From “fear” to “horror”: who is behind the billion erection of companies in the North-West of Russia

The butchers are under the signs of “fear” and “horror”, cellulose swindlers, billionaires from the Pskov Halup, a profitable northern pizza and the mysterious contractors of Gazprom. “Chronicles. Media” for the first time publish a review of the largest enterprises of the North-West of Russia.

A certain “banknote” entered the TOP-3 Russian companies in revenue for 2023, RTVI reported . She lost only Gazprom and Rosneft, earned more than 3 trillion rubles. The company turned out to be registered on nominal nominal nominal defects in stores, and, having earned well, disappeared. Particular details about this legal entity are not known.

“Chronicles. Media” discovered similar companies in the North-West of Russia in the Leningrad, Murmansk and Pskov regions, not counting organizations in other regions. All of them are united by billions of revenue and the absence of at least some intelligible information about activities and owners.

The share of the state in the Russian economy, according to the Institute of Applied Economic Research of the RANEPA, exceeds 50%. For comparison, in the world this indicator, according to the calculations of the organization of economic cooperation and development, is a little more than 20%. "Chronicles. Media" did not take into account the state -owned company in this rating.

Data on the revenue are taken from the SPARK-Interfax counterparty inspection system, information on legal entities-from another similar system “Contour. Focus” and the State Foreign Repair of financial statements .

Petersburg - trade, forest and technology

The first place is the operator of the Pyaterochka network "Agrootorga" (2 trillion rubles). The company is included in structures related to entrepreneurs Mikhail Friedman, Peter Aven, Herman Khan and Alexei Kuzmichev. The first three are fighting unsuccessfully to get rid of the sanctions under which they fell after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kuzmicheva France accused of tax fraud. The entrepreneur is forbidden to leave the country during the investigation.

In second place is the Ilim Forestry (185 billion). The benefits of the group are Zakhar Smushkin and Boris Zingarevich. In the 1990s, former President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev worked in this company.

The third place is the supplier of engineering systems TD Electrotekhmontazh (163 billion), known in the market as ETM. The company is restructuring, but until recently its main owners were entrepreneurs Andrei Baev and Alexander Kuksa.

Fourth place at the Okay chain of stores (147 billion). The nominal legal entities of the network are registered in Luxembourg and Cyprus, but the media call the owners of the network of entrepreneurs Dmitry Korzhev, Dmitry Troitsky and Boris Volchek.

On the fifth - the network of construction stores "Petrovich" (125 billion) Andrian Melnikova and Alexander Berezkin. In 2021, Malta revealed the names of Russians who issued passports in exchange for investments. Among them were the full namesakes of Melnikov and his sons.

Komi - Burim, saw and dig

In the first place - "Syktyvkar LPK" (76 billion). The plant arose back in the USSR, and at the beginning of the XXI century the prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case, suspecting that the enterprise was illegally privatized, the new newspaper wrote . At first, the then head of the republic, Yuri Spiridonov, transferred a 15% of the combination of the plant for free of control. They were sold to the Austrian company Frantschach AG for ten million dollars, which, as the journalists wrote, was wasted "for very dubious projects." Another, most of the shares was bought by Mondi multinational company. In 2023, after the Kremlin decided to invade Ukraine, Mondi left Russia, selling the plant to the Moscow developer Sezar Group. His beneficiary is an entrepreneur Isai Zakharyaev.

In second place is “Burervice” (40 billion). It was founded by Russian managers of the multinational corporation Halliburton, which produces equipment for drilling wells. The company left Russia by transferring the business to former employees. However, foreigners continued to supply software necessary for drilling in the Russian Federation, the International Working Group for sanctions against Russia said in 2024. The group includes, in particular, the former US Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Michael McFol, philosopher Francis Fukuyama, ex-head economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Sergey Guriev and ex-USM Minister of Finance Sergey Aleksashenko.

Third place at Vorkutangol (35 billion). This company is associated with entrepreneur Roman Trotsenko and is under American sanctions. In 2023, the businessman sold all coal assets to his top managers.

Fourth place at the Syktyvkar Plywood Plant (14 billion). The nominal founder of the company is Cyprus Rossillon Enterprises. Her beneficiaries, according to the audit conclusion of 2023, are former Komi deputy Mikhail Magi and a certain Julia Fetisova-Khaddad living in Cyprus.

In 2022, Rossillon Enterprises received 36 million rubles. Dividends, and in 2023 dividends were no longer paid. Before the sanctions, Russia was one of the main suppliers of plywood to the European Union, and now, auditors write, deliveries to the west have stopped, which influenced the revenue of the plant.

In the last place is the Oil Company "Komnedra" (12 billion). It is controlled by the oil company "Neftisa", whose beneficiary is the entrepreneur, Pisinter Khalilov.

Murmansk region - pizza, fertilizers and fish

In the first place - the "star" of some Ekaterina Golovchenko and Valentina Kozyreva. The revenue of the enterprise for 2023 amounted to 44 billion rubles. At the address of the registration of this organization is the only Murmansk restaurant of the Vologda franchise "PizzaFabrika". Through the organization “Everything at once”, Feodosius and Dmitry Paranichev own it, but their company's revenue is several times lower than that of the Murmansk franchisee.

The second place in the Inarctic SZ (28 billion). The company appeared in 2007 and grows salmon. She is owned by the brother of the Governor of the Governor Andrei Vorobyov Maxim (both fell under international sanctions) and the Closed Paste Foundation "Rielti Capital" under the control of Svinin and Partners.

We are talking about the St. Petersburg developer Vladimir Pig from Okhta Group. “Chronicles. Media” wrote how exactly this management company was transferred by business Senator Igor Zubarev to hide from sanctions and continue to trade with Europe.

In third place is the North-Western Phosphorus Company (21 billion). It is a member of the Akron Company Vyacheslav Kantor. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he found himself under the series of international sanctions. However, since Russia is one of the main world suppliers of fertilizers, the European Union did not ban their import, explaining this by the fact that he is not going to deliberately cause a food crisis.

The fourth place in the “Murmansk Tralle Fleet” (“MTF”) of the largest fish -industrial holding “Norebo” (18 billion) in Russia . It is owned by Vitaly Orlov. The sanctions hit this business, and as a result, MTF showed a record loss in 2023.

In fifth place - Antei North (13 billion), which is part of the Antei fish -industrial companies group. This business belongs to the former vice-governor of Sakhalin Arkady Pinches and entrepreneur Igor Mikhnov.

Leningrad region-meat, tobacco, tea coffee, paper

The first place is Mit Leader (200 billion). Officially, the company produces various meat products. The revenue of the organization over the past year increased immediately by 600 times compared to previous years, while the enterprise has only eight employees. The founder of this legal entity is a certain Sergey Kostyushko. Until April 2023, he was called the founder of another meat company Deimimo and liquidated due to false information in the Unified State Register of Journalists “Fobos Trade House”. It is noteworthy that these are the names of the ancient Greek gods that are translated as “horror” and “fear”. In mid -2023, Kostyushko registered another Mit Leader company, but already in St. Petersburg.

In second place is the unit of the multinational tobacco company Phillp Morris (151 billion). She owns such brands as Parliament, Marlboro, Chesterfield, L&M, Bond, NEXT, Optima and IQOS. Phillp Morris, unlike many other famous foreign enterprises, does not leave Russia, explaining this by the fact that because of local laws it is unprofitable for her.

The third place in the company for the construction and reconstruction of gas pipelines "Stroyproektsvis" (71 billion). This is a large contractor of one of the subsidiaries of Gazprom - Gazprom Invest.

The Stroyproektsvis is owned by Ilya Dimov. Forbes magazine estimated his assets for 2023 in more than 21 billion rubles. And put in second place in the ranking of the country's largest taxpayers. Almost nothing is known about the entrepreneur.

Fourth place in the orimi trade tea-coffee company (51 billion). She is owned by the former owner of DIY hypermarkets “Maksidu” Alexander Evnevich. On the market, such brands of this business as Greenfield, Tess, Jardin, Princess Nuri, Princess Java, Java, and Zhocye are known.

Evnevich is also known for the fact that in 2010 at a charity auction he bought a picture of the then governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko “Marble Bridge” for 13 million rubles. The sculpture “Winged genius” near the main building of St. Petersburg State University also belongs to Ennevich and paid for him. In 2023, she was replaced by the monument to the author of the triad: “Orthodoxy, autocracy, nationality” to Count Uvarov.

In the last place - Svetogorsky Central Bank (48 billion). Russians know its products under the Svetocopy brand. The plant also fell into the news after Rosprirodnadzor accused him of poisoning a nearby river in 2022, and in 2019 through the court forced to pay a fine for an illegal landfill.

Once the Soviet enterprise, which arose in 1988, several times changed names and owners. Now the plant belongs to Palp Invest. Her beneficiary is the former top manager of the company Timur Gabidullin .

Vologda region - steel, fertilizer, milk and cardboard

The first place in Severstal is an entrepreneur Alexei Mordashov (687 billion). He actually controls the region. “Chronicles” wrote, for example, about the relations of the company with the former speaker of the regional parliament Andrei Lutsenko .

Second place at the Nartis factory (17 billion). He produces "smart counters." The company was registered in 2018. It belongs to JSC Energy of Innovation, registered in the spring of 2024. Prior to this, the owner of the company was the owner of the M-Promtek transformer plant Evgeny Kostin.

In third place - “Trade House“ Format ”” (16 billion). The company was registered in 2012 and exports cardboard and paper packaging. Its owner is entrepreneur Alexei Andreev. The company is part of the United Paper Factories.

Fourth place in the company for the production of dairy products "Neva Milk" (16 billion). The organization was registered in 1999, and eight years ago she moved from St. Petersburg to the Vologda region. The owner of the company is Albert Sufiyarov. Among the brands “Neva Milk”: “Thousand Lakes” and “Sirtaki”. The company is located in the so -called territory of the leading development of Cherepovets. These preferential economic zones arose in 2014.

Fifth place at the Cherepovets representative office of the Fosagro chemical holding. Even in the zero, he belonged to the entrepreneur Mikhail Khodorkovsky, but after he was convicted of charges of tax evasion and fraud, the company passed the former business partner of billionaire Andrei Guryev. A little more than 20% of the company's shares are at the family of the rector of the Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko. According to his daughter Olga, he helped the future President of Russia Vladimir Putin write a candidate dissertation.

Novgorod region - fertilizers, sugar and shoes

The first place in the manufacturer of mineral fertilizers "Akron" (127 billion). Like the North-Western Phosphorus Company in the Murmansk region, it is included in the Vyacheslav Kantor business imperia.

The second place in the “Borovichi Fireproof Combine” (19 billion). The Soviet enterprise was privatized in 1992. The company's audit reports are not published. However, from the annual report of the company it follows that in 2022 it paid more than 795 million rubles. dividends. It is noteworthy that the general director of the company is the grandson and namesake of the last Soviet and first Russian leader of the plant - Nikolai Novikov, as they were called at that time, the “Red Director”.

The third place in the sugar company Novgorodproduct (17 billion). She supplies her goods as raw materials for compound feeds, exports it abroad and sells the Federal Penitentiary Service, that is, in prisons and colony. The founder of the company is a certain Olesya Dmitrieva.

Fourth place at the House of Clothing (15 billion). This is a legal entity of the Zenden shoes store. In the summer of 2024, the Ministry of Justice announced the owner of the company supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Andrei Pavlov in the agent. He then told the publication "RBC" that he is in Russia and was not going to leave. In the summer of 2024, the government “Russian newspaper” published a material in which she described Pavlova as a fraudster of the apherist, without explaining, however, for what he received the status of a foreign agent.

But back in 2023, the entrepreneur said that with the departure of foreign companies from Russia, shopping centers got rid of the IGA of Foreigners. He writes about himself simply: "I am a village guy, it happened to the bull with a stick on the eggs."

Fifth place - “Agrocababel Plant” (14 billion), which produces, which follows from the name, various cables. The company's audit report is not published. It is known that its owner is a certain Victor Radin.

Kaliningrad region - cars, soy, Arbidol

In 2018, their offshore appeared in Russia. They are called special administrative areas and operate on the islands of the Oktyabrsky Kaliningrad Region and Russian in the Primorsky Territory. Here you can transfer a foreign offshore, get tax benefits, and, importantly, to hide the owners. Part of the most profitable companies of 39 regions are just based on Oktyabrsky Island.

In the first place - Autofance (258 billion) and the associated "International Private Investment Fund" (133 billion). The first legal entity is engaged in various transactions with cars, the second is managed by holding companies. Both companies are owned by the former deputy chairman of the USSR Government Vladimir Shcherbakov.

In 1994, he created Avtotor, which assembled foreign cars: Hyundai, Kia and BMW. According to the results of 2019, before international sanctions, the company's share in the car circulation of the Kaliningrad branch of Russian Railways exceeded 50%.

Officially, the “Autotor” is owned by the son of the former deputy chairman of the USSR Government Vladimir Shcherbakov Sergey. It is known about him that he lives in the elite suburb of Geneva Kolonya, and in 2017 the newspaper Tribune de Geneve wrote that he bought Villa on the shore of Lake Geneva by the daughter of a friend of the oil meter Gennady Timchenko. The investigative project Scanner discovered in 2018 the villa of one of the heroes of this text, the “King of Fertilizer” Vyacheslav Kantor.

The second place in the group of companies "Commonwealth" (136 billion) and the "agricultural product" (100 billion) and the "Commonwealth-Soa" (64 billion) affiliated with it. This business arose in 1994. "Commonwealth" is one of the largest processors of oily crops, especially soy. This business belongs to spouses Alexander and Natalya Lutsenko .

In third place - "Investment Limited Ogent." She is associated with the entrepreneur-farcet Viktor Kharitonin. Among the famous brands are Arbidol. It is absent in the list of WHO recommendations and is poorly presented in the pharmaceutical reference book drugs.com. Former Minister of Health Tatyana Golikova was suspected of promoting this drug in the domestic market. The official denied this.

In addition, one of Kharitonin Kharitonin company produces medicines that some drug addicts use to make severe drugs. Golikova is familiar with Kharitonov and opposed to sell these drugs according to the prescription, wrote the New Gazeta.

The fourth place in the En+ Holding (81 billion) entrepreneur Oleg Deripaska. Russian offshores created just in order to save from the sanctions of domestic businessmen, wrote Forbes magazine. Deripaska and his companies fell under sanctions due to the alleged intervention of Russia in the American presidential election in 2016.

And in the last place - the Baucentr Rus Tails network (41 billion). She is owned by the former head of Kaliningrad and ex-deputy of the State Duma Senator Alexander Yaroshuk. He supported the increase in the retirement age , and censorship on the Internet , and the law on educational activities introducing censorship in education. Yaroshuk voted for recognizing people with foreign agents , and for the "law against the" Fund for the fight against corruptions. " This law banned the run to members of organizations that are recognized as “extremist”. And, of course, Yaroshuk supported the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, who had abused Putin's presidential terms.

Arkhangelsk region - forest, planes, warmth and roads

Within the borders of the Arkhangelsk region, the smallest Russian region is completely the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO). The SPARK-Interfax counterparty verification system takes into account these two regions together. But NAO companies did not get to the top leaders in revenue.

Several companies should be put in the first place . This is the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Drummer Plant (39 billion) and its subsidiary Arkhbum (18 billion). Комбинат принадлежит частному австрийскому фонду Zinner Privatstiftung, а ранее австрийской же Pulp Mill.

К этой же группе относится поставщик материала для ЦБК — лесопромышленная компания «Титан» (15 млрд). Предприятие возникло в 1990 году. Также компании принадлежит торговый центр в столице региона «Титан-Арена». Среди дочерних организаций компании с внушительной выручкой и «Лесозавод 25» (14 млрд) по производству пиломатериалов.

И «Титан», и ЦБК связаны с бывшим депутатом Госдумы Владимиром Крупчаком. Журналисты называли его и конечным владельцем австрийской Pulp Mill. В 2000-х годах он вступил в корпоративный конфликт с миллиардером Олегом Дерипаской, после чего покинул Россию, где его заочно арестовали, обвинив в мошенничестве. В 2007 году Крупчак получил гражданство Украины. А через десять лет предпринимателя пытались похитить и вывезти в Россию, сообщало издание «РБК-Украина» со ссылкой на источник.

В 2020 году украинская редакция журнала Forbes поместила Крупчака на 11 место среди 100 богатейших предпринимателей страны. Впрочем, юристы предпринимателя сообщили журналистам, что Крупчак отказался от украинского гражданства в пользу гражданства Кипра в 2019 году. В 2022 году часть имущества Крупчака в Украине арестовали в рамках расследования дела о торговле с Россией. Также он попал под украинские санкции как гражданин РФ, но оспаривает это решение, мотивируя тем, что отказался от российского паспорта.

На втором месте — «Авиакомпания Смартавиа» (бренд Smartavia, ранее — NordAvia) (25 млрд). В 2023 году издание Insider описывало , как безуспешно это предприятие пыталось в обход санкций купить запчасти для самолетов. «Смартавиа» связывают с предпринимателем Сергеем Кузнецовым, экс-совладельцем авиакомпании Red Wings.

На сайте Московского авиационного института (МАИ) сказано, что Кузнецов родился в 1971 в Москве. В 1994 окончил МАИ. Работал в столичном представительстве Hewlett Packard, торговом доме «Гута» и одноименной телекоммуникационной компании, а также вице-президентом «Гута-банка». Кроме этого, занимал топ-менеджерские позиции в «Норильском никеле» Владимира Потанина.

Третье место — «Группа компаний „Устьянская лесоперерабатывающая компания“» (17 млрд). Аудиторская отчетность не опубликована. Возглавляет группу бывший депутат Архангельского областного собрания от «Единой России» Владимир Буторин.

Четвертое место у компании «Автодороги» (11 млрд). Ею владеет Владимир Беляев. Компания возникла в 2003 году и, как следует из названия, ремонтирует и строит дороги, прежде всего, по госконтрактам, получая миллиардные заказы.

На последнем месте — «Архангельский траловый флот» (10 млрд). Он принадлежит компании «Вирма». «Хроники.Медиа» писали, что это компания сенатора Игоря Зубарева, который в обход санкций продолжает торговать с Европой.

Карелия — бумага, щебень и тепло

Первое место — «Кондопожский целлюлозно-бумажный комбинат» (28 млрд). Он входит в холдинг «Карелия Палп». Его основные акционеры — некие Олеся Бартошевич, Ирина Белик и Юлия Визельтер.

На втором месте — «Сегежский целлюлозно-бумажный комбинат» (25 млрд) и его дочернее предприятие «Сегежская упаковка» (14 млрд). Комбинат принадлежит «АФК Система» семьи предпринимателя Евгения Евтушенкова.

Третье место у энергосбытовой компании «ТНС Энерго Карелия» (8 млрд). Большая часть ее акций у кипрской Sunflake Limited, но исторически «ТНС» связана с Дмитрием Аржановым. В начале 1990-х он работал помощником тогдашнего мэра Нижнего Новгорода Бориса Немцова. Обычному россиянину известен другой бизнес предпринимателя — рис под брендом «Националь».

В 2017 году Аржанов покинул пост гендиректора «ТНС Энерго», передав блокирующий пакет акций в доверительное управление Ростеху, а в 2020 году предпринимателя задержали по делу о мошенничестве и создании организованного преступного сообщества. В начале 2023 года его и других подследственных отправили под домашний арест. Вину миллиардер не признал.

На четвертом месте — производитель щебня «Карелприродресурс» (7 млрд). Его основные совладельцы — Виктор Перевалов и Валерий Абрамов.

Пятое место у «РК-Гранд» (7 млрд). Это целлюлозный завод в Питкяранте, созданный еще финнами больше века тому назад. Номинально завод принадлежит предпринимательнице Елене Берловской, но компанию связывают с инвестиционной группой «Базальт».

Псковская область — мясо, лом, кабели и барак

Первое место у «Великолукского мясокомбината» (47 млрд) и связанных с ним предприятий «ВСГЦ» (31 млрд), «Рассвет» (12 млрд) и «Великолукский свиноводческий комплекс» (12 млрд). Компания не раскрывает собственников, но СМИ называют главным акционером компании предпринимателя Владимира Подвального. Петербуржцам известна не только колбасы и сосиски комбината, но и парк атракционов «Диво Остров», который тоже принадлежит мясникам.

Помимо прочего, Подвальный известен любовью к «художникам» во власти: в 2011 году на благотворительном аукционе он купил за 6 млн руб. картину кисти тогдашнего губернатора Петербурга Валентины Матвиенко «Новогодняя ночь» и за 3 млн — картину экс-главы Псковской области Андрея Турчака «Блины».

На втором месте — компания, скупающая металлолом, «Псковвтормет» (15 млрд). Она возникла в 1993 году на базе советского «Вторчермета». Последний годовой отчет предприятие опубликовало в 2021 году. Владеет этим юрлицом Дмитрий Стечкевич. Про него известно лишь, что он родился в 1973 году и что в 2007 году пытался стать областным депутатом от ЛДПР, но занял последнее место в своем округе.

Третье место у «Псковнефтепродукта» (12 млрд). Компания управляет заправками «Сургутнефтегаза», владельцы которого скрыты. Расследовательский проект «Досье» в 2023 году предположил , что конечным собственником компании может быть президент РФ Владимир Путин. В частности, «Сургутнефтегаз» контролируют его друзья, к тому же на счетах компании скопилось более 4 трлн руб. Журналисты допускают, что это часть состояния главы России.

На четвертом месте — «Кабельный завод „Алюр“» (10 млрд). Один из крупнейших в России. Владеет компанией — Алексей Бобров.

Пятое место у загадочной компании «Энергоконсалт» (9 млрд). Компанию зарегистрировали в конце 2022 года. Через год ее баланс составил ноль рублей, а чистая прибыль — 596 млн. Официально в штате предприятия работает всего лишь один человек. Сфера деятельности: «в области права». Штаб-квартира компании находится в Пскове на первом этаже обшарпанного дома на улице Николая Васильева, 67А. Владелица компании — некая Анна Вишнякова, гендиректор — её муж Дмитрий Вишняков.

Сергей Кагермазов, Александр Шуршев