the preventive measure due to the fact that before September 7, when it will be a year since the defendants were taken into custody, the lawyers may not have time to familiarize themselves with the case, which consists of several hundred volumes. And according to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, under the articles that the defendants are charged with, the period of detention is limited to 12 months.

The investigation into the case of financial fraud during the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome and the residential town of Tsiolkovsky has revealed new episodes, which is why the scale of theft of budget funds from the state corporation Spetsstroy of Russia is now estimated at almost 1.4 billion rubles. According to investigators, for the construction of roads and infrastructure in the city of Tsiolkovsky, the Nizhny Novgorod Volga-Vyatka Construction Company LLC (VVSK) received several billion rubles from the budget, of which about 900 million were withdrawn under fictitious contracts and spent on paying off debts. The former head and financier of VSVK, Evgenia Degtyareva, has already been charged with fraud on an especially large scale. New episodes in a large-scale criminal case about theft during the construction of a cosmodrome and a residential town appeared after the conclusion of an economic examination.

A few days ago, Evgenia Degtyareva was charged with new charges under Article 159 of the Criminal Code (“Fraud on an especially large scale as part of a group”). The amount of damage in the case is now estimated at 1.38 million rubles,” Degtyareva’s lawyer, Hasan-Ali Borokov, told Izvestia.

Degtyareva herself, who oversaw financial issues at the VSK, denies the new accusations and claims that she was not part of a criminal group, but only carried out orders from her father. Let us recall that Sergei Degtyarev is considered the actual owner of the Nizhny Novgorod company VSVK.

According to investigators, the money was stolen during the construction of roads in the city of Tsiolkovsky (formerly Uglegorsk), where employees of the Vostochny cosmodrome will live.

In the fall of 2013, the directorate of the cosmodrome and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Spetsstroytekhnologiya under Spetsstroy Rossii entered into a government contract for the construction of several residential buildings and infrastructure in Tsiolkovsky in the amount of 13.56 billion rubles. VSVK is one of the major subcontractors. The company received an advance for construction, after which about 900 million rubles were transferred to the accounts of Nizhny Novgorod companies. The Amur company Dalspetsstroy had to build roads and infrastructure, and the FSB became interested in the VVSK scam.

Thus, in the criminal case against the management of VVSK LLC and VIP-Stroyengineering LLC there are now already three episodes of fraud.

One of them also talks about a scam during the construction of highways in Tsiolkovsky. In 2013, Spetsstroytekhnologiya entered into a subcontract agreement with VIP-Stroyengineering for the construction of infrastructure in Tsiolkovsky for 1.702 billion rubles.

The latter, in turn, subcontracted the construction of roads with a length of 2.3 km and 1.95 km to the capital's Apogee SK. The contract was valued at 570.4 million rubles. According to investigators, in October 2014, Apogee Insurance Company, having received an advance of 300 million rubles, entered into a subcontract with VVSK and transferred all this money to its account in one of the Moscow banks. As it turned out, VSVK had long-standing debts from work in its native Nizhny Novgorod region, so this money was used to pay them off.

In another case, according to investigators, in October 2014, VIP-Stroyengineering and VSVK entered into a fictitious subcontract agreement for construction work, under which the latter received an advance in the amount of 168.3 million rubles. According to investigators, Evgenia Degtyareva soon transferred them to the accounts of VIP-Stroyengineering and other companies, but under the pretext of returning the borrowed funds.

Let us remind you that now the defendants in this criminal case are Sergei Degtyarev, his daughter Evgenia, the current general director of VSK Alexander Bazankov, as well as Vadim Mitryakov and Murat Matuev from VIP-Stroyengineering LLC.

The management of VVSK and the company itself have a scandalous reputation in their native Nizhny Novgorod. Local shareholders accuse the company of never completing the construction of a 25-story residential building on Sennaya Square and the Renaissance Slavyanskaya housing complex in the area of ​​Tverskaya and Slavyanskaya streets.

Currently, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigative Committee are investigating 10 criminal cases of theft during the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome. Among them, for example, is a case of fraud worth 400 million rubles, the defendants of which are the general director of the FSUE Spetsstroyservis under Spetsstroy, Andrey Yartsev, and the general director of Stroykonstruktsiya S LLC, Anatoly Ryazanov.

At the end of October 2015, the Investigative Committee of Russia completed an investigation into one of the largest scams, as a result of which the state, represented by Spetsstroy, suffered damages in the amount of 5 billion rubles. Accused under Article 285 of the Criminal Code (“Abuse of official powers”) were the former head of the FSUE GUSS Dalspetsstroy under Spetsstroy, Yuri Khrizman, and the chief accountant of the enterprise, Vladimir Ashikhmin. As in the case of VVSK, Dalspetsstroy received an advance in the amount of 22 billion rubles, of which more than 5 billion rubles were spent on repaying loans.

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The usually calm and self-possessed mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, gave vent to his emotions only once in front of journalists during his tenure as mayor.

This happened in May 2011 right at a meeting in the government of the capital. Unexpectedly, Sobyanin attacked the State Unitary Enterprise Stroyeksprom, which is developing the innovative territory of the Moskvich plant (formerly AZLK), with unprecedented criticism. And he didn’t even restrain his emotions.

“The premises are rented out for offices, there is a bathhouse, a sauna, and a bedroom there,” the mayor was indignant. — Of course, in such conditions it is very difficult to engage in innovative development in the territory. I propose that the results of the inspection be sent to law enforcement agencies and the head of the State Unitary Enterprise be relieved of his position.” And he immediately removed the general director of this state unitary enterprise, Alexander Yuzvik, from his post. As it turned out, the public “flogging” of the mayor was preceded by a very piquant story.

Moskvich actually has the most exclusive and largest sauna in the capital. Anyone who wants to, even for a lot of money, cannot get into it. Its visitors are exclusively business tycoons, retired and active generals, metropolitan and regional officials, etc. All of them are personal guests of the owners of this sauna - construction magnate Sergei Degtyarev and his business partner Alexander Yuzvik, now the former director of the State Unitary Enterprise "Construction and Operation of Industrial Facilities" ("Stroyeksprom"). And, as one can assume, he lost his position after one of the VIP visitors to the sauna accidentally found out that everything that happened there was being filmed by hidden surveillance cameras.

The story of how AZLK turned into the most elite sauna is very indicative of Moscow during the time of Yuri Luzhkov. At one point, Luzhkov decided to revive the “dead” plant and ordered the most expensive and modern equipment for the construction of cars to be purchased there. The brand new equipment was placed in the collapsing workshops, where it stood mothballed for some time.

Soon, construction projects, which were previously controlled by Elena Baturina and Shalva Chigirinsky, came under the “wing” of members of the Ingush criminal group associated with the organizers of the terrorist attacks in Moscow. Among them is a project to reconstruct the buildings of the AZLK plant, carry out work in Moscow City, construct several residential areas in Nizhny Novgorod, etc. Previously, at all these sites, the interests of Baturina and Chigirinsky were represented by businessman Sergei Degtyarev. And when the oligarchs hastily left Russia, Ingush authorities became the new shadow owners of the projects. And Degtyarev is already serving their interests.

Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs operatives learned by chance about the emergence of new influential players in the Russian construction business. Recently, several entrepreneurs have shared very interesting information with them. They said that they had been cooperating with Degtyarev for a long time, they knew him as a person of Baturina and Chigirinsky. And then suddenly Sergei’s negotiating style changed dramatically. At first, he began to urgently ask partners to attract only guest workers to the facilities, which were offered by his familiar Ingush entrepreneurs and their companies, in particular Image LLC and Mospromstroy LLC. The partners explained that this was impossible - they had been working with other labor suppliers for a long time.

Then they were given a demonstration performance. Ingush and Degtyarev’s friends volunteered to solve problems with competitors in the supply of guest workers and, in the best traditions of the 90s, assigned them a “arrow” right on the territory of AZLK in Moscow. A string of SUVs and even buses with strong Caucasians gathered there. Without any negotiations, the enemy was defeated in literally ten minutes with the help of bats and reinforcement. After this, none of Degtyarev’s acquaintances began to argue about the issue of who should buy labor from. So, gradually most of the capital’s construction sites were filled with general workers from Ingush guys.

Next, Degtyarev explained to his partners that payments should be made through shell companies and banks controlled by his Caucasian friends. To ensure credibility, very impressive Ingush people came to the negotiations. Here the businessmen no longer began to argue. And then many of them received an offer to part with their properties in favor of companies whose founders were 25-26-year-old yesterday's students. Ingush authorities carried out explanatory work with those who disagreed. As a result, businessmen were forced to part with their assets for literally pennies. Thus, after the former objects of Baturina and Chigirinsky, many more contracts for the repair of metropolitan kindergartens, schools, etc. were under the control of Degtyarev and his Caucasian friends.

The businessmen told the operatives that they did not know the names of Sergei’s Ingush friends. But we remembered their names and saved their mobile phone numbers. Having pushed these people through their bases, the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers grabbed their heads. It turned out that the construction business came under the control of their “old acquaintances.” Only earlier they were suspected of organizing explosions, but now they decided to start constructing buildings. So, who are these new owners of Russian construction sites?

1. Pliev Bagaudin Baterbekovich, born in 1970. Officially listed as the founder of Mospromstroy LLC. He was involved in a criminal case involving the seizure of the musical "Nord-Ost" and the bombing of a car at McDonald's in Moscow in 2002. According to the investigation materials, Pliev maintained a relationship with Murdalov Aslan Isaevich, who was sentenced to 20 years in 2004.

According to the prosecutor's office, Murdalov participated in planting a bomb at Tavriya, which exploded near the restaurant, and was also one of the developers of the plan to attack the musical. The case details calls from the phone that Murdalov used during all these events. It follows from it that on October 21, 2002 (two days after the explosion at McDonald's and two days before the capture of Norod-Ost) at 19:22:51 Murdalov made an outgoing call to the number that Bagaudin was using at that time Pliev. The latter was interrogated and told investigators that he knew Aslan, but had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks. It was not possible to prove his involvement in the events of autumn 2002.

2. Matuev Marat Iosifovich, born in 1969. “Right hand” and closest associate of Bagaudin Pliev. He is the founder of Mospromstroy LLC, Image LLC. In the databases of the Moscow RUBOP, he is listed as an active member of Temerlan Okuev’s organized crime group.

3. Khunkaev Movladi Tutaevich, born in 1955. Officially listed as the founder and director of Karus-M LLC. According to the Moscow RUBOP, he was an active member of the organized crime group of Temrlan Okuev. On October 17, 2005, employees of the Central Administrative District of the Federal Drug Control Service in Moscow detained an experienced drug addict, Alexander Viktorovich Boyko, for possession of marijuana. During interrogations, Boyko told how he earned money for the potion. He removed spare parts from prestigious foreign cars and sold them to a man named Movladi. Boyko even named the prices: headlights with turn signals - $100, grille - $80, wings - $35. The operatives established that Movladi is Movladi Khunkaev. During interrogation, he categorically denied his acquaintance with Boyko.

4. A certain person nicknamed Maga, whose identity investigators have not been able to establish for many years. As the same Boyko admitted during interrogations, a certain Maga bought spare parts from him together with Movladi. However, in 2005 it was not possible to find out who was behind this nickname. Again, the mysterious Maga made himself known two years later. On November 1, 2007, on Vorontsovskaya Street in the center of Moscow, 50-year-old Alexey Chulkov, an adviser to the Minister of Agriculture, was blown up in his own Volvo XC70 car.

The bomb, with a capacity of 200 grams of TNT, was planted under the bottom of the foreign car. The official was seriously injured. Investigators requested billing of phones used in the area where the crime was committed. Among the eight numbers, the detectives were particularly interested in one - 89262368422. With the help of operational information and technical means, it was established that this number was used by the same Maga from the address book of the drug addict Boyko. He became one of the main suspects in the case, but it was not possible to identify this person. Checking the phone numbers of Degtyarev’s Caucasian friends, employees of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs established that one of the numbers given to them was being used by a person who had previously used the number that the drug addict Boyko had called. That is, the same elusive Maga.

5. Pliev Mamotsali Khamurzievich, born in 1951. Officially listed as the founder of Rusgazbeton LLC. In 2007, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Karachay-Cherkessia put him on the federal wanted list on charges under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale). A year later, he was detained by operatives and handed over to the initiators of the search. However, he soon mysteriously found himself free.

6. Pliev Kureysh Savarbekovich, born in 1971. “Right hand” Mamotsali Plieva and his close relative. In 1995, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia put him on the federal wanted list under Article 146 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR (robbery). In 2001, the search for Pliev was stopped.

Having become interested in Sergei Degtyarev, who has acquaintances with such “rich” biographies, the operatives found out the following. At one time he was a career military man, served in the North, then moved to Sergiev Posad near Moscow, where he became friends with representatives.

In the early 2000s, he created Everest LLC, the other founders of which were Mamotsali Pliev and Vladimir Yurievich Kaledin, born in 1965. The last character is also well known to the operatives - he was prosecuted for robbery, illegal possession of weapons and infliction of grievous bodily harm. At the same time, Degtyarev, through Pliev, became acquainted with all these formidable Caucasians who are now accompanying him during the negotiations.

As a person who does not have any “stains” in his biography, Degtyarev was delegated to solve problems with representatives of the capital’s authorities. Quite quickly, he became a frequent guest at the Moscow City Hall, establishing very productive relations with the now former leaders of the city - Deputy Mayor Yuri Roslyak and head of the Department of Science and Industrial Policy Evgeniy Panteleev.

Gradually, his functions expanded significantly and by the mid-2000s, Degtyarev became known in the construction community as a professional fixer. A person who is in favor of kickbacks is able to organize profitable contracts for companies from the city authorities for construction work. He also began to undertake to provide construction sites with guest workers, etc. Through Degtyarev it was always possible to easily cash out large sums of money - a very popular service among construction businessmen. In particular, the same Mamotsali Pliev is closely connected with the Russian General Bank, a very well-known cash-out platform in financial circles.

In short, Degtyarev became a “master” of a wide profile, without whom even oligarchs find it difficult to do. As a result, Elena Baturina and Shalva Chigirinsky recruited him to organize work on the construction of Moscow City, the reconstruction of the AZLK and a number of other facilities. Degtyarev was also noticed in the project for the construction of residential areas in Nizhny Novgorod, which was carried out by the local construction magnate and owner of the VVSK company Stanislav Kotelnikov.

And then Baturina, Chigirinsky and Kotelnikov went abroad. All because of problems with law enforcement agencies. Left without oligarch owners, Degtyarev turned to his Ingush acquaintances for help. He himself did not have sufficient funds to buy out the fugitives' construction projects. But people from the Caucasus had the necessary amounts. As a result, it was they who, through Degtyarev, acquired assets in the construction market. And the objects were registered to companies whose owners were listed as very young and unknown people.

Thus, Slavkapstroy LLC was urgently established by Dmitry Nikolaevich Aksenov, born in 1985. Now this structure is involved in projects that were previously carried out by the companies of Baturina and Chigirinsky - the reconstruction of the AZLK-Moskvich plant, Moscow City and a number of residential buildings in Moscow. In all these facilities, Slavkapstroy became the owner of significant shares.

After Kotelnikov’s escape, the only founder of VVSK was Evgenia Sergeevna Degtyareva, born in 1987 (daughter of Sergei Degtyarev). Currently, VVSK is constructing several residential blocks in Nizhny Novgorod, the building of the Southern Regional Search and Rescue Team of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, an industrial building on Volgogradsky Prospekt in Moscow, etc. And again, apartments in residential buildings belong to the same VVSK, and the company has a share in the industrial building. Although in fact the owners of all these objects are “long-time acquaintances” of operatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Luzhkov forgot about the AZLK reconstruction project for a while, and when he remembered again, he ordered the reconstruction of the State Unitary Enterprise “Construction and Operation of Industrial Facilities,” headed by Yuzvik. And he attracted numerous construction companies of his friend Sergei Degtyarev, who has long been working closely with reputable Ingush businessmen, as subcontractors. And the work began to boil.

To begin with, the brand new equipment was sold to Degtyarev’s Ingush friends for 20% of its cost, who sent him to their homeland. Why such modern and versatile equipment was needed there, one can only guess. Obviously not for the production of a Nazranych car in Ingushetia. In return, the State Unitary Enterprise bought almost exactly the same equipment with budget money, only of a lower class and not allowing full production of machines (only assembly).

On the left is the building of the new Moskvich workshop, and the sauna, hotel and jacuzzi are in the gray building on the right

Next, one of the AZLK workshops was turned into a giant dormitory for migrant workers. The fact is that Degtyarev’s Ingush friends are at the same time the largest suppliers of labor for construction projects in the capital. So their entire army of migrant workers settled at the plant. To be fair, it is worth noting that the other two workshops of Degtyarev’s structure were actually put in order. And over time, the migrant workers from the third workshop were moved to other places - somehow they looked ugly there. And the vacated gigantic room turned into the office of Sergei Degtyarev himself. Eyewitnesses say that it looks extremely impressive - a hall the size of a small stadium, and one person sits there. This sight especially enlightens his intractable business partners, whom his Ingush friends bring to Degtyarev’s workshop. All the frames from “The Godfather” against this background simply seem like comic books.

It is clear that when budget money for the reconstruction of AZLK-Moskvich flowed like a river, it reached the facility in the form of small streams. For example, all transactions were carried out through the Moscow Lights bank, which belongs to the daughter of the now former and then current Deputy Mayor of Moscow Yuri Roslyak. Of course, Degtyarev and Yuzvik were not offended either. In addition to good financial gains, they were able to obtain ownership of a huge plot of land on the territory of AZLK, on ​​which they built a 10-story business center.

Basically, this building houses the offices of companies controlled by Degtyarev himself (Slavkapstroy, Slavmosstroy, VVSK, etc.) and controlled by his Ingush partners. However, the highlight of the center is the recreation complex, which occupies almost one and a half floors. It consists of a banquet hall, a modern gym, a luxurious and large swimming pool, a sauna, decorated with rare trees, and a giant (one of the largest in Moscow) jacuzzi.

There is a separate room for relaxing massages, which is constantly staffed by two professional masseuses. Moreover, the masseuses are real, and not one of “these.” “These” VIP guests can be invited separately at will; there is a specially trained person in the establishment for such purposes. Only a select few have the right to invite visitors to the sauna, swimming pool, gym and massage rooms. These are reputable Ingush businessmen. But their parties are “a secret with seven seals.” And also Sergey Degtyarev, Alexander Yuzvik and their mutual friend, owner of the VIP magazine, Evgeny Kosov. According to eyewitnesses, a couple of times a week the establishment welcomes some general, official or banker. Many of them are famous people, however, out of several dozen VIP guests, eyewitnesses have so far only remembered a few.

So, as the sauna workers say, the most frequent guest there is a man similar to the prefect of the South-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow, Vladimir Zotov, who has held this post for more than 20 years. This official became famous for appearing at all official events with his elderly wife. But in fact, he is divorced from her, and is officially married to a girl who is just over 20 years old. Together they are raising twins. The husband gave the “young one” several apartments, a couple of cars, etc. There may be several reasons for its appearance in the sauna. Firstly, AZLK is actually located on the territory of the South-East Administrative District. Secondly, Degtyarev’s structures often receive contracts from this prefecture for the reconstruction of schools, kindergartens and other socially significant facilities.

We also saw in the sauna a man resembling the former deputy director of the Federal Tax Police Service, ex-member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, ex-deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vasily Volkovsky. He is an old acquaintance of Degtyarev, thanks to this man, the construction magnate has not had problems with law enforcement agencies for many years.

There is also a frequent guest there and a person who resembles Bulgarian citizen Pavel Iliev, a top manager of the Moscow branch of UBI ES Bank (he also worked in the European branch of ING Bank). He helps Sergei reliably hide his income in foreign banks.

Eyewitnesses claim that they saw in the VIP washroom a man similar to ex-employee of the USSR KGB Oleg Erovinkin - now the former head of the secretariat of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Igor Sechin. He was courted, also for obvious reasons. Degtyarev’s structures are also trying to participate in the construction of oil and gas industry facilities, and are constantly trying to expand their spheres of influence. However, he was extremely dissatisfied with this visit.

According to a source in the mayor’s office, one of the VIP visitors (allegedly it could be Erovinkin), a former intelligence officer, was surprised to discover that all the premises of the sauna and halls were equipped with surveillance cameras. Moreover, the filming is clearly not carried out for the safety of clients. The VIP visitor went directly to Sobyanin, to whom he had direct access, and stated that the mayor’s immediate subordinate, Yuzvik, had organized a real brothel at Moskvich. And for some reason, all this is recorded on cameras. After this, Yuzvik’s fate was sealed...