In relation to the ex-owner of “PrivatBank” Igor Kolomoisky The investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan opened a criminal case. According to investigators, Kolomoisky, as well as other businessmen from his entourage, stole about 860 thousand tons of oil worth $4 billion from Tatneft.
What is the essence of the matter?
The criminal case is connected with the company “Tatneft”, which in the 1990s participated in the creation of the Ukrainian company “Ukrtatnafta”. In 2007, the company was transferred to Igor Kolomoisky, and the share of the Russian company and its structures after that was practically reduced to zero.
According to the Telegram channel Baza, in December 2006, Kolomoisky, together with other major Ukrainian entrepreneurs, created a criminal community.
Having received a large shipment of oil, the oligarch and his accomplices suspended managers and shareholders from Tatarstan, and kept the oil for themselves. In 2007, according to investigators, Kolomoisky’s group managed to steal $ 4 billion worth of raw materials from Tatneft.
In 2007, more than 50 armed people entered the territory of the enterprise. They broke into the office of the chairman of the management Board and took possession of the documentation and the seal of the enterprise. In 2009, according to the decisions of the Ukrainian courts, the Russian share in Ukrtatnafta decreased to zero.
Who else became a person involved in the criminal case?
In addition to Kolomoisky, three more Ukrainian businessmen became defendants in the criminal case:& nbsp;ex-owner of & laquo; PrivatBank & raquo; Gennady Bogolyubov, ex-co-owner of & laquo; UkrSibbank & raquo; Alexander Yaroslavsky and the head of the Management Board of PJSC “Ukrtatnafta” Pavel Ovcharenko. If proven guilty, they face up to 20 years in prison.
What is known about the company “Ukrtatnafta”?
JSC “Ukrtatnafta” was established in accordance with the decree of the President of Ukraine and the decree of the President of Tatarstan in 1994 on the basis of the Kremenchug oil refinery.
At the beginning of 2007, 43.054% of the shares of “Ukrtatnafta” belonged to “Naftogaz of Ukraine”, 28% to the Ministry of Land and Property of Tatarstan, 8.6% to “Tatneft”, and 9.96 and 8.336%, respectively, were affiliated with it by SeaGroup International Inc and AmRUZ Trading AG.
In 2007, Tatneft lost control of the Kremenchug oil refinery due to the raider seizure of the enterprise and stopped oil supplies. The seizure was preceded by an illegal redistribution of the share capital. During 2009-2010, all the blocks of shares taken from the Government of Tatarstan and Tatneft (about 56%) were resold to companies affiliated with the Privat Group.
In May 2008, Tatneft filed a lawsuit against Ukraine on the basis of the Russian-Ukrainian investment protection agreement concluded in 1998. Then the Russian company won the case: in July 2014, an international arbitration court ordered Ukraine to pay it compensation in the amount of $ 112 million, as well as interest.
Earlier, Tatneft wanted to recover $294.3 million from Kolomoisky, Bogolyubov, Yaroslavsky and Ovcharenko for the supply of oil to the Kremenchug refinery in 2009 without further payment. However, in February of this year, the High Court of London rejected the claim of the Russian Tatneft against businessmen Igor Kolomoisky, Gennady Bogolyubov, Alexander Yaroslavsky and Pavel Ovcharenko for $294.3 million in the framework of the Ukrtatnafta case. The reason is the expiration of the statute of limitations.
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