The scandals continue at the Togliattiazot plant. After the trial, the former head of the plant Dmitry Mezhedov, the former head of the plant, fell under the judgment and the interception of the control of the Uralhim by the Uralhim. The Moscow Post correspondent in the Samara region was versed in the ups and downs of the plot.
The Komsomolsky District Court of Togliatti sentenced the former head of Togliattiazot Dmitry Mezheedov and three heads of contracting organizations – Magomed Shishkhanov, Ruslan Bagaudinov and Lydia Kotvenko. The authority has considered the case since November 2023, and all the defendants have been on the international wanted list.
In the zero years, Togliattiazot concluded three fictitious contracts for the construction of facilities and the provision of consulting services and made the sale of land plots at a low price, the need for which the plant had no.
Mezheedov suffered for zero
The main character here is Mezheedov, the rest of the defendants in the case were enriched, but played a driven role. The events that were discussed took place in 2013-2019 before Mezheedov headed Togliattiazot, therefore, perhaps this is not the last composition of the accusation against the former top manager.
Dmitry Mezheedov. Photo: https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6835945
Mezheedov came to Togliatti from Rosatom as a valuable Moscow specialist for very good conditions and salary He was subjected to criticism long before the arrest, so the accusations made against Mezheedov did not surprise anyone, but he cannot be called the central character of stories directly related to “Togliattiazot”.
History leads to Mahlays
In 2019, the Togliatti court found Vladimir and Sergei Makhlaya and several other people guilty of emitting at Togliattiazot 77 billion rubles and damage to the enterprise of 10.7 billion rubles. The father and son of the Tregles received an absentee sentence, because they have long been hidden abroad.
Vladimir Makhlai headed Togliattiazot back in 1985 in the year of Gorbachev’s arrival to power and in the “era of democracy” managed to take control of the enterprise. His son, Sergey, from 2011 to 2017 held the post of head of the board of directors of Togliattiazot OJSC. The family’s problems began after in 2008 Dmitry Mazepin, whose claims formed the basis of the criminal case against the Makhlaev, entered the “Uralhim” shareholders of the enterprise.
Vladimir Mahlai. Photo: https://www.forbes.ru/milliardery/377165-multimillioner-sergey-mahlay-stal-figo-ugolovnogo-dlava
“Uralhim” and its beneficiary complained to the investigation of the sale of products at low prices, withdrawal at underestimated prices of the enterprise’s assets and tax failure. All this amounted to the charges in 2019 In fraud. As a result of the perennials, the head of the enterprise from 2019 to 2022 was listed Mesheedov, who now, like the Mahlai, was condemned in absentia and is hidden in an unknown place abroad.
Mazepine is the head of everything
In 2021, Mazepin divorced a violent activity to intercept control over “Togliattiazot” And he achieved his own. In November, all five seats in the Council of Directors of the enterprise were taken by representatives of Uralhim, and the meeting on this occasion was initiated by the decision Arbitration Court. This happened, despite the fact that Uralhim remained the Togliattiazot minority shareholder and owned only 10% of the company’s shares at the end of 2021.
Dmitry Mazepin. Photo: https://www.forbes.ru/milliardery/374975-povtornyy-start-mazepin-vdet-peregovory-o-pokupke-komandy-formly-1
The situation resembled a disassembly of Texas cowboys somewhere in the desert in the Wild West. In the evening after the meeting of the board of directors of Togliattiazot, he was detained. O. The General Director of the enterprise Andrei Bobkov, who previously wrote statements about attempts by the power seizure of the plant, including the involvement of riot police and the Russian Guard. By the way, they took it on the day under guard. It is significant, but the British court in the decision of Mazepin described the businessman as a corporate Raider.
Mahlai were squeezed abroad, and Mazepine began to steer one of the world’s largest ammonia manufacturers, carbon dioxide and urea. Further more – February 18, 2022 six days before his start, Mazepin bought 38.74% of the enterprise’s shares on the tender that previously belonged to Sergey Mahla. This became possible after the entrepreneur was declared bankrupt based on the results of the 2019 sentence, initiated precisely by Uralhim and Mazepin.
Mazepin and “Grain Trace”
So, for several years, Mazepin took Togliattiazot under his control in order to make a profit from the export of his products. Attempts by opponents to outplay Mazepine due to transactions with offshore companies from Cyprus and UAE They were unsuccessfulBut the entrepreneur did not rejoice for long, all his plans fell apart like a card house.
The ammonium “Togliatti – Odessa”. Photo: https://darminaopel.ru/full_img/65cb87b742659df3b3c04ab0/3
On February 24, 2022, it began, and the export of Togliattiazot was covered with a copper basin. It is not a matter of Western sanctions, but that the enterprise carried out entering the foreign market through the Togliatti -Odessa ammonium, which Kyiv blocked. The Uralhim in the spring of that year fell into a real financial storm and even tried to recoup on the employees of the Togliatti enterprise, Reducing them salaries.
Mazepin began to feverishly lobby in the Kremlin “Agreement” with Ukraine under the auspices of a grain transaction, when Kyiv receives the right to export its grain from the elevators of Odessa, Black Sea and Nikolaev in exchange for a number of obligations, including the launch of the Togliatti -Odessa ammonia. In fact, this was an agreement between Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs. For this, Mazepin met with the President of the Russian Federation and eventually achieved his own. The grain transaction was signed, but, of course, was not made by the Ukrainian side.
The result of this was that Kyiv received time to create military infrastructure in the Odessa region for launching cruise missiles, UAVs and sea drones. It seems that this became possible, including thanks to the lobbying of the Mazepa gesheft in Togliatti.
Mazepine style
Interestingly, Mezheedov steamed Togliattiazot as Gender until July 2021, and then in the Council of Directors. After that, a cat ran between him and Mazepin, and the manager recalled his sins in the tenth years. The tactics were previously run in a pressure on the Makhlaev, which ended with the transition of Togliattiazot under control of Uralhim and the redemption of its shares for a catchy price.
This episode is not the only case of dubious receipt of assets where Mazepin’s name is mentioned. Characteristic is the plot with the Meterfax Kemikals, the decision on the nationalization of which has proposed Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Togliattihimbank is involved here, where Mazepin has its own interest. True, after the story with the ammacoqueria and the consequences of this, all these are trifles for the zone.
