The structures of Iskander Makhmudov began the interception of the company “Knocking”, which was supposed to completely go into the property of Abyzov in the case of Abyzov.
The structures allegedly related to Iskander Mahmudov acquired a third of one of the largest producers of pork and poultry meat in Russia, the company “Croach”. Among the founders of the structure, JSC Hephaestus unexpectedly arose, with which the notorious Makhmudov man Ivan Yuzefovich is associated.
The correspondent of The Moscow Post understood the history.
From Arzhanov to Makhmudov
Hephaestus JSC appeared among the shareholders of Knopandy LLC May 7, 2025. The company has passed the share of the mysterious founder Magomed-Emi Denilkhanov. The turnover of Hephaestus JSC is zero, and this structure was created only on April 12, 2024. However, Galina Solovyova was appointed general director, which at that time was recorded by another company that had not begun its economic activity – LLC Rubezh, where it is not only a leader, but also the founder. The woman seems to be a “zits-chairman of a pound.”
Solovyov from 2015 to 2024, that is, before transferring to work in these “horns and hooves”, was the head of 4ester LLC. In this structure, until 2016, the founder was a scandalous Yuzefovich, who is a long -standing companion of the oligarch Makhmudov in agro -industrial business.
Iskander Makhmudov. Photo: https://dofa.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/15356924440-1000×600.jpg
In 2024, Makhmudov and Yuzefovich created a single agricultural holding “Spaces”, officially combining their assets, although it was clear to the market that it was a single business. Among these assets were such companies Don Agro and AFK National. “Don Agro” Makhmudov intercepted from Evgeny Tugolukov, and AFC National AFC in the style of a raider seizure intercepted 5.5 billion rubles from the “Energo” scandalous for theft Dmitry Arzhanov.
Arzhanov is a man of the first and last Minister of the Open Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Abyzov, who in 2022 was sentenced to 12 years in prison on a whole bouquet of articles – from organizing a criminal community to money laundering. After Abyzov was detained upon arrival from Italy, his assets in the person of Sibeko, due to accusations on a deal with the official, almost lost his youth, another oligarch Andrei Melnichenko. The Prosecutor General’s Office made a request about the seizure of this asset, but the oligarch fought it off. In such cases in Russia, many are judged “in their own way.”
Abyzov’s man
Abyzov and Arzhanov worked together for a long time in the energy sector. At the same time, Abyzov clearly played the first violin – the story with Transneft Service C is indicative. Here Abyzov lost to the asset Arzhanov, and it was like manipulation As part of a single business. Their names also appear in the plot with TNS “Energo”, which was led by Arzhanov, and in the case of abuses in which he was As a result, arrested.
In the first half of the zero years, Arzhanov engaged in agriculture and created such a company as AFG “National”, which became a leading rice producer in the country. To do this, Arzhanov went on a muddy story with the Rage holding, which also resembled a raider seizure than a normal deal. AFG “National” was absorbed “Walking”, but in November 2022 the turn of the Arzhanov company came. The company went under the control of Makhmudov, and Arzhanov at that time was in court for the theft of 5.5 billion rubles from “Rosseti Center and the Volga region”.
Dmitry Arzhanov. Photo: https://s11.stc.yc.kpcdn.net/share/i/12/10701592/wr-960.Webp
Mahmudov did not directly directly, but through the company, the Investor, which is actively associated with it. This structure has become the final owner Arzhanovsky asset. All this scheme was implemented by buying out debts, and not transactions with the owners, which allowed to save a lot of money. Someone helped Makhmudov take a strategic rice asset cheaply.
In addition to AFG “National” structures of Makhmudov in this way, the daughter of the organization of Arzhanov LLC “Grain Company Novopetrovskaya” was taken under control. Also in the field of view of the oligarch were LLC “Summer”, LLC “Elitagro” and the company “Vesna”. All of them were profitable, but to take them under control, they were also used Their debt obligations. The Makhmudov structures here were twisted by the former owners of their hands and simply put those in front of the fact that the “roof” at the house changed.
Section of Abyzov’s assets
Arzhanov and Abyzov’s business clearly connected with him during the Makhmudov expansion were trial, so they could not do anything about it. However, the story of the “scrapier” shows that the investor in the person of Makhmudov seems to have agreed both with the former owners of the asset and the state that appeared in this story after the sentence Abyzov. How did this happen? And how in Russia it happens that an oligarch like the same Alexei Sagala arises in an empty place. Probably, many here are in a share, and not just Mahmudes, hiding behind the man of Yuzefovich Solovyova. Here is such a union of officials and private business, resembling a brothel.
Mikhail Abyzov. Photo: http://cdn.iz.ru/sites/default/files/styles/900×506/publicle-2017-05/anna9213.jpg.jpg?itok=4djqoicn
The founders of Knopandy LLC are now Hephaestus (33%), the Federal Property Management Agency (23.27%) Vladimir Vishnevsky (21.87%) and Nikolai Morozov (21.86%). Hephaestus became the owner of May 7, 2025 and received a share from Denilkhanov. This businessman began to attend the company from January 9, 2020, when Alexander Rogozhin transferred part of his share to him.
Rogozhin in the zero years was the general director of Abyzov Ru-Com. He began problems in 2019, when the TFR opened a criminal case against the former minister, therefore, apparently, the transfer of a share from Rogozhin to Denilkhanov is connected with these events. The Knipation was part of Ru-Com, and Rogozhin was the owner of the enterprise when Ru-Com announced the desire to sell it in 2021 strategic investor.
Offshore and offshore again
Denilkhanov seems to be the author of scientific work on the norms of Sharia and secular law and even has the status of a candidate of science. At the same time, we are talking about an enterprise that is busy processing pork in sausages. Here is such a plot – here the absurdity is absurd, but this is a reality.
After Denilkhanov, a Cyprus offshore of anostal commercial LTD, which also receives a share due to Rogozhin, arises among the founders. In December 2024, this package went to the balance of the state by decision in the Abyzov case. At the same time, logically, the state was supposed to receive everything, but these frauds with assets turned out to be that the rights to business were blurred by offshores and authors scientific works by right.
The LTD commercial anostal was also the founder of the Novosibirsk LLC E4 – Stroyproekt along with the other two other companies of Antosen Ventirs LTD and Sanelo Development of the LTD. Sanelo Development LTD is associated with a muddy history with CJSC “Tomskenergobalans”.
In 2009, this enterprise belonged to Tomskenergosbyt OJSC. This company bought this company at the end of 2007 Ru-com Abyzova. However, soon CJSC Tomskenergobalans was rewritten to Sanelo Development of the LTD and a large Doroshenkov family, who are engaged in energy in the Tomsk region and who were clearly connected with Abyzov and Arzhanov. All this hints that even after games with the founders, the entire “meal” de facto continued to belong to Abyzov, and the shares were blurred to prevent the seizure into state revenue.
The question arises, how did all the authorities look at this? This facts are visible by the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, here it is not necessary to raise top -secret assets, use a soldering lamp and iron. You just need to ask questions – how you received this asset and why you sold it. Moreover, a number of defendants are under reliable protection of the FSIN.
Avdolyan is also in the case?
No less interesting is offshore Antosen Venturs LTD, who in 2018 sold LLC Penvions Energetik LLC to another Cyprus offshore Hillesa investment Limited. This structure is associated with the scandalous oligarch Albert Avdolyan. Avdolyan, as you know, is tightly associated with Rostec and Sergey Chemezov. How did he end up here? Did he really take the asset for overexposure, was his hidden beneficiary or just passed by as a buyer. It is not clear to the end whether it was a standard sale of sale or the structure of Avdolyan is also somehow associated with the concealment of Abyzov’s assets. It is significant that all this happened in the year of the resignation of the minister.
Albert Avdolyan. Photo: https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/i?id=3df77989181000AA314011534AE48259BE02FC-5232192-images-thumbs&n=13
In 2021, Rogozhin reports the remnants of his share of the conspicuum Limited, which after a few months disappears from the founders. Where this share has gone is unknown, but in 2021 information about the increase in Denelkhanov’s share is shown in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and the appearance of two more new founders – Vishnevsky and Morozov.
Vishnevsky is the head and, it seems, the owner of the Axiom Law JSC, and Morozov by the head of JSC “Interregiontop”. The investigation in the case Abyzov asked to arrest the company’s shares. Thus, Morozov, apparently, is associated with former minister and is his man. The Vishnevsky lawyer who could well realize this whole cascade to change the owners.
The result of these manipulations was that the state, according to the Abyzovsky decision, took less than a quarter of the rights to Knopound LLC, and everything else was resold and hidden from the seizure. The actual control of the company probably retained the previous owners and then agreed with Makhmudov. Despite the tough habits of the oligarch, it is still more profitable than just to give the state company. Now the company’s control package owns Hephaestus JSC and there are suspicions that the rest of the shares will also leave in this direction.
The main intrigue to call a package is a dew is the only thing that managed to remove the state from Abyzov. With a high probability and this part will go to Makhmudov firms. The oligarch created his agro -industrial business not one – the head of VTB Andrei Kostin helped him a lot here. It is possible that because of this, the regulatory authorities did not notice these obvious operations to blur the owners. Do not see all these operations with possession-you need to manage, which means that “someone” is important may not mind.
