In the photo above is Yuri Kachmazov (now supposedly living on his own island in the Persian Gulf in the territorial waters of the UAE). In the photo below is Vladimir Vdovin, aka “Partner” (now supposedly living in Spain).

I am not going to write a chronicle of the SOK Group of Companies. This is a topic for a separate book. I’m not going to follow chronological order in my story. Since this will inevitably turn the story into numerous chapters, which will result in another book. I am not going to analyze and talk about the economic history of SOK. Firstly, this is a job for economics specialists, of whom I do not count myself. Secondly, this will inevitably lead to the topic of “economic crimes”, and this, in my understanding, is an amorphous definition. Economic crimes vary. Today a business can operate according to one scheme permitted by the state, and tomorrow the state changes this scheme, introduces new legislative restrictions and, God forbid, the business does not have time to rebuild (adjust) - then it is repressed under the slogan of “fighting economic crimes.” And the word “crime” itself, in my understanding, should refer more to “anti-personal acts”, and I certainly don’t understand when, under the conditions of state monopolized capitalism, entrepreneurs are blamed for fighting with their direct competitors (and who is the competitor? Of course, state). That is, the state monopoly logically fights with competitors - private enterprises, and the latter, in order to develop normally (i.e., get rich), have to fight with the state monopolies. And the fight against the state (represented by state monopolies and their state curators) is already a crime. Therefore, I will leave the economic topic to the “experts in economic crimes.” For me, it is generally absurd to say that, for example, oligarch Y made his fortune through honest labor, and oligarch X through economic crimes. What, oligarch Y personally sowed wheat and harvested it? Okay, this is politics. Let's return to JUICE.

Since the beginning of the 90s, there was an organization in Samara that by the mid-2000s of the 21st century already controlled the economy and politics of several regions of the country, had multibillion-dollar incomes, and had its own governors, mayors, deputies and generals. It had...and then it all burst. I won’t talk about the reasons; it’s a vast topic. In the coming chapters I will only try to talk about events related to SOK, which for one reason or another are related to the topic of Bandit Samara. The “hand” of SOK is not visible everywhere, and maybe it is not there. It’s just that in light of the topic under consideration, these events took place, influenced Bandit Samara, and you can’t throw them out of history.

Thousands of articles have been written on SOK. Moreover, more than half of them have an accusatory bias (especially after 2005). But if you try to select with a purely criminal bias (I don’t consider economic criminology, as we agreed), then you won’t get that many. But SOC was criminalized not only in the 21st century. Already in the mid-90s, this structure actively played in the “field of criminal wars.” And she didn’t just participate! SOK expanded, and competitors (I repeat, I mean criminal competitors) died and disappeared.

In the chapters about SOC, I will not draw conclusions (at least I will try). For other researchers, I will give hints in which direction to dig. For historians (and this is history) this is no end to research. At the same time, I will try to avoid many sensitive points and leave loud revelations for my next work - “The Elite of Samara - businessmen, politicians, deputies.” The fact is that SOK seems to have left. But the SOK nurtured and promoted many deputies and politicians who still remain in Samara and occupy high positions and positions of authority. Many people involved in the “criminal affairs” of SOK are now in power. Many “reputable businessmen” of modern Samara participated in the “criminal history of SOK”. But this topic will come up in my next above-mentioned work. In the next and, apparently, the last, since after this I will probably be forced to ask for political asylum somewhere in Barbados or Venezuela. Although...It is quite possible that by that time our intelligence services and law enforcement officers will have already investigated most of these “dark spots” and at least familiarize the public with these facts. And I will be glad, because they will save me from this digging in shit.

Formally, the history of SOK Group of Companies began in 1994. At the origins were five people - Yuri Kachmazov, Vladimir Perfilyev, Evgeny Kormashov, Tatyana Bryukhnova and Dmitry Bogdanov. And this is the official story. And, apparently, approved by SOK. 1994-1997 is the formation phase of the company. SOK is gradually beginning to occupy leading positions in the city’s business community. But is it really that simple? How did these five people manage to meet and create a business monster of a city? The mystery is shrouded in darkness. Throughout the history of SOK, people involved in the creation and development of SOK in the 90s refrain from commenting and reminiscing. Or, as a last resort, they tell the official version (at one time developed by the company’s press service).

It is generally accepted that Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov (born in 1966; by the way, Ossetian by nationality) began the 90s as a thimble maker. According to Forbes, Kachmazov, a former student at the Samara Polytechnic University who served in the airborne forces, came to the Energetik market in search of income and was taken into the thimble-making brigade. But he did not work on the market for long. Then there was the Moscow issue. Kachmazov and three of his friends went to cheat suckers into thimbles in...Moscow. It is not known who helped them there. But they arrived with money. And they began to deal with gold. They bought gold on the market. And they “plowed” in the literal sense - they stood with signs “I’ll buy gold” and bought them cheap, and then sold them. This is how the initial capital was made. And Kachmazov was “not happy” about it. Many “authoritative” people started from scratch (for example, Ushamirsky really stood in the doorway of the “Ocean” restaurant and was a “bouncer” - so what? This is better than today’s youth immediately receiving a business, a car and a pitchfork from their parents!). Then Kachmazov retrained to trade cars. It seems that, according to the head of the RBE holding, Andrei Shokin, he sold them at the car market on Antonov-Ovseenko. “I came to Tolyatti, picked up a batch of cars and took them to Samara to sell.” Is it that simple? Those who remember those years know that it was impossible to just come to Togliatti and pick up a batch of cars! And it was also impossible to sell them in Samara! Without a strong “roof” and connections. Therefore, let’s move on to the question of the “roof” (having clarified in advance that a “respectable businessman” must have several “roofs” - a gangster’s, a law enforcement, and a government one).

And I also know the story that Andrei... (one of the creators of SOK) somehow in a bathhouse cheated a certain accountant from VAZ out of big money (it seems, in cards or a thimble). And the accountant, in order to work off the debt, proposed... a scheme. Andrey...after that he stated: “That’s it, guys! There is a topic. Now we have the green light at VAZ!”

This is how JUICE was originally created! And believe me, not a single bandit in Samara called Kachmazov and his “relatives” “hucksters.” They just had their own “theme”...

The following explanations are found in the press. Like, in the early 90s, when Kachmazov had already started his own business, he met the “authoritative entrepreneur” Anvar Abdurazakov, who introduced him to one of the kings of the Tolyatti underworld, Vladimir Vdovin, nicknamed Partner...

I asked one of the “veterans of gang wars in Samara” (now lives in a warm tropical country) about this. Here is the answer: “In the early 90s, Anwar was one of the most authoritative people in Samara. He bent his fingers, be as healthy as he could. And these were not show-offs. By the way, he didn’t even need a brigade. He could crush the trunk with his authority. And the trunk was well known to him. In general, he was a good athlete - he could tear a punching bag with a kick. Not that many “phony” authorities are full of show-offs, but they never held a gun in their hands in life. In general, Anvar appeared suddenly and out of nowhere (according to versions, came from Tashkent - O.I.) When Zulya Salakhov was killed, Anvar suddenly appeared (in fact, they had moved together before, but Zulya was still local - O.I.). Tatars! In the beginning from Anvar -Zulya worked with a small team. They then had a powerful office in the building of the Railway Institute and, it seems, were discussing (plus someone Evstratenko, aka “Satin” - O.I.) some topics with the local rector (Anvar and “Satin” studied there).And then Anwar met “kind” people who told him how to behave. And he moved away from the street bandits. He went into the shadows. But he decided a lot...Nissan carried out all the forceful actions. Although Anvar was strange... When Andrei... close to Kachmazov and one of the creators of SOK was killed, Anvar didn’t even give money for the funeral... although there was plenty of dough. He was no longer a weak lifter then... and for some reason his wife worked as a saleswoman in a store."

Let me clarify right away that this person was talking about Anwar. The name Abdurazakov meant nothing to him. True, when I asked him: “Could that Anvar be Abdurazakov?”, he answered: “Were there really many authoritative Anvars in Samara?”...

The further life of Anvar Abdurazakov is shrouded in mystery. I generally doubt that the list of five names of SOK founders is true. This is more like a list of people from among the founders who were more or less unblemished in their biography and who could be officially “presented.” Many insiders still claim that Anvar Abdurazakov and Alexander Litvinka (Nissan) invested their capital in the creation of SOK. And they “protected” the bandit section of the SOK. In Togliatti, “Partner” helped. Although, surprisingly, “Partner” himself could not stand Nissan, since the latter was allied with “Partner’s” opponent in Tolyatti, Dima “Bolshoi”. But this is the specificity of the work of the curator of the SOK, FSB General V. Bolshakov.... Master of intrigue.

And here’s what the aforementioned “veteran” told me about this: “Anvar is the roof of SOK? No. The creators of SOK themselves could make a roof for anyone. The same Yura Kachmazov has no less authority. And these guys were not advertised as founders. With Kachmazov in At first, there were guys who worked that few people know - Fanin, Valera Zhiltsov, Andrey (candidate of sports science in boxing, it was he who introduced Kachmaz to Anvar)... then he was shot, Lekha Koreets. So they organized the SOK. Some other names. And the founders were people who had connections. Wives and daughters of big bosses, someone’s sons. In short, someone’s relatives. They seemed to be “winging” along the official line. ... after all, that’s how it was with Kachmazov ... Kachmazov or the boys come up with a theme and they select guys they know. Kachmazov says: “Work.” And some kind of company was created for this topic. For example, a construction company. And they worked. And the boys helped...”

In that era of “primitive accumulation,” Kachmazov and Co. took cars on consignment from Sokolov (“Sokolov and Co.”). We took it at the Sokolov base on Zavodskoye Shosse (near the Southern Bridge). And they opened their own “point” at the Hippodrome. But they started with a few tables and a couple of photocopiers.... Sokolov’s wing was then the “Politburo” (probably the “Demon Brigade”).

Now remember the famous “arrow” in Dubki in 1995 (I talked about it in more detail in the chapters about Nissan and Berkut). Then, it seems, Nissan shot the Partner’s guys. This “arrow” was devoted to the issue of some Samara businessmen who took cars for sale in Togliatti and did not give the money. And they took the Partner as a guarantee. After this arrow, the Partner quarreled with the Bes and, it seems, sentenced Nissan. I wonder what kind of businessmen they were who risked conflict with their Partner?.....

As a result, Bes was killed. The partner goes berserk. In addition, a strange story is happening with Semenyuk. Semenyuk is leaving abroad. And it should be noted that Alexander Litvinka (Nissan) was working with Semenyuk at that time. And after Semenyuk’s disappearance, Alexander Litvinka contributes a lot of money to SOK’s capital. And SOK is already beginning to be associated with a “large company”. Anwar plays the role of a “gray eminence”.

Do you think a great war has begun? No. This mysterious ball had several oddities and, accordingly, clues. Both “Partner”, and “Nissan”, and the creators of SOK had one “power” “roof”. It was simply beneficial for this roof to maintain “tense” relations between its “controlled”. Why? There are many reasons. The main one - the supervised person must always feel vulnerable and must constantly wage war with someone, otherwise he can get off the hook. The supervised turn to their curators for support, and they help, pointing out their omnipotence and complete control. “Partner” and “Nissan” acted according to the same script, written at the same address, and they guessed about it.

Anvar Abdurazakov (by the way, he was never among the top richest Samara residents, which makes me smile) pursued a consistent policy of “staying in the shadows.” But his last name sometimes appeared at the time when he ceased to be the “authority Anvar” and became the “authoritative businessman Anvar Abdurazakov.” His active participation in the Aladdin nightclub project is known. According to law enforcement sources, Anvar was the commercial director of SOC in the late 90s and early 2000s. Being a very rich man, he invested capital in various projects, bought shares and real estate. And at the same time, he tried to minimize any mention of his person in the press and did not make contact with journalists. It seems that at the turn of the century he bought himself an armored Mercedes for 700 thousand dollars!!! At that time, Kachmazov had a car much cheaper.

At the same time, Anvar’s office was located on Krasnoarmeyskaya Street in the Volgokabel building. The department for strategic development of the financial industrial group SOK, headed by the former head of the UBEP Department of Internal Affairs of Samara Igor Yezhov, was also located nearby. The strategists positioned themselves nearby...

In 2000, 12-year-old teenagers were detained on the roof of one of the houses on Novo-Sadovaya Street, running with a cocked RPG-26 grenade launcher. It turned out that the children simply found a grenade launcher on the roof. And when they showed the location of the find, the law enforcement officers realized that opposite was the house where Anvar Abdurazakov lived. Although there was another version. Alexander Litvinka (Nissan) often came to visit Anwar from Moscow. It is quite possible that there was an assassination attempt on Nissan. At that time, Nissan was at war with the Berkutovskys. And it was to him that the murders of “Ilyich”, Konstantin Berkut, and “Paramon” were attributed (including by the “Berkut” ones) (the “Berkuts” had no doubt that, having kidnapped Paramon, “Nissan” did not leave him alive). This grenade launcher story happened in August 2000.

And in September 2000, Alexander Litvink (Nissan) was killed in Moscow. And you know what’s interesting - all spheres of influence of Berkut in Togliatti eventually passed to... SOK. The remnants of the Berkut brigade were no longer able to continue the war. War with whom? Do you know who suggested ending the war and “signing a truce”?.. Anwar!

It turns out that SOK destroyed the Berkut organized crime group?.... I’ll leave this question without explanation..

But I can say for sure that in the mid-90s Berkut decided to take over SOK. Did not work out. Didn't calculate the strength. And I received...an adequate answer.

From the memoirs of a participant in the Samara criminal movement of the 90s: “I remember in the early 90s (or maybe the end of the 80s) Kachmaz had several “scams” ​​at the Central Department Store of Samara. So Kostya Berkut drove up and collected money. Although, this may be different Back then, most of the bandits were thimble makers and scammers themselves, so it’s hard to say whether they paid Berkut or Berkut had a share with them.
But then, I know for sure, with the growth of Kachmaz’s capital, Berkut tried to “protect” him. And I even know the situation when Kachmaz rolled out three new “nines” to Kostya. But here, too, it’s a double-edged sword.... Firstly, for Kachmaz it was not money and therefore this fact can be treated as a gesture, they say, take it and leave me alone... But it’s unlikely that anyone will pay the fact of monthly payments it will confirm. Kachmaz is not the kind of person who would allow himself to be plucked. It was more about partnership and cooperation.
And secondly, Berkut himself violated, in fact, this partnership. Kostya and “Ilyich” began to play a game: “good and bad.” “Ilyich” was distinguished by his insolence and sometimes “insanity” (feigned). So they developed a plan: “Ilyich” ran into Kachmaz. Tough...And Berkut casually learned about this from Kachmaz and was wildly indignant. He promised to solve all the problems. And he decided...Ilyich lagged behind for a while. Kachmaz seemed to be indebted to Kostya... He provided him with something. Information, connections, money...I certainly don’t know. Time passed. And again the “limitless” Ilyich appeared. And the scenario repeated itself. In the end, Kachmaz realized (or maybe he had guessed all this time) that he was simply being scammed... This is how Nissan appeared. In general, Kachmaz lived according to concepts...therefore, of course, it was in vain that Berkut and Ilyich personified him with a “huckster.” And so the war began..."

For a long time, rumors circulated that Partner had sentenced Nissan. That's why Nissan is dead. Togliatti eyewitnesses have long claimed to me that even though “Partner” was ready to start a war with him, “the roof of organs specifically forbade him from touching the Nissan.” But there was enmity. That’s why, apparently, this rumor about the revenge of the “Partner” started. And this rumor was beneficial for “Partner” - it raised his authority. And for law enforcement officers - after all, the destruction of the Berkut organized crime group was underway at the hands of the Sokovskys. And SOK was then in its prime. Why cut off the hand of the giver?

In 1992, the leader of the Volgovskaya organized crime group, Alexander Maslov, was killed in Togliatti. The organized crime group, which controlled almost half of the plant's shipments, eventually split into two warring wings - the brigade of Dima Bolshoy (Dmitry Ruzlyaev) and the brigade of Vdovin (Partner). Thanks to Kachmazov’s acquaintance with Partner, SOK actively wedged itself into the car market. This is the generally accepted version. But I don't entirely agree with her. Yes, Ruzlyaev is then killed and the Partner strengthens his position. In the mid-90s, Konstantin Berkut entered the local car market (with the support of the Yukhnenko brothers). And the Berkut organized crime group was eventually defeated. For some time, the Chechens are gaining a foothold at AvtoVAZ. But then they also surrender their positions to SOK (it is alleged that under pressure from the FSB and... for large compensation, but not from the pocket of the FSB, of course).

But at the same time, Anvar and Nissan have their own interests in Togliatti and are actively “expanding” (as an example, their participation in the management of the Togliatti oil depot). And the most interesting thing is that Anvar knew his Partner before Kachmazov! And they were introduced (this is unverified information) by the then head of the Togliatti department of the FSB (even then the KGB) Vladimir Bolshakov. Then he became the head of the regional department of the FSB. Then he went for a promotion to Moscow and became the head of the personnel department of the FSB of Russia. As a result, General Lieutenant Vladimir Bolshakov held the position of deputy chief of the FSB of Russia. In Samara and Togliatti he left behind his protégés. Vladimir Bolshakov himself managed to become (I consider this an unforgivable oversight for a security officer) ... honorary vice-president of the FIG SOK!!!

When Operation Cyclone took place in Tolyatti, hundreds of documents were collected about fraud at AvtoVAZ. The documents included references to both SOK and Partner. But in February 1999, a fire occurred in the building of the Samara Regional Internal Affairs Directorate. All documents were burned. This was officially recognized. I recently learned that many documents were nevertheless evacuated...to the nearby building of the FSB Directorate for the Samara Region. It is not getting any easier by the hour. JUICE got away with it...

Kachmazov is an excellent manager. A wonderful businessman. But when it comes to the AvtoVAZ scam, I strongly doubt that he was the organizer on the Samara side in the “Partner” (Togliatti) - SOK (Samara) chain..

Surname: Kachmazov

Name: Yuri

Surname: Mikhailovich

Job title: Chairman of the Board of Directors of SOK company

Biography:

Born in 1966.

1995-1998 - General Director of SOK LLC (Syzran)

1998-2008 - member of the board of JSC RosLada.

Since 1998 - the main beneficiary, one of the founders, chairman of the board of directors of the SOK Group of Companies.

According to Finance magazine, in 2010 Yuri Kachmazov took 126th place in the ranking of the richest Russians with a fortune of 26.5 billion rubles. As of 2011, the only major asset of SOK Group was OJSC Volgomost. His asset is a portfolio of more than 35 billion rubles of long-term (until 2014-2015) orders.

Elon's wife. Three children.

Source: Vedomosti

Dossier:

Formally, the history of SOK LLC began in 1994-1995 with five people - Yuri Kachmazov, Vladimir Perfilyev, Evgeny Kormashov, Tatyana Bryukhnova and Dmitry Bogdanov.

In 1997, the active phase of the formation of the Group began, when the founders of SOK established control over the finances and sales of JSC Plastic. At the same time, penetration into AvtoVAZ OJSC was underway, and the car plant’s subcontractors were also taken under control.

In the same year, 1997, the owners of the Group of Companies began to take a closer look at representatives of law enforcement agencies. This was done at the instigation of FSB Lieutenant General Vladimir Bolshakov, honorary vice-president of the SOK Group of Companies. In the Samara region, contacts were noted with the head of the regional tax police department, General Evgeny Grigoriev, and the head of the regional FSB department, Viktor Yevtushenko.

In 2000-2004, the SOK holding took part in the redistribution of spheres of influence in various types of business.

In October 2006, after Victor Tarkhov won the mayoral elections, SOK Group received 7 leadership positions in the Samara mayor's office.

Source: Press-attache.ru, 02.22.2007

On March 29, 2005, SOK Group distributed an official memorandum in which official information about the owners of the Group was made public for the first time. The memorandum stated that the owners of SOK are its top managers, and the main beneficiary of the company is its founder Yuri Kachmazov.

The owners of SOK were hiding behind hundreds of companies established in Samara, Syzran, Izhevsk, Dmitrovgrad, Uglich, Moscow, and the British Virgin Islands.

Source: Samara Review (Samara), 04/04/2005

Top managers of several automobile plants cooperating with SOK estimated Kachmazov's share at least 70%.

Yuri Kachmazov is one of the most mysterious figures in Russian business. He never gave interviews and rarely spoke in public. Not all top managers of Russian automobile plants with which SOK did business knew Kachmazov by sight.

Source: Vedomosti, 04/05/2005

On December 9, 2005, documents were seized at the Moscow office of SOK Group of Companies. The formal reason for this was two criminal cases initiated while employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and the Prosecutor General's Office were working at AvtoVAZ. One was initiated on the basis of theft of funds. The second is related to AvtoVAZ’s failure to pay taxes in the amount of 230 million rubles. Law enforcement agencies did not explain how these investigations relate to operational actions against SOK.

According to media reports, the purpose of the operational actions was the desire of the government agencies, to which control over AvtoVAZ was transferred, to force SOK to abandon the contract that was enslaving to the plant for the Group to supply spare parts for VAZ cars.

Source: Kommersant, 12/12/2005

On April 15, 2009, 74.786% of the plant’s shares were sold by SOK Group to the plant’s top management, headed by General Director Mikhail Dobyndo. At that time, the owner of the remaining shares was the Cypriot company Shonapol Investments Ltd, representing the interests of SOK.

Source: BFM. ru, 10/22/2009

The Izhmash plant, controlled by the state corporation Russian Technologies, acquired a large stake in IzhAvto. According to some data, the seller of 24.7% of the securities was the Samara Group of Companies SOK.

Until now, the main contender for IzhAvto was considered to be its main creditor, Sberbank. The Izhevsk Automobile Plant, whose debts exceeded 11.3 billion rubles, became part of the automobile holding company created by Russian Technologies on the basis of AvtoVAZ, KAMAZ and other industry enterprises.

Source: acars. ru, 12/15/2009

In the spring of 2009, the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber, Sergei Stepashin, questioned the legality of the deal to sell SOK Group a 75% stake in IzhAvto. As a result of the transaction, subsidiaries of the plant itself became the owner of 75% of the shares of IzhAvto (Izh-Komplekt LLC, Gross LLC and Norex LLC), that is, its ownership structure became cross. Actual control over the plant was given to its top management, headed by General Director Mikhail Dobyndo.

The plant itself was practically stopped, its debts reached $300 million. At the time the deal became known, a controlling stake in IzhAvto had already been pledged to Sberbank.

Source: Kommersant, 05/08/2009

The head of Sberbank, German Gref, promised to do everything to bring the owners of IzhAvto, GC SOK, to criminal liability. “The company did not repay our debts, as a result the company is in bankruptcy. We actually took over the management of the company,” Gref said. “Of course, we will not forgive those people who committed fraudulent actions for this situation. I think that it will be very difficult for them to do business in the country in the future.”

Source: BFM. ru, 09/17/2010

In September 2010, after an appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office of Sberbank, a criminal case was opened regarding the deliberate bankruptcy of IzhAvto OJSC.

As the audit showed, the owner of the automobile plant, GC SOK, intended to sell the problematic asset to AvtoVAZ at the end of 2009. However, due to a conflict between the parties, the deal was canceled. The group sold 75% of the plant's shares to its top management. At the same time, an observation procedure was introduced at the enterprise. As a result, in March 2010, by decision of the Arbitration Court of Udmurtia, IzhAvto OJSC was declared bankrupt.

According to experts, the blow for the Group was the struggle for the assets of IzhAvto with AvtoVAZ, during which the owners of SOK “faced serious opposition from a group of people with hardware support at the highest level.”

Source: BFM. ru, 02/14/2011

On February 14, 2011, the Investigative Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the main owner of the Samara Group of Companies SOK, Yuri Kachmazov, was put on the federal wanted list. He is accused of taking part of the loans received from Sberbank offshore in 2008-2009, together with a number of managers of the IzhAvto plant. In addition, the remaining inventory (cars) was also withdrawn from IzhAvto, and the company itself was subsequently sold and went bankrupt. The total amount of thefts is 6.7 billion rubles. A criminal case was initiated under Art. 196 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional bankruptcy). Together with Mr. Kachmazov, the former general director of IzhAvto, Mikhail Dobyndo, as well as the top managers of the plant Andrei Frolov, Yuri Amelin and Evgeniy Strakhov (all come from SOK Group) have been put on the federal wanted list.

Source: Kommersant, 02/15/2011

The conflict between VTB and the Bank of Moscow has reached the level of personal accusations between its leaders. Andrei Kostin's statement at the congress of the Association of Russian Banks, which put the Bank of Moscow on a par with bankrupt banks, provoked Andrei Borodin's reaction. He advised Kostin to “pay attention to the bank he heads” and reproached VTB for its lack of professionalism. “What kind of professional do you need to be to buy a pig in a poke for 100 billion rubles,” he said.

This virtual conflict is accompanied by a very real criminal investigation into the fact that the Bank of Moscow issued an unsecured loan in the amount of 12.76 billion rubles, which ultimately ended up in the personal accounts of Elena Baturina.

The Investigative Committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation planned to carry out investigative actions with Borodin and Akulinin related to the official presentation of a resolution to bring them in as accused of abuse of power (Article 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The investigator prepared the resolution on March 25. However, on the appointed day, both suspects did not appear before the investigator. In addition, the lawyers of Borodin and Akulinin did not submit to the investigative committee any documents indicating the presence of valid reasons for the non-appearance of their clients. As well as information that they are in London.

Despite the fact that the resolution was not served, on March 30, the investigative committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation applied to the Tverskoy Court of Moscow with a petition to remove Borodin and Akulinin from their positions during the investigation. The court refused to consider the petition due to the “incompleteness of the materials presented”, as well as the absence of the accused.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation stated that the investigation hopes to receive from Akulinin and Borodin written explanations of the reasons for leaving for the UK, indicating the length of stay abroad. If they do not justify their departure, they may be put on the federal wanted list and subsequently convicted in absentia in the case of issuing an unsecured loan for 12.76 billion rubles, which ended up in the personal accounts of the wife of ex-Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov.

Andrei Borodin left Russia, settling in London, his official statements were directed exclusively to the management of VTB. The president of the Bank of Moscow, who has headed it since its founding, prefers not to talk about the rest. Although his level of awareness may not be politically safe.

Borodin denied the information that he fled Russia: “I am sick now, but as soon as I get better, I will definitely return to the country, I perceive everything that is happening as psychological pressure on me.” Despite the “psychological pressure,” Borodin did not back down from his demands. He agrees to sell his share “at least at the price that VTB paid for the city’s stake” and is still ready to buy the government’s stake from VTB at the price that it cost the bank.

Information: The deal to sell the capital government's share in the Bank of Moscow was closed on February 22. VTB acquired a 46.48% stake in the bank itself and a blocking stake in the Capital Insurance Group, which owns 17.32% of the Bank of Moscow, for 103 billion rubles (the entire bank was valued at 203 billion rubles). Bank of Moscow President Andrei Borodin and his advisor Lev Allaluyev own 20.36% of the Bank of Moscow. A 6.41% stake belongs to two offshore companies, GM and GM Investments. Credit Suisse International owns 2.77%. Another 3.88% belongs to Suleiman Kerimov. The Bank's capitalization was 179.5 billion rubles.

Kachmazov Yuri Mikhailovich is a famous businessman who has a huge fortune and occupies one of the hundred ranking places among Russian billionaires. He is also known as an entrepreneur who controlled AvtoVAZ, Volgomost and other similar enterprises. Already a British citizen, he was put on the federal wanted list in Russia in 2011.

Childhood

Kachmazov Yuri Mikhailovich was born in 1966 in Syzran, Kuibyshev region. His father is Ossetian by nationality. After finishing school he served in the Airborne Forces.

Education

After returning from the army, Yuri Mikhailovich entered the Polytechnic Institute of the city of Samara. But he soon took an academic leave, after which he never returned to the institute. There is a version that one day he was caught at the market, where he was “rolling caps,” by the dean of the institute, and as a result, the student was then expelled.

Starting a Career in Small Business

Former student of the Polytechnic Institute Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov, whose biography is interesting and rich, began to engage in small business during his student years. So, at first he tried to make money at the Energetik market in Samara in the game “thimble”, and then he was also engaged in buying and resale of gold and currency.

Job in Moscow

Soon Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov, whose photo is in this article, leaves with three friends for the capital. There he also continues to play “thimbles” in the markets, trying to earn his first money and profiting from those who are gambling and fall into his network. It is unknown who helped him at this time, but soon he returned to Samara again for gold, which he bought, already having decent money. So, a businessman with a huge fortune started from scratch.

Work at AvtoVAZ

Having earned a little money in small business, Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov decided to move to AvtoVAZ, where he was engaged in the resale of cars. Now the aspiring businessman took cars from the base, which was located on Zavodskoye Shosse, just not far from VAZ cars. They took VAZ cars in small quantities from a businessman. But at the same time, there was a gradual introduction into AvtoVAZ.

Company "SOK"

Based on the resale of cars, a new company was soon opened, which was called "SOK". For its opening, a hippodrome in Samara was used, where the small property of several small businessmen was delivered. This property included several desks and two photocopiers.

It is known that this business of Kachmazov was supported by two generals: Evgeny Grigoriev from the tax police and Vladimir Bolshakov from the FSB. So, in 1995, the general director of the SOK company was able to establish a barter between AvtoVAZ and the Plastic company in the city of Syzran. As a result, for three years the SOK company was able to calmly ensure full control over finances and sales in the Syzran company Plastic and partial control over AvtoVAZ.

Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov also actively participated in all this, whose fortune is currently enormous and allows him to be included in the ranking of the richest people in Russia. In 1998, the future famous businessman also became a member of the board of the RosLada company. In the same year, he also became president of the board of directors of the SOK company.

Since 2000, for four years, the SOK company has been actively involved in the redistribution of spheres of influence in completely different types of business. But since 2006, Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov and his partners have been actively participating in elections. This gave them the opportunity to receive a large number of leadership positions in the Samara mayor's office. So, in 2006, after Viktor Tarkhov, who was supported by the SOK company, won the elections, this company acquired seven leadership positions.

Already in the spring of 2005, Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov allowed the SOK company to disseminate official information about who was among the owners of his group. As it turned out, the company's owners were various top managers who had a small number of shares. And most of the shares, seventy percent, were owned by Yuri Kachmazov.

At this time, Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov, whose fortune is very large, had a large number of guards. Their number could vary from five to fifteen. All the security was hired by a successful businessman in Syzran. Businessman Kachmazov himself always traveled only in expensive SUVs, and it always had to be a motorcade; all cars had license plates 010.

The owners of the SOK company hid for a long time behind numerous companies that were formed in different cities. For example, in Syzran, Samara, Izhevsk, Moscow and even the Virgin Islands.

The decline of Yuri Kachmazov's business

In 2005, power unexpectedly changed at the famous AvtoVAZ. This happened because the chairman of the board of directors resigned. Director Vladimir Kadinnikov was replaced by people from Rosoboronexport, who immediately began to remove unwanted people who were in power at AvtoVAZ. Among them was Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov, whose family is far from business and public life. From this moment on, the decline of Kachmazov’s successful business empire begins.

The new board of directors of the famous AvtoVAZ quite harshly removed the SOK company from power, and all the top managers who were subordinate to Yuri Mikhailovich were immediately fired. After this, supplies to RosLada of all car kits were immediately stopped. Some of the contracts with Kachmazov's SOK company were terminated, and over the next few years the company lost almost all of its assets in the automobile business.

Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov returned in 2008, but only to South Ossetia, where his company SOK was trying to establish its business. It all started with the fact that a friend of businessman Kachmazov, the president of the republic, took top managers from Yuri Mikhailovich’s company to leadership positions in his state. For the SOK company in this new state, those projects that were associated either with the repair of highways, or with the construction of an airport, or with the repair of

It is known that Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov, whose search continues to this day, even planned to build himself a large house in South Ossetia, since his father was from this country. But Kachmazov’s company never expanded its activities in South Ossetia, since the Moscow authorities did not allow this.

The net worth of businessman Kachmazov

In 2007, Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov, whose children are known to the public but do not appear in public, took ninety-third place in the ranking of the Russian Forbes magazine, since at that time he had a fortune estimated at seven hundred million dollars. In 2010, according to another magazine, Finance, he took one hundred and twenty-sixth place in the ranking of the richest businessmen in Russia. Yuri Mikhailovich’s fortune at that time was 26.5 billion rubles.

In addition, Yuri Mikhailovich Kachmazov, whose daughter avoids any communication with the press, in 2009 owned a large number of assets, among which were shares in Volgomost, Most-Ivesta, Osvar, Samara Automobiles and other companies which generated significant income. In 2009-2010 the successful businessman owned only one percent of AvtoVAZ shares.

But soon Yuri Mikhailovich hastily begins to get rid of all his assets. Gradually, the profitable assets of IzhAvto, Plastik and others were sold. And in 2001, businessman Kachmazov even sold his largest asset to the Volgomost company.

But during these years, businessman Yuri Kachmazov got rid of not only the assets of various companies, but also personal property. First of all, he sold his luxury yacht, which became famous because of its length. Its length was thirty-eight meters. The luxury yacht "Smile" was built in 2004 by the most famous company that builds such yachts. Its width is 6.8 meters. The design of this vessel was specially developed by Hollywood specialists. "Smile" amazed all the guests with its luxury both in decoration and in the interior. All the furniture on this yacht and all accessories are made by Italian craftsmen.

Over time, Yuri Mikhailovich also sold a large fleet of vehicles. In 2010, businessman Yuri Kachmazov also sold his luxurious villa, which is located in the vicinity of the city of Samara. The villa building was completely glazed and had a huge internal parking lot. The villa even has its own gas boiler room.

Consequence

At the beginning of December 2005, documents were seized from the office of the SOK company, which was located in the capital. The reason for this was two criminal cases that were initiated during the inspection process at AvtoVAZ. The first criminal case was initiated on the basis of theft of money. The second criminal case was opened due to the fact that AvtoVAZ did not pay taxes on time, and this debt had already reached 230 million rubles.

All these criminal cases led to the fact that businessman Kachmazov renounced his assets in AvtoVAZ. The displacement of the SOK company led to the fact that it lost its successful and profitable positions in the Volga region. In 2009, Sergei Stepashin, chairman of the Accounts Chamber, proposed checking the legality of the sale of 75 percent of the shares of IzhAvto to SOK. As a result of such proceedings, the plant stopped, and its debts soon reached 300 million rubles.

When it became known about the new deal, it turned out that the controlling stake in this plant was, after all, pledged to Sberbank. German Gef, the head of the bank, did everything necessary to bring the perpetrators to justice. Sberbank appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office in 2010. After this, a criminal case was immediately opened regarding the deliberate bankruptcy of the IzhAvto company. The Investigative Committee soon announced the head of the SOK company for deliberate bankruptcy and the withdrawal of assets, the total amount of which amounted to 6.7 billion rubles.

In 2010, Yuri Kachmazov left Russia, and in February of the following year he was put on the federal wanted list. In April 2011, businessman Kachmazov was put on the international wanted list. The trial did take place, and he was convicted in absentia.

Political career

A successful businessman, Yuri Kachmazov, also actively participated in politics. In 2006, as a representative of the SOK company, he signed a tripartite agreement between the well-known United Russia party and the government of the Samara region on the implementation of an educational project. Yuri Mikhailovich provided active support in the elections of mayors of Syzran and Samara.

Family

Yuri Kachmazov is married to Ilona Kachmazova, who until 2001 was the president of the charitable foundation of the company led by her husband. This marriage produced four children. And in 2010 the whole family left Russia.

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The head of the Samara SOK group, Yuri Kachmazov, who is on the run, has finally been arrested. True, for now in absentia. The decision to arrest Yuri Kachmazov was made the day before by the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow. SOK management is accused of organizing the deliberate bankruptcy of the IzhAvto plant. A correspondent for The Moscow Post reports about this scandal.

The day before, the Tverskoy District Court granted the petition of the Investigative Committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (IC under the Ministry of Internal Affairs) for the arrest in absentia of the main owner of the Samara SOK group, Yuri Kachmazov. Together with him, two top managers of Izhavto were arrested in absentia - Andrei Frolov and Yuri Amelin. All of them are accused of “deliberate bankruptcy” (Article 196 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) of the IzhAvto plant, which was controlled by this group of companies until April 2009.

As it turned out, all this time the management of the SOK group was engaged in the withdrawal of assets from Izhavto. As a result, when Kachmazov realized that it was pointless to continue milking the plant, since the assets were exhausted, he decided to bankrupt Izhavto.

This dealt a serious blow to the interests of the plant's main creditor, Sberbank. As a result, the bank turned to the prosecutor’s office with a request to initiate a criminal case against the management of SOK and Izhavto.

Specifically, Kachmazov and his colleagues are accused of being in 2008-2009. assets worth 6.7 billion rubles were withdrawn from the plant.

By this act, the management of SOK caused great damage to the federal budget, since more than 5 billion of the 13 billion rubles that Izhavto owed will now be paid for with taxpayers’ money.

And 2.5 billion rubles. Sberbank has already written off the loans issued to the plant as bad.

In general, the defendants in this case include the owner of the SOK group, Yuri Kachmazov, the president of SOK, Andrei Frolov, the first vice-president, Yuri Amelin, the former general director and director of economics and finance of Izhavto, Mikhail Dobyndo, and Evgeniy Strakhov.

Moreover, all the accused, with the exception of Mikhail Dobyndo, have already fled abroad.

The investigation has information that Kachmazov fled to the UAE, Dobyndo, who insists on his innocence, remained in Russia and continues to work in government agencies.

By the way, until March 2011, Mikhail Dobyndo was the chairman of the board of OJSC United Automotive Technologies, controlled by the Russian Technologies State Corporation.

Then he moved to a management position in the dealer holding company OJSC Lada-Service (a subsidiary of OJSC AvtoVAZ).

Rumor has it that Mikhail Dobyndo is personally protected by the head of Rostekhnologii Sergei Chemezov, so he is unlikely to be in any danger.

But Kachmazov will have to answer fully for his machinations.

The thefts themselves took place in 2008-2009 against the backdrop of SOK negotiating with AvtoVAZ to sell Izhavto to it.

In 2009, SOK parted with Izhavto, and the plant parted with its assets. Initially, 25% of the shares of Izhavto were sold to a subsidiary of this company - Izh-komplekt. And another 25% each went to Norex and Gross. Their founders were none other than Izhavto Quality Director Alexander Evdokimov and Izhavto Deputy Chief Engineer Vladimir Neprokin. Then 99.9% of the shares of these companies “floated” to Cyprus offshores.

The transaction amount was about $200 million.

The most interesting thing was that buyers paid not with money, but with the cars that the plant produced.

Thus, the plant sold shares to its managers, and they paid for them with the products of the plant itself. While the assets were quietly “running away”, the plant’s debts increased many times over...

As a result, deliberate bankruptcy occurred (Article 196 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Even before the initiation of the criminal case (in September 2010), Kachmazov and Frolov, fearing imminent arrest, moved to live in the United Arab Emirates.

By the way, the fact that Kachmazov and his business partners turned out to be ordinary swindlers is not surprising. After all, in Samara the SOK group has long been considered a “criminal gang”.

Thus, The Moscow Post has repeatedly written about the crimes of Yuri Kachmazov and his accomplices.

It is no secret that SOK representatives have always used purely gangster methods in their work.

For example, when SOK unsuccessfully tried to seize control of OJSC ZiT, one of the leaders of the rival company Tadem, Oleg Novikov, was killed. During the corporate conflict between SOK and TH Bonus, the general director of the company, Sergei Golyakov, was attacked. Also, according to rumors, it was representatives of SOK who threatened the shareholders of Barnaultransmash OJSC and Volgokabel OJSC. In addition, structures affiliated with SOK successfully bought up ZAO Samara Automobiles after the head of the company, Sergei Gashimov, was killed.

There was a separate epic with the seizure of AvtoVAZ. Firstly, there were mass murders of members of competing organized crime groups. Secondly, there were threats against the management of AvtoVAZtrans OJSC during the establishment of control over transportation, etc.

And after the corporate conflict between SOK and the insurance company Investflot, an attempt was made on the lives of the owners of a competing company. Because of this, a criminal case was opened against the top manager of the SOK group, Igor Yezhov, on charges of threatening to kill.

It is logical that in order to finally squeeze SOK out of AvtoVAZ, the authorities had to transfer riot police officers to the region from those regions where SOK’s economic interests would not be present.

Having lost to AvtoVAZ in the first round, Mr. Kachmazov decided to take revenge in the second.

To do this, he supported the candidate from A Just Russia, Viktor Tarkhov, in the elections for the mayor of Samara (now Tarkhov is no longer the mayor - editor's note).

He turned out to be a very “decent” person and, in gratitude for their support, gave a number of important city positions to SOK representatives. For example, deputy The head of the city for property became the head of Consul Ltd LLC and the auditor of the SOK group, Viktor Abramov. Dmitry Tveretsky, manager of SOK-trans CJSC, became the head of the transport department. Assistant to the vice-president of the SOK group Vitaly Ilyin, Valery Vyrovtsev became the head of the Kirov region. An employee of the SOK group, Valery Lamanov, began managing the Krasnoglinsky district.

By the way, Tarkhov turned out to be a big fan of the opposition. So the now former mayor of Samara was the only representative of the government in Russia who officially hosted Garry Kasparov. In addition, Tarkhov is the only mayor who allowed the “March of Dissent” to be held in his city. But most of all, Mr. Tarkhov gravitated towards the structures of Yuri Kachmazov...

Thus, Samara until recently was at the mercy of SOK. But during the conquest of Samara, the new owners of the city used proven tools from the 90s.

In particular, an attempt was made on the life of the head of the Samara Business World group, Alexei Shapovalov, and he was seriously wounded. The head of Itera-Samara CJSC, Igor Samoilenko, was shot. Andrei Levitan, general director of Expo-Volga CJSC, was seriously injured. An attempt was also made on the life of the general director of Media-Samara LLC, Dmitry Suryaninov, who manages a number of publications. All these crimes have not been solved, but in each of them there is a trace of the SOK group.

After the “Battle of Samara”, SOK switched to Tolyatti. So, at the end of 2006, employees of Novaya Zemlya LLC, close to the management of the SOK group, took over large plots of land in the Stavropol region. Including the land on which part of the production workshops of AvtoVAZ OJSC is located. As soon as the information became public, the general director of Novaya Zemlya LLC and the head of the Krylya Sovetov - SOK sports club, Yuri Konoplev, suddenly died of a heart attack.

Shortly before the SOK group structure purchased land in Togliatti, the city's chief architect Valery Lopatin, one of his deputies and the deputy head of the Stavropol region were killed.

At the moment, Yuri Kachmazov has already been arrested in absentia. Now the whole question is when the United Arab Emirates will extradite Kachmazov to Russia, and his arrest will develop into a “face-to-face” form...