Malyushin Ivan Dmitrievich Department of Presidential Affairs. Rentier Malyushin and family values

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Ivan Malyushin, Vladimir Kozhin's deputy in the Presidential Administration (UDP), is officially one of the Kremlin's richest officials. His declared income in 2010 amounted to 14 million rubles. However, as an investigation by Novaya Gazeta showed, Malyushin’s earnings seem to be not limited to the official salary of a civil servant - according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, he directly or indirectly owns a number of Russian companies that were or are engaged in leasing real estate, the hotel business, and software production. Malyushin’s wife also has extensive business interests: from the manufacture of confectionery products to the production of plastic products. The sons of the deputy manager of the president's affairs are also involved in business: they own companies that build luxury residential complexes in St. Petersburg. One of the partners of the Malyushin family is a man whom the Spanish police considers the leader of the Tambov criminal group and suspects of creating a criminal network in Spain, money laundering and tax evasion.

Family business “Malyushin is the person closest to Kozhin. I heard from management employees that Kozhin, when there was talk about his appointment as mayor of Moscow or head of Olympstroy, wanted to put Malyushin in his place. He considered him his successor,” says businessman Valery Morozov.

Morozov, who became famous after his public conflict with the UDP, now lives in London, where he received political asylum and organized the International Anti-Corruption Committee. Before leaving Russia, he accused a high-ranking UDP official, Vladimir Leshchevsky, of extorting bribes, but last week the criminal case against the official was closed.

Morozov believes that Leshchevsky coordinated all his actions with Malyushin. “Malyushin is one of the most influential officials of the UDP; he oversees all construction matters and deals with tenders. I know for sure that it was Malyushin and Leshchevsky who went to Kozhin and agreed to replace me with other contractors,” Morozov believes. According to him, the administrative staff allegedly call Malyushin “Kozhin’s wallet” among themselves.

The families of Ivan Malyushin and Vladimir Kozhin seem to be close not only due to friendly relations. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Elena Malyushina (the wife of the deputy head of the UDP) and Alla Kozhina (the wife of the presidential manager) were co-owners of Memphis LLC. The company was formed in 2000 and existed until July last year. The third participant of this company was Irina Fedorova, who currently works as the chief accountant in the State Complex “Palace of Congresses” subordinate to the UDP.

Today, Ivan Malyushin, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, owns the Baltprod company. The main activity of this company is the rental of its own real estate. Baltprod LLC, in turn, owned shares in two more companies - Ligovsky 67 LLC (50%) and Soft Terminal LLC (18%). Both do not exist today, but before their liquidation they were engaged in the hotel business and software production, respectively.

The wife of Ivan Malyushin, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, also owns shares in several Russian companies. She is a co-owner of Nordside LLC and Baltekoplast Plant LLC, which produce siding and other plastic products, as well as Sladkoezhka LLC, which produces confectionery products. The general director of Sladkoezhka, Mikhail Saksonov, speaks highly of the Malyushins. “We have been family friends for more than 10 years. Elena Malyushina and I became partners when her friends were renting out premises, and we were just looking for a suitable place for a confectionery shop. This is how we started a common business. I can only describe her positively - she is a decent and honest person,” says Saksonov. According to him, the partners never used any administrative resources: “Our confectionery has existed since Soviet times, we are not monopolists, we work in an understandable market - this is not trading in oil...”

The sons of the deputy manager of the president's affairs, Nikita and Ivan Malyushin, also own a number of companies in St. Petersburg. The highest turnover, judging by the SKRIN database, belongs to two construction companies - Ideal LLC and Oniks LLC. In 2010, these companies had unfinished construction projects on their balance sheets totaling approximately 1 billion rubles; the total profit of both companies for the same period exceeded 15 million rubles.

As Novaya Gazeta managed to find out, the Ideal company, owned by Malyushin’s sons, was the customer for the construction of the elite residential complex DiademaClubHouse in St. Petersburg, on Konstantinovsky Prospekt. The complex consists of a seven-story residential building, an underground parking lot with 163 spaces, a SPA center and other infrastructure facilities that are necessary for a comfortable stay for VIP-class residents.

Elena Panfilova, director of the Russian branch of Transparency International, believes that if an official owns a company, then this situation should be resolved by declaring a conflict of interest. The declaration of conflict of interest must be compared with the declaration of income and property. “If we see that an official has declared third-party interests and his income begins to pour out of this company, then this is a reason for an official investigation,” Panfilova believes. But, according to her, “the legislation turned out to be such that there are no official sanctions against those people who continue to prosper in this conflict of interest. The maximum that is provided is a sluggish rule on loss of trust. But it is also very selective and is applied only if completely obvious cases emerge.”

“Reputable” partner One of the regular partners of Ivan Malyushin and his family can be considered Gennady Petrov, who was detained in 2008 along with several other Russian citizens by the Spanish police during the Troika special operation. According to the investigation materials of the Spanish police, which are at the disposal of Novaya Gazeta, Petrov is considered one of the leaders of the Tambov criminal group. He is suspected by the Spanish authorities of creating a criminal community in this country, money laundering and tax evasion. At the same time, in the materials of the Spanish police (especially in the “wiretapping” of telephone conversations), the names of high-ranking Russian officials with whom Petrov was allegedly familiar appear on almost every page. The names of Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, State Duma deputy Vladislav Reznik, former deputy head of the Investigative Committee Igor Sobolevsky, and even President Vladimir Putin, whom one of the witnesses called Petrov’s “friend,” are mentioned in the case. Today, Ivan Malyushin, deputy manager of the presidential affairs, can be added to the list of familiar officials of Petrov - at least judging by the intersections in business.

The company Baltprod, owned by Ivan Malyushin, owned a stake (18%) in Soft Terminal LLC. The other 18% of Soft Terminal belonged to the Spanish company InversionesGudimarSL; the sole manager and main shareholder of this company, according to the Spanish police, was Gennady Petrov. The former director and co-founder of Soft Terminal, Evgeny Opeskin, told Novaya Gazeta that this company was engaged in the production of software, but its activities were not very successful, and therefore three years ago it ceased to exist. “The software was produced for our own needs and was never sold to clients. We had a holding company that determined the directions of our work. To replace imported equipment, we produced our own software,” says Opeskin. Opeskin refused to comment on issues related to Ivan Malyushin and other partners.

Despite the fact that the former director of Soft Terminal claims that the company did not have third-party clients, Novaya Gazeta managed to find out: in 2008, this company won a competition to provide services to the state-owned company Kazakhtelecom - for almost $1 million. The penetration of Soft Terminal into the Kazakh market and the conclusion of a lucrative contract with a company owned by the union state seems no coincidence. The fact is that, along with Ivan Malyushin and Gennady Petrov, Aben Bektasov (he owned 18%) - a major Kazakh statesman who, coincidentally, had previously headed Kazakhtelecom - was related to the Soft Terminal company. Today Bektasov heads the National Bank of Kazakhstan. Novaya Gazeta was unable to contact him.

Ivan Malyushin, through the Baltprod company, also owned 50% in Ligovsky 67 LLC. The other half of this company, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, belonged to Alivekt LLC. Spanish police documents say that Alivekt was controlled by Gennady Petrov, but then he gave a power of attorney to manage this company to his son, Anton Petrov.

Next match. The company InversionesGudimarSL, managed by Gennady Petrov, also owned 25% in CJSC Holding Company Balt Line, which, under the brand of the same name, provided corporate mobile communication services in St. Petersburg. The other 25% of this company belonged to Nikita Malyushin, whose name coincides with the name of the son of the deputy manager of the president's affairs.

And finally, one more intersection. The Alivekt company, to which Gennady Petrov and then his son were related, rented a land plot of 1 thousand square meters in 2009. m in the city of Pitkyaranta of the Republic of Karelia (this is reported by the official website of the municipal district). A public shopping center was to be built on the site of this site; the investment amount was 20 million rubles. But in 2010, for some reason, the Alivekt company transferred the rights to this land plot to a certain LLC TRC-1. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, 50% of this company belongs to Nikita Malyushin, which again coincides with the name of the son of the deputy manager of the president’s affairs. Today, in addition to the shopping center in Pitkyaranta, SEC-1 also operates a specialized retail market (with 54 retail spaces) in the city of Olonets in the Republic of Karelia.

Did such frequent business interactions between Ivan Malyushin and Gennady Petrov affect the distribution of budget flows? It is curious that one of the companies affiliated with Petrov - CJSC Line of Communications (according to the Spanish police, Petrov also issued a power of attorney to manage this company to his son) - in 2006 and 2007, concluded two government contracts with the State Complex "Palace of Congresses" Office of Presidential Affairs. In 2006, the palace hosted the G8 summit. The total amount of the contracts was 9.5 million rubles, Communication Line was supposed to maintain communication systems, provide access to the Internet... Press secretary of the department manager Viktor Khrekov told Novaya Gazeta that they were satisfied with the company’s work, and to check the owners and history of the company in UDPs have no rights.

More than a week ago, Novaya Gazeta sent questions to Anton Petrov, but he did not comment on his father’s criminal case, as well as their relationship with the family of Ivan Malyushin.

Charity for billions Ivan Malyushin is also actively involved in charitable activities. True, by coincidence, his charity partners for some reason with enviable consistency conclude government contracts with structures subordinate to the UDP for billions of rubles.

According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Malyushin is the founder of the international charitable foundation “Konstantinovsky” and the foundation of artist Mikhail Shemyakin. “Ivan Dmitrievich is a long-time friend of the foundation. He is sincerely interested in our activities. Supports morally. Whenever possible, attends events and exhibition openings. There were and are no financial relations between the foundation and Ivan Dmitrievich. He helps us only with words and good advice,” says Marina Shcherbakova, deputy director of the Mikhail Shemyakin Foundation.

Another co-founder of the artist Shemyakin’s foundation is Asya Borisova. She, together with Ivan Malyushin, participated in the restoration of the Valdai Iversky Svyatoozersky Bogoroditsky Monastery. As stated on the monastery’s website, “the enormous scale of construction and reconstruction of the monastery required a very balanced approach. From the first days to the present day, they have been conducted under the patronage of the head of the President’s affairs, Vladimir Igorevich Kozhin.” And further: “Ivan Dmitrievich Malyushin, deputy manager of the president’s affairs, actively participated in the creation of the project. He took on the heavy burden of approvals at the project level in all departments, and also found the necessary contractors and designers.”

Among those contractors that Ivan Malyushin “found” was the Credo company, the general director and founder of which is Asya Borisova. It is not known whether the Credo company restored the Iveron Monastery at its own expense or through other means, but it can be assumed that its diligence did not go unnoticed. According to the register of government contracts, the company “Credo”, owned by Borisova, concluded five government contracts worth 2 billion rubles with structures subordinate to the UDP. In addition, Asya Borisova, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, owns Zhemchuzhina LLC. This company also concluded five government contracts with structures subordinate to the UDP - for 260 million rubles.

Almost all contracts concerned the construction and reconstruction of the Valdai Holiday Home in the Novgorod region, where the presidential residence is located next door. It is curious that the competition documentation for some projects was personally coordinated by Ivan Malyushin, and the customer of the most large-scale work in terms of funding was the “Directorate for the Construction and Reconstruction of Facilities in the North-Western Federal District” UDP, which was also previously headed by Malyushin.

Businessman Valery Morozov says that the Valdai facility is well known to him: “I tried to go there while I was still working with the Department of Affairs, but they told me that it was impossible - only companies and people close to Kozhin and Malyushin allegedly work there.” Asya Borisova did not answer Novaya Gazeta’s questions sent to her.

“For an official to have the authority to influence the distribution of budget flows within the framework of competition commissions and at the same time his partners in some funds receive these budget flows - such a situation in Western countries is unthinkable. Even if something like this happened, it would immediately become the subject of an internal audit and investigation,” says Elena Panfilova, head of the Russian branch of Transparency International. But we “do not have a procedure for considering and investigating conflicts of interest - especially in relation to senior officials - as such.” At the same time, all departments have conflict of interest commissions, but “even if they do something, we don’t know about it.” According to Panfilova, former President Medvedev, at one of the meetings of the Council for the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights, also admitted that the situation in this area is deplorable, and he is even thinking about introducing criminal liability for conflicts of interest.

The Presidential Administration did not respond to Novaya Gazeta's request in substance. Press secretary of the administrative department Viktor Khrekov considered that our questions do not relate to the official activities of Ivan Malyushin, but “indicate an intention to obtain primarily personal information about the deputy manager of the presidential affairs, his relatives and third parties, and certainly not related to his activities” on government position. At the same time, Khrekov reminded Novaya Gazeta about the inviolability of private life and criminal liability for its violation. For us, this answer is not surprising: it seems that for the current government, the interests of one’s own family and the interests of the state have long become synonymous - especially when it comes to business and the distribution of budget flows. Let's see what opinion the Prosecutor General's Office has on this matter, to which we also sent a request more than a week ago.

“First Anti-Corruption Media” continues to talk about the facts of the alienation of federal property with possible damage to the Russian Federation in the amount of 1.7 billion rubles, in which the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, which until recently was headed by Vladimir Kozhin, is involved.

In this material, PASMI presents business portraits of three of Vladimir Kozhin’s deputies in the UDP.

By the nature of its activities, the UDP is closely connected with such structures as the FSO and the FSB. FSO employees not only guard the complex of UDP buildings, but also occupy leadership positions in its apparatus.

The unofficial connection between the structures is confirmed by the fact that on the New Year holidays of 2009, Vladimir Kozhin (pictured) and Murov were seen in the same company at a resort in Courchevel.

The protection of the interests of the state, the “reliability” and safety of UDP employees is supervised by Directorate “K” of the FSB of the Russian Federation. The employees of this particular Directorate form the main backbone of the Control and Audit Directorate of the UDP of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Kozhin's first deputy in the Administrative Department of the President of the Russian Federation was Sergei Kovalev. He still holds the post of first deputy of the Department of Operations and Supervision, supervising financial issues, including the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Center for Financial and Legal Support.”

Sergei Petrovich Kovalev was born on September 1, 1955 in Volgograd. Graduated from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute and the North-Western Academy of Public Administration. It is noteworthy that Vladimir Kozhin also graduated from both of these universities.

In 1994-1997 served as director of the SKB-Bank branch.

In 1997-1998 worked in St. Petersburg as deputy head of the North-West Regional Center of the Russian Federal Service for Currency and Export Control (in 1994-1999, the head of this Center was Kozhin, and all currency flows in the region at that time, according to media reports, were supervised by the vice Governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Putin).

In 1998-2001 Kovalev was deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Central Bank of Russia for the Leningrad Region. (Note that since 1998, the first deputy head of the Department of Economic Security of the FSB of the Russian Federation was Evgeny Murov, who became the head of the FSO in May 2000.)

In 2000, Vladimir Putin appointed Kozhin to the post of Managing Director of the President of the Russian Federation, and a year later Kovalev became the first deputy of the UDP.

In 2007, Kovalev joined the Supervisory Board of the Moscow Kremlin Suppliers Guild. This structure was created by the Kremlin-9 Interregional Fund, which supports FSO employees and veterans.

According to the income statement for 2013, Sergei Kovalev earned 3.7 million rubles. He owns a land plot of 850 square meters. m. He also owns one apartment with an area of 134.5 square meters. m and 1/3 part with an area of 175 sq. m in another apartment. Also 1/3 of the apartment with an area of 175 sq. m belongs to his wife, who owns two land plots with a total area of 7945 sq. m. m and a residential building with an area of 158 sq. m.

According to some reports, when Vladimir Kozhin planned to move from the Presidential Administration to a more political position (his candidacy in 2010 was agreed upon for the post of mayor of Moscow), he planned to leave his other deputy on the “farm” - Ivan Malyushin, who is considered closer and Kozhin's trusted man.

Ivan Dmitrievich Malyushin was born on January 9, 1949 in Leningrad. Graduated from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute with a degree in radio-electronic devices.

In 1994-1996 was the General Director of JSC "General Investment and Financial Agency "Respect" (type of activity - market research).

In 1996-2000 worked as deputy and then general director of the St. Petersburg Food Corporation (a subsidiary of the State Unitary Enterprise "Federal Agency for Regulation of the Food Market" under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Russian Federation, type of activity - organizing and conducting purchasing and commodity operations).

In 2000-2001 was the head of the Executive Directorate for servicing the residence of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District.

In 2001-2003 served as director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Directorate for the Construction and Reconstruction of Facilities in the North-Western Federal District” of the Department of the Russian Federation. The company, under the leadership of Malyushin, supervised the reconstruction of the Konstantinovsky Palace (since 2003 - the State Complex "Palace of Congresses").

From 2003 to the present, Malyushin has been Deputy Administrator of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.

According to the income statement for 2013, Ivan Malyushin earned more than 23 million rubles. He owns seven land plots, the total area of which is 86 hectares. He also owns four residential buildings, three apartments, two garage spaces of 750 sq. m. m and a GAZ 21L car.

Malyushin’s wife, Elena Yuryevna, apparently earned 4.2 million rubles in 2013. She owns four land plots, the total area of which is 7608 square meters. m. She also owns three residential buildings, nine apartments, and a garage with an area of 7,411 sq. m. m, two non-residential premises and a Mercedes car.

Ivan Malyushin is the founder of the international charitable foundation “Konstantinovsky” and the foundation of the artist Mikhail Shemyakin. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Temple of the Sign of the Icon of the Mother of God.

It is noteworthy that this Council also includes the Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Federal Property of the Department of the Police Department of the Russian Federation Dmitry Mamontov, the General Director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Center for Financial and Legal Support” of the Department of the Police Department of the Russian Federation Nikolai Skrypnikov (his first deputy Oleg Samotin was detained by employees of the GUEBiPK on suspicion of fraud, but was soon released) , Deputy Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Pavel Novikov (in 2013, based on materials from the GUEBiPK, a criminal case was opened against one of the Deputy Ministers of Sports), as well as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Head of the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Major General Yuri Alekseev ( dismissed from this position on February 17, 2014; the press cited various reasons for the resignation, but most of them were related to the scandal in the GUEBiPK).

According to sources in the UDP, Ivan Malyushin is one of Kozhin’s closest partners in business projects (the unspoken nickname is “Kozhin’s wallet”). He directly or indirectly owns a number of Russian companies that were or are engaged in the rental of real estate, the hotel business, and software production.

Thus, his wife Elena Malyushina is the general director of BALTPROD LLC, whose main activity is leasing, selling and purchasing its own real estate. Elena Malyushina, together with Alla Kozhina (the wife of the ex-head of the UDP Vladimir Kozhin), owned the Memphis LLC company, which was formed in 2000 and existed until mid-2011.

The wife of the Deputy Administrator of the President of the Russian Federation also owns shares in Nordside LLC, Baltekoplast Plant LLC and Sladkoezhka LLC.

According to Novaya Gazeta, Malyushin’s sons, Nikita and Ivan, own a number of companies in St. Petersburg, for example, the construction companies Ideal LLC and Oniks LLC. In 2010, these companies had unfinished construction projects on their balance sheets totaling approximately 1 billion rubles; the total profit of both companies for the same period exceeded 15 million rubles.

According to the same data, one of the permanent partners of the Malyushin family was Gennady Petrov, who in 2008 in Spain was detained by local police officers on suspicion of creating a criminal community in this country, money laundering and tax evasion. Petrov is considered one of the leaders of the Tambov criminal group, which, according to some sources, was controlled by Aslan Usoyan (“Grandfather Hasan”, killed on January 16, 2013).

The Baltprod company owned 18% in Soft Terminal LLC. The other 18% of Soft Terminal belonged to the Spanish company Inversiones Gudimar SL, whose main shareholder was Gennady Petrov.

The company "InversionesGudimarSL" also owned 25% in CJSC "Holding Company "Balt Line", the other 25% of this company belonged to Nikita Malyushin. Balt Line provided corporate mobile communication services in St. Petersburg.

The company CJSC Line of Communications, affiliated with Petrov, in 2006 and 2007 entered into two government contracts with the state complex “Palace of Congresses” (since 2000 it has been on the balance sheet of the RF UPD). In 2006, the G8 summit was held at the Palace, where Communication Line CJSC maintained communication systems and provided Internet access - the total contract amount was 9.5 million rubles.

Vladimir Kozhin had another deputy in the post of manager of presidential affairs - Igor Yaremenko.

Igor Evgenievich Yaremenko was born on September 30, 1961 in the city of Frunze. Graduated from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute.

In August 1991, Yaremenko, together with Kozhin, co-founded the joint-stock company Azimut International LTD (a joint Russian-Polish venture, headed by Kozhin from 1991 to 1993). This enterprise was registered by the Committee for External Relations of the Administration of St. Petersburg, whose chairman in 91-92. was Vladimir Putin.

In 2001, Yaremenko (together with Kozhin) came to work in the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation and until 2005 served as General Director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Product Supply Enterprise” of the Russian Federation Department of the Presidential Administration.

In 2005-2008 worked as the head of the Main Directorate of Logistics and Transport Support of the RF RF Directorate.

From 2008 until Kozhina’s resignation, he was Deputy Administrator of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.

In 2012, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Product Supply Enterprise” of the UPD of the Russian Federation was indirectly involved in a corruption scandal. Thus, when considering a criminal case related to the purchase in 2009 at inflated prices of a batch of computer tomographs and an angiographic complex for medical institutions in Komi, the defendant’s lawyer petitioned to summon Igor Yaremenko to court as a witness, who, as indicated, approved the completion of a major transaction.

According to the income statement for 2013, Igor Yaremenko earned 4.5 million rubles. He owns two land plots with a total area of 6,500 square meters. m. He also owns an apartment of 70 square meters. m, a BMW X3 car, and two BMW motorcycles, and an apartment with an area of 160 square meters is registered in the name of a minor child. m.

PASMI Investigations Department

Deputy Vladimir Kozhin’s business turned out to be closely connected with the activities of entrepreneur Gennady Petrov, whom the Spanish police consider the leader of the Tambov criminal group and suspects of creating a criminal network in Spain and money laundering

Family business

Ivan Malyushin

“Malyushin is the person closest to Kozhin. I heard from management employees that Kozhin, when there was talk about his appointment as mayor of Moscow or head of Olympstroy, wanted to put Malyushin in his place. He considered him his successor,” says businessman Valery Morozov.

Elite residential complex DiademaClubHouse in St. Petersburg

"Reputable" partner

One of the permanent partners of Ivan Malyushin and his family can be considered Gennady Petrov, who was detained in 2008 along with several other Russian citizens by the Spanish police during the Troika special operation. According to the investigation materials of the Spanish police, which are at the disposal of Novaya Gazeta, Petrov is considered one of the leaders of the Tambov criminal group. He is suspected by the Spanish authorities of creating a criminal community in this country, money laundering and tax evasion. At the same time, in the materials of the Spanish police (especially in the “wiretapping” of telephone conversations), the names of high-ranking Russian officials with whom Petrov was allegedly familiar appear on almost every page. The names of Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, State Duma deputy Vladislav Reznik, former deputy head of the Investigative Committee Igor Sobolevsky, and even President Vladimir Putin, whom one of the witnesses called Petrov’s “friend,” are mentioned in the case. Today, Ivan Malyushin, deputy manager of the presidential affairs, can be added to the list of familiar officials of Petrov - at least judging by the intersections in business.

Gennady Petrov

More than a week ago, Novaya Gazeta sent questions to Anton Petrov, but he did not comment on his father’s criminal case, as well as their relationship with the family of Ivan Malyushin.

Charity for billions

Ivan Malyushin is also actively involved in charitable activities. True, by coincidence, his charity partners for some reason with enviable consistency conclude government contracts with structures subordinate to the UDP for billions of rubles.

Vladimir Kozhin. Photo: Kommersant

"Valdai Holiday House"

As the First Anti-Corruption Media has already written, the former head of the presidential administration, Vladimir Kozhin, who is now an assistant to the President of the Russian Federation on military-technical cooperation, sold federal property to various LLCs at a 97.5% discount from the cadastral value.
How the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation sold federal lands for next to nothing
The editors of PASMI have at their disposal exclusive documents confirming the alienation by the ex-head of the UDP of the Russian Federation Vladimir Kozhin in favor of third parties of two elite federal properties in the Moscow region and Krasnodar region. The possible damage caused to the Russian Federation by these transactions exceeds 1.7 billion rubles.
Chronicle of the alienation of elite lands in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region
Another alienation of federal lands in the Krasnodar region
The editors of PASMI continue to publish on this topic. Why was Vladimir Kozhin removed from his position? Is this act related to President Putin’s loss of confidence in his longtime acquaintance or is it the result of a split in the Kremlin elite or a confrontation between clans? We invite you to familiarize yourself with the facts of the biography of Vladimir Kozhin, which, in the opinion of the PASMI editors, are of interest.
Some facts from the biography of Vladimir Kozhin, collected by PAMI from open sources

In 1982, in his last year at the institute, Vladimir Kozhin was offered a job in the KGB. He agreed, but the party authorities made a different decision, and he followed the Komsomol line as a freed Komsomol worker. However, his Komsomol-party career quickly ended (in 1986) due to Kozhin’s inability to overcome differences with the leadership of the Leningrad City Komsomol Committee.
In 1993-1994, Vladimir Kozhin headed as General Director the Association of Joint Ventures of St. Petersburg, which was created with the assistance of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU and the KGB Directorate for Leningrad and the Leningrad Region.
In his position, Kozhin has for a long time maintained the closest relationship with the management of the Intarsia group of companies (St. Petersburg, President of the Intarsia group of companies - Viktor Smirnov, General Director of Intarsia LLC - Viktor Moskovskikh, area of activity: architectural, construction, restoration ).
One of Kozhin’s closest (unofficially) partners in business projects is the Deputy Administrator of the President of the Russian Federation (unofficial nickname - “Kozhin’s wallet”).

Ivan Malyushin

Ivan Malyushin is the owner of the Baltprod company (renting out his own real estate), and also directly or indirectly owns a number of Russian companies that were or are engaged in the rental of real estate, the hotel business, and software production.
According to a number of sources from the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation and the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Kozhin deliberately maintains the image of a person who is not brave enough (in particular, by closely coordinating all practical steps with V.V. Putin), but in fact he is capable of extremely tough independent actions. Leads a secluded lifestyle, avoids social life. Almost closed to the press. At a number of official events (receptions, buffets) he was noticed in excessive consumption of strong alcoholic beverages.
According to a number of sources, his wife, Alla Yuryevna, is a relative of Lyudmila Putina, in 1991-96. (while living in St. Petersburg) worked as a dental technician and was the personal dentist of the Putin family. After moving with her husband to Moscow, she received a diploma in psychology. He is interested in painting and is friends with singer Alla Pugacheva.

Alla Kozhina (left) and the Nikolaev couple

Son - Kozhin Igor Vladimirovich (b. 1985), graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation in 2007, and a year before that, in 2006, he was appointed to the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board, General Director of OJSC Roskommunenergo (successor of RAO "UES", Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Roskommunenergo. (Source – annual report of OJSC Roskommunenergo for 2008).
On the official website of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation in the section on V.I. Kozhin. his daughter (Ekaterina) is not mentioned. It said “Married.” Has a son."
Useful business connections and acquaintances of Vladimir Kozhin
During his work as General Director of the Association of Joint Ventures of St. Petersburg (1993-1994), he lobbied for the interests of a number of companies with foreign capital. He was able to obtain a special decree from the Russian government on exemption from VAT payments for the Otis Elevator company (USA) and on exemption from taxes on the import of equipment for the Rothmans Tobacco company (USA).
When solving the above issues, he became close to Vladimir Putin (according to some sources, he had known him since 1991, from the time he worked as the head of the joint-stock company Azimut International LTD), since at that time he was the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, the head of the interdepartmental Commission for Enterprises with Foreign Investments.

Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Kozhin

On the recommendation of Putin, V.V. became the head of the North-Western Center of the Federal Directorate of Currency and Export Control of the Russian Federation (October 1994).
The transfer of Vladimir Kozhin to Moscow to the post of head of the FSVEC of Russia (September 1999) is one of the first personnel decisions of Vladimir Putin, who became the Prime Minister of Russia in August 1999.
He headed the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation (January 2000) on Putin’s initiative (that is, less than a month after he became acting President of the Russian Federation in December 1999).
Former business partners of Vladimir Kozhin in the Association of Joint Ventures of St. Petersburg
Kovalchuk Yuri Valentinovich (was vice-president of the Association) - co-founder of the Ozero dacha cooperative, co-owner and chairman of the board of directors of Rossiya Bank (since 2005), initiator and sponsor of the creation of the National Media Group in 2008 (includes REN TV, First channel, Channel Five, Izvestia, etc.).

Yuri Kovalchuk

Vladimir Yakunin (member of the leadership of the Association) – President of JSC Russian Railways (since 2005).
Kolovay Vladimir Grigorievich (was president of the Association): in 1993-1998 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rossiya Bank, since 2008 - Head of PA Onima-Stal LLC.
One of Kozhin’s acquaintances from activities in Leningrad in the 1980-90s is Timchenko Gennady Nikolaevich - owner of the private investment group Volga Group (specialization - investments in energy, transport and infrastructure assets), chairman of the Economic Council of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former co-owner Gunvor Group company.
It was Vladimir Kozhin who introduced Putin to Timchenko in 1991.

Information dirt on Vladimir Kozhin from open sources and publications in the media
Until 2012, the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office investigated criminal cases against V.I. Kozhin. based on the following facts:
- in July 1995 Kozhin V.I. purchased from the travel agency "St. Petersburg-Holidays" tour packages to Bulgaria for himself and his wife, payment (3,975,000 rubles) was made at the expense of the North-West Regional Center for Currency and Export Control of the Federal Service for Economic Control and Export of Russia (charges under Articles 170 and 293 of the Criminal Code RF);
— illegal calculation of wages during the period of stay on vacation;
- unjustified and illegal receipt of 12 million 710 thousand rubles in the form of bonuses as the head of the North-West Regional Center for Currency and Export Control.
In 2006, the prosecutor's office opened a case regarding the liquidation by the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation (head of the UDP - Kozhin V.I.) of the unique complex of the Middle Shopping Rows in the UNESCO protected zone on Red Square in Moscow. The case was closed.
There are numerous questions about the participation of either the UDP or V.I. Kozhin personally. in projects:
— creation of a “physical culture and health complex in the resort town of Anapa, Krasnodar Territory” in the center of the natural territory of Utrishchi on the Black Sea coast (the official participant in the project is the Regional Non-Profit Projects Fund “DAR”, controlled by Leonid Mikhelson and State Duma deputy from United Russia Leonid Simanovsky );
— construction of a boarding house in the area of the village of Praskoveevka in the city of Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Territory, on a land plot of 740 thousand square meters (the project investor is Lirus OJSC, a subsidiary of Rosinvest LLC, among the shareholders of Lirus is Nikolay Terentievich Shamalov, co-founder of the Ozero cooperative and the shareholder of Rossiya Bank, Shelomov Mikhail Lvovich, the son of Vladimir Putin’s cousin, the Indokopas company, a subsidiary of the Rirus company controlled by N.T. Shamalov, subsequently became an investor in the project);
— construction on the western slope of Mount Fisht, on Lunnaya Polyana, on the territory of the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve in the Republic of Adygea, under the guise of the “Test Site of the Biosphere Scientific Center” of a ski complex for VIPs; the territory was transferred for free use to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Health Complex “Dagomys”, which is a subordinate structure of the Administration of the Russian Federation.
In addition, a number of media outlets suggest the involvement of V.I. Kozhin. to the closure of the case by the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for the Moscow Region against the former Minister of Finance, Vice-Governor of the Moscow Region Alexey Viktorovich Kuznetsov (a case was opened against the official in the summer of 2008 under Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - abuse of official powers).

Alexey Kuznetsov

According to a number of analysts, V.I. Kozhin’s translation from the post of Administrator of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation was caused by a number of problems that arose for the head of this structure after he was included in the US sanctions list (in connection with the “Crimean crisis”).
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A former official of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation is renting out a historical mansion in St. Petersburg for 1.5 million rubles a month.

Ivan Malyushin is a striking example of a Russian official using his official position. Oddly enough, we are not punished for this. The Malyushin family rents out the Levteeva mansion on Krestovsky Island, a building built in 1906, which is a regional monument. Rents for only 1.5 million rubles. per month. A little expensive, of course, for ordinary citizens. However, historical value comes at a price. Mansion with an area of 850 sq. m., belongs to Elena Malyushina, the wife of ex-deputy manager of presidential affairs Ivan Malyushin. One would be surprised how the family of a former official got such luxurious real estate. However, after getting acquainted with the affairs of the former deputy. There is nothing to surprise the managers.

In 2013, Ivan Malyushin was recognized as the richest official in the Kremlin; his fortune was estimated in 2015 at 1.5 billion rubles, in 2016 - at 2.34 billion rubles. In the same year, he became involved in an offshore scandal that involved 12 Russian officials. Therefore, one should not be surprised that the billionaire’s family is not in poverty. Everyone is also successfully engaged in business, just like the former official. Elena Malyushina is the general director of the Baltprod company, which leases real estate. She also owns shares in Northside, Zavod Baltekoplast and Sladkoezhka.

Nikita and Ivan, Malyushin’s sons, own the companies “Ideal” and “Onyx”, which are engaged in construction in St. Petersburg, as well as the company “Almaz”, which manages the elite residential complex Diadema Club House, which is adjacent to Levteeva’s mansion. How did Ivan Malyushin manage to become so rich and build his family business empire? In this, he was probably helped by his public position and proximity to the head of the UDP, Vladimir Kozhin, whose “wallet” Malyushin was considered.

Closed officials

They say that the all-powerful Vladimir Kozhin intended Malyushin to take his place when he himself was aiming to become mayor of Moscow. At the UDP, Ivan Malyushin was engaged in the most important direction - construction. I sat on the tenders, from which I fed together with Kozhin. Their spouses also ran a joint business and at one time were co-owners of the Memphis company. This indicates that the relationship between the boss and the manager was friendly, which allowed them to find a common language and carry out common business.
Considering that both Malyushin’s wife and sons worked in the real estate industry, it is quite obvious who could win the tenders held by Malyushin.

So the origins of the Malyushin family’s wealth are clear. It is not clear how an official can afford to enrich himself fabulously using his official position. It’s understandable to get rich, but to be fabulous is over the top. Experts say that an official's two declarations - about income and about conflicts of interest - should be compared. And if it is clear that income is pouring in from a declared third-party company, then this may be a reason for investigation. However, there are no sanctions against those who reap the benefits of their activities from a conflict of interest. There is a law, but there is no liability for violating it.

There is only a vague rule about loss of trust, which applies only in the most obvious cases. Naturally, the majority of government “doers” are not so stupid as to act obviously. And even more so the “closed ones” Kozhin and Malyushin.

Partnership doesn't smell

One of Ivan Malyushin’s business partners for a long time was Gennady Petrov, who in 2008. detained in Spain on suspicion of creating an organized crime group, money laundering and tax evasion. Petrov was considered one of the leaders of the Tambov group. Baltprod had 18% in the Soft Terminal company. Another 18% of this company belonged to InversionesGudimarSL, owned by Gennady Petrov. In 2008 Soft Terminal won a $1 million tender to provide services to Kazakhtelecom, a state-owned company in Kazakhstan. Which indicates that Malyushin and Petrov have a common business.

They also had shares in the Ligovsky 67 company, and Nikita Malyushin had a share in the Balt Line company, in which Petrova’s InversionesGudimarSL also owned part of the shares.
The company "Alikvet", which was headed by Petrov's son, in 2009. rented a plot of land in the Republic of Karelia, and then transferred the rights to it to the company "TRTS-1", 50% of which belongs to Nikita Malyushin.

All this proves the close connection between Malyushin and Petrov. And if it was so close, then can there be any doubt that companies affiliated with Petrov could receive support from government official Ivan Malyushin?

Distribution undercover

Ivan Malyushin is a well-known philanthropist. But for some reason, many of his partners in this type of activity regularly received government contracts. For example, Ivan Malyushin, together with Asya Borisova, is a co-founder of the artist Shemyakin Foundation. The foundation undertakes the restoration of the Iverskaya monastery, which takes place under the patronage of Vladimir Kozhin. And subsequently, the company “Credo”, led by Asya Borisova, receives 5 government contracts worth 2 billion rubles.

The Credo company still constantly receives contracts from government agencies, so it is considered affiliated with Vladimir Kozhin, and, therefore, with Ivan Malyushin. One of the last tenders in which she participated was the construction of the Judicial Quarter in St. Petersburg. In the West, a situation in which an official can influence the results of tenders in favor of certain commercial structures is unthinkable. In our country, it is the order of the day and is a source of income for officials of various stripes and levels. Maybe criminalize conflicts of interest? Because only the fear of going to prison can stop Russian officials. Or even he won't stop them?

The family of Ivan Malyushin lives happily ever after. And a luxurious mansion is not rented out for the sake of money. And Ivan Malyushin himself, after leaving his position in 2015, is probably successfully engaged in business. The connections remain, so incomes are growing. And so far no one is interested in their origins.

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