The Prosecutor General's Office has approved the indictment in the case of embezzlement of over $33 million from VEB.RF during the construction of the "Ammonium" chemical plant in Tatarstan. Six people will stand trial: Rinat Khanbikov, Igor Yesin, Firdis Abdrakhmanov, Zukhra Ziyatdinova, Guzel Salimgaraeva, and Alla Kutsakova. They are accused of fraud, embezzlement, and money laundering.
According to the investigation, in 2015, the chairmen of the boards of directors of JSC "Ammonium" and the Research and Design Institute of Urea and Organic Synthesis Products — Khanbikov and Yesin — organized the signing and submission of fictitious documents to the bank. This concerns funds from the State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs". The money was allocated for the construction of a plant in Tatarstan. Part of the stolen money was then laundered through transactions between companies controlled by them — over 20 million rubles.
According to the investigation, in 2013–2018, a number of individuals embezzled over 246 million rubles by selling fertilizers from TTT LLC at an understated cost, which caused damage to Mendeleevskazot LLC and JSC "Ammonium".
From 2011 to 2014, VEB provided "Ammonium" with over $1.8 billion under four credit agreements. The "Ammonium" plant was launched in 2016, but then faced difficulties in servicing debts due to the rise of the dollar and the fall in world prices. As of November 2019, the principal debt of the enterprise amounted to over $1.6 billion, including overdue payments of over $363 million. In July 2020, VEB sold the rights to the loan and shares of "Ammonium" to the company "Azot" (part of "SDS-Azot") for $900 million.
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