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Nikita Mazepin, after a series of scandals with drunken and drug-fueled parties, beating up girls, publicly distanced himself from old friends, and is clearly trying to gain the trust of a more "reliable" company. Relatively recently (judging by the publication of joint photos), the son of oligarch Dmitry Mazepin began shooting with Pavel Torgashov - another hero of the VChK-OGPU publications, the son of the chief security officer of the investment holding "Finam" and a friend of another son of his father and son-in-law of the criminal billionaire Skoch, Evgeny Manturov. All this, according to the plan of Nikita Mazepin and his team, should form a positive image of an athlete and businessman (the father periodically takes his son with him to various official events), replacing the image of a rich rake with sadistic inclinations who is not indifferent to alcohol and substances, which he continues to be. Dmitry Mazepin sees Nikita as his successor. What can Mazepin Jr. inherit? Rucriminal.info is trying to figure it out.

Dmitry Mazepin has been involved in scandals related to the takeover of the Togliattiazot enterprise for almost 15 years. During this time, other unsightly facts about Mazepin's activities have surfaced, characterizing him as an outright raider. Various sources have written a lot about this.

 

The oligarch's "roof" is considered to be the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov, who since 2014 headed the board of directors of PJSC Uralkali, previously owned by Mazepin. Since 2023, this position has been occupied by Dmitry Osipov, Chemezov's supervisor for Dmitry Mazepin's business. Osipov headed Uralkali from 2013 to 2020. In 2021-2023. was the CEO of PJSC VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation, of which Rostec is a shareholder, and since 2016, he has been a member of the board of JSC UCC Uralchem, which was then owned by Mazepin.

 

High patronage has made Dmitry Mazepin untouchable. Neither Uralchem, nor Uralkali, nor Togliattiazot publish financial statements in open sources. The current owners of these enterprises are also not indicated. This is allowed on the Russian market only for large state-owned companies - Roscosmos or Rostec, but not private ones. Concealing the beneficiaries of Mazepin's former structures and their financial results indicates that the oligarch's business is inextricably linked with the Russian government.

 

This was confirmed by the appointment of Dmitry Mazepin in November last year as the head of the Russian Water Sports Federation (FWSR). In December, Mazepin took the position of vice president The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), headed by the Minister of Sports, former Governor of Khabarovsk Krai Mikhail Degtyarev.

 

The vice-presidents of the ROC also included Oleg Belozerov, head of Russian Railways, Petr Fradkov, chairman of the board of Promsvyazbank, which is the backbone of the Russian military-industrial complex, oligarchs Gennady Timchenko and Arkady Rotenberg. The composition of the vice-presidential team speaks for itself - a person alien to the Russian government would definitely not be allowed there.

 

In November 20023, Dmitry Mazepin lost a court case that upheld sanctions against the oligarch. By that time, Mazepin had transferred his assets to the top management of his enterprises, but the European Court still considered the oligarch a source of income for the Russian government.

Apparently, Dmitry Mazepin decided that sports would eventually help lift the sanctions. The choice of sports federation for Dmitry Mazepin was not accidental. In March 2023, the International Swimming Federation allowed Russian swimmers to compete in competitions with a neutral status. Since November last year, athletes have been able to take part in relay races. This became known on November 20, and on November 22, Dmitry Mazepin took over as the head of the FVVSR, becoming a sports functionary.

With his new position, the oligarch Mazepin wants to disown his raider past, but this is unlikely to happen.

 

Today, according to open sources, Dmitry Mazepin is penniless. The revenue of his companies in 2023 amounted to 20 million rubles, profit - 7.9 million rubles. However, Forbes magazine estimated the businessman's fortune at $2.4 billion in 2024. In 2021, it was only $800 million, in 2023 - $2.8 billion. The pro-Kremlin oligarch was one of those who got rich sharply after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Mazepin failed to hide his financial flows; he still controls the work of his former enterprises.

 

According to official media, after being subject to sanctions, Dmitry Mazepin sold 52% of his shares in Uralchem ​​BHK LLC, which was the owner of Uralchem ​​UCC JSC, on March 10. On March 14, Dmitry Konyaev and Dmitry Tatyanin became co-owners of Uralchem ​​BHK LLC, but on March 26, their shares were transferred to Azotprom Holding LLC and Kamskie Investitsii LLC, created on March 23. The founder of both companies was Dmitry Konyaev. On March 30, both LLCs left the assets of LLC "BKH "Uralkhim" and now its founder is Dmitry Mazepin and two persons hidden according to Federal Law No. 129. Most likely, these are Konyaev and Tatyana. It is unclear why two companies appeared in the founders for a week, which still do not conduct any activity oh activities.

 

Until July 2021, the shareholders of JSC URALCHEM were the Cypriot offshore companies CI-CHEMICAL INVEST LIMITED and ACF-AGROCHEM FINANCE LIMITED. Money could have been withdrawn to them, because in 2019, Uralchem's profit amounted to 50 billion rubles with revenue of 78 billion, in 2020, with revenue of 83 billion rubles, the loss amounted to 46 billion rubles. It is impossible to explain such a drop in profit - more than 90 billion rubles per year.

 

The first offshore is headed by director Dmitry Bayramov and secretary Elena Gudeleva, in the second, Lilia Merenkova has been added to the position of director. Bayramov and her are directors of URALCHEM HOLDING P.L.C., Gudeleva is the secretary of TAMMULOGIS LIMITED and URALCHEM HOLDING P.L.C. Uralchem's billions should be sought in these companies.

 

According to the audit data published in March 2024, the net asset value of JSC UCC URALCHEM is 112.2 billion rubles, a year earlier it was 94 billion rubles, and as of April 1, 2022 - only 27 billion rubles, in 2021 - minus 108 billion rubles, a year earlier 62.8 billion rubles. Over the year, the value of net assets fell by 170 billion rubles. It is not surprising that JSC UCC URALCHEM hides its financial statements.

 

In March 2022, Dmitry Mazepin allegedly ceased to control Uralkali. In March 2024, the company reported a 9-fold drop in profit for 2023. The company hides its financial statements, but it is possible to analyze the work of its subsidiaries. JSC Solikamskstroy, which is engaged in construction, has been operating without profit since 2019, with a loss of more than 260 million rubles during this time. LLC Vodokanal, which collects, purifies and distributes water, has only been in the black since 2017 in 2022. LLC Silvinit-Transport ended 2023 with a loss of 138 million rubles. The money can be withdrawn to JSC UCC Uralchem, which has owned PJSC Uralkali since 2020.

 

The value of Uralkali's net assets at the end of September 2024 is 212.1 billion rubles. In March 2022, it was 114.3 billion rubles. Over 2.5 years since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the growth in asset value was almost 97%.

 

The founders of JSC ToAZ (Togliattiazot), for which Dmitry Mazepin fought for a long time, apparently also belong to JSC UCC Uralchem, since at the end of December last year, Dmitry Tatyanain gave a long interview to one of the leading official Russian publications about the future of the enterprise. Since 2021, the position of its general director has been occupied by Anatoly Shablinsky, who previously headed JSC Voskresenskie Mineralnye Udobreniya, which until 2023 belonged to JSC UCC Uralchem.

JSC ToAZ has not published financial statements since 2020. The value of the company's net assets is 252.1 billion rubles. February 2022, it was 176.8 billion rubles. The company, like the rest of Dmitry Mazepin's assets, got rich from the war with Ukraine.

 

Dmitry Mazepin's enterprises supply products to Russian military factories, so it's surprising where the oligarch got the nerve to sue for the lifting of sanctions. Ammonium nitrate is used to produce ammunition for the Grad, Tornado, and Smerch MLRS. Nitric acid and sodium nitrate are used to make explosives, while potassium nitrate and acid melange are needed by gunpowder factories. The growth in the value of Dmitry Mazepin's assets indicates that the state is generously paying for products for the defense industry working for the advancing country.

 

Denis Zhirnov

 

To be continued

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