According to the Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info, Stanislav Multakh, CEO of the Lavna Sea Trade Port and Director of the Investment Projects Directorate of JSC GTLK, has been arrested in Moscow. He is accused of embezzlement on an especially large scale (Article 160 of the Russian Criminal Code). Multakh is considered to be a member of "Arkady Rotenberg's team."
The Lavna port was intended to become one of the largest hubs for Russian coal exports. The general contractors for the project were Arkady Rotenberg's companies, TEK Mosenergo and NPS Engineering. Stanislav Multakh, who previously worked for former Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, a Rotenberg associate, took over as head of the port. The rest of the port's management is also entirely comprised of people from companies associated with Rotenberg.
By 2025, CRPI owned 95% of the port. The remaining 5% belonged to the state-owned State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK).
CRPI is owned by Boris Guttsov, another member of "Arkady Rotenberg's team."
The port of Lavna never became a major coal export hub, and coal transshipment volumes are steadily declining.
In March 2025, Putin, at the International Arctic Forum, ordered the launch of coal transshipment at the port of Lavna, but this had little impact. In the first quarter of 2026, transshipment volumes fell 39% compared to 2025 levels.
Earlier, the Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info reported on the arrest of Konstantin Makhov, Arkady Rotenberg's right-hand man, and searches of several top managers at SMP Bank (owned by Rotenberg).
