Source: www.rucriminal.info

The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel and Rucriminal.info found out the details of the story, the main characters of which are:

 

Elchin Muradov, managing partner of the Eurocon trest legal bureau, a consultant to Rosneft and other large financial and industrial groups at different times.

Anton Valerievich Chichkanov, Muradov's junior partner at Eurocon trest.

Valery Petrovich Chichkanov, adviser to the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences, vice-rector of RANEPA.

Roman Antonovich Chichkanov, chairman of the subcommittee of Delovaya Rossiya on preventive medicine, co-owner of MayrVeda spa hotels, former first deputy of the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic.

The conflict between the famous Moscow lawyer Elchin Muradov and the equally famous Chichkanov family (three generations: Valery, Anton and Roman) is no longer a dispute about money. It is a clear illustration of how administrative resources can be used to put a person in jail and try to take away all of his property.

It all started as a "regular" loan

 

In 2014, Muradov borrowed 2 million euros from Valery Chichkanov using real estate as collateral. The collateral was several apartments and parking spaces worth about 3 million dollars. He repaid part of the debt, and covered the rest with property. But here's the problem: his assets were not returned to him. A conflict ensued.

A fake contract was used

In 2021, Chichkanov filed a lawsuit over a loan agreement from 2019, according to which Muradov allegedly owed... the same 2 million euros, but now interest (accrued on the loan from 2014).

The Ministry of Justice conducted an examination: the contract was falsified, there were no signatures by Muradov.

The courts, including the Moscow City Court, admitted: the debt from 2014 was repaid, the obligations were fulfilled.

Response: criminal

To avoid the consequences for falsification, Valery Chichkanov went to the police - he wrote a statement to the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs that Muradov had forged his own signature in advance and prudently so as not to pay interest.

The police refused.

Then, having enlisted the support of high-ranking officers of the special services (Sergey Yarosh asked to initiate a case), he achieved the initiation of a criminal case by the Investigative Committee in another district, in violation of all territorial rules.

Muradov was arrested. Since October 2023, he has been in a pre-trial detention center. After several refusals, the case was finally "pushed" into the Tverskoy District Court. While he is in isolation, they went for his property

While in custody, Muradov was unable to service a 65 million ₽ loan to the bank.

Collateral — assets worth 600 million ₽.

The Chichkanovs bought the debt from the bank. But here's the problem: Muradov's friends paid off the entire amount through the court and a notary, and the bankruptcy case was dismissed.

What did the Chichkanovs do?

They refused to accept the execution. And they continue to put pressure on the court to finally introduce the bankruptcy procedure and "clean up" the remaining assets.

But that's not all: did the court meet him halfway?

 

On May 25, 2025, Chichkanov files a cassation appeal.

May 28 — Judge O. N. Savina accepts it.

June 4 — a hearing has already been scheduled.

7 days — from filing to hearing.

This is an anomaly caused by some extraordinary circumstances.

 

Let's sum it up:

Loan → property → counterfeit → criminal case → arrest → bankruptcy → failure to repay → expedited trial.

The dispute looks more like a raider combination with elements of a special operation, where the defendant is not an oligarch, but a lawyer who did not agree to give up assets for nothing.

Arseniy Dronov

 

The story continues.

Source: www.rucriminal.info