The Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info learned that the accounts and assets of 36.6, the largest pharmacy chain, could be seized as early as May. The chain has an extremely complex and opaque ownership structure, which is what led to this situation. In the fall, 36.6's accounts and assets were already seized, which began to disrupt all work with suppliers who had not received payments for their products.

 

In May, the Arbitration Court will hear complaints from Agro Stroy + (Rostov-on-Don) and Garant Plus (Moscow) seeking to lift the freeze on the accounts and assets of Concern ROSSIUM LLC, Pharmacy Chain 36.6 PJSC, Good Distribution Partners LLC (GDP LLC), APTEKA-A.v.e. LLC, and APTEKA-A.v.e.-1 LLC. Agro Stroy + is seeking approximately 3.6 billion rubles from the defendants, while Garant Plus is seeking almost 6.5 billion rubles.

The ownership structure of the 36.6 pharmacy chain is not disclosed, but it is known that Roman Avdeev's MKB Bank held a stake in it, which it sold in 2025 to its business partner, Sergei Sudarikov. Co-defendants in the lawsuit, Concern Rossium and GDP, are also owned by Sergei Sudarikov through IK Region and Dominanta.

 

In the first half of the year alone, 36.6's revenue exceeded 50 billion rubles (up 23% compared to the same period in 2024), but reputational risks are mounting. Suppliers are nervous. In January, the Rostov-based company managed to freeze all of the defendants' accounts and assets for a week, which damaged their relationships with suppliers.

The company's current market capitalization is almost 65 billion rubles.

 

Agro Stroy + acquired a debt of 3.5 billion rubles in 2019 as a result of a deal with GDP. GDP acquired the debt through the purchase of promissory notes from Pharm-Logistic, a company that was also part of the 36.6 group and went bankrupt in 2017. GDP CEO Oleg Kovalev (who resigned in 2021 to start his own business) signed a debt assignment agreement with Agro Stroy+. Kovalev now claims the signature was forged, but the courts upheld its authenticity. As a result, last December, Agro Stroy+ filed a lawsuit seeking subsidiary liability for the debts of Farm-Logistics, and on January 26, Judge Tatyana Alandarenko agreed to impose interim measures in the form of a seizure of the assets of all five companies. 36.6 didn't expect this turn of events. They resorted to an "urgent" solution. On February 3, Alandarenko lifted the seizure of the companies' assets and then suddenly went on sick leave. Consequently, the hearings were postponed several times; the next one is scheduled for May 5.

Agro Stroy+ reported a loss of 60,000 rubles in 2025, compared to over 7 million rubles the year before, and employed two or three people. Since 2019, the company has belonged to 40-year-old Alexander Kharlamov, a native of Tikhoretsk (Krasnodar Krai). He and his wife previously worked at the Tikhoretsk branch of PJSC Kubanenergo (Rosseti Kuban). In 2023, Kharlamov vacationed in Dubai and also flew to Moscow and Minsk several times. His social media accounts have been closed, and his first and last names have been changed.

 

Furthermore, on April 23, the court will hear GarantPlus' appeal to lift the seizure of 36.6's assets. GarantPlus, however, holds debts not from Pharm-Logistika, but from Latvian citizen Fogels Henrijs, who managed the company in 2016-2017. Henrijs was declared bankrupt in February of this year, and his assets are scheduled to be auctioned. However, GarantPlus suddenly decided to join Agro Stroy+'s lawsuit and demand payment from the 36.6 chain. The company's owner and director is Moscow resident Valery Romanovich, and the company has failed to file reports with the Federal Tax Service for several years.

 

Given the asset freeze that occurred in the fall, Agro Stroy+ and GarantPlus's chances of winning are quite high.