Khotin became notorious back in 2017 after the bankruptcy of the Ugra Bank owned by him and the theft of about 200 billion rubles from depositors. This case became the largest insurance event in the history of the Deposit Insurance Agency.
Using the stolen money, Khotin purchased hundreds of real estate properties and deposits in Eastern Siberia. This year, Khotin started a war with the Russian National Guard at the Dulisma oil field, refusing to comply with court decisions to impose interim measures on an oil asset in the Ugra case. Footage has already surfaced on the Internet of over 300 Khotin fighters exchanging fire with law enforcement agencies, throwing grenades at guardsmen, and using Defense Ministry equipment. Fortifications in the form of ditches and parapets were built around the oil fields. While Khotyn militants controlled the field, oil theft continued using alternative pumping systems for oil products.
The fighting and the thefts themselves were coordinated by the ex-general director of NK Dulisma JSC Sergei Savelyev and the illegally appointed general director Sergei Vendel, chief engineer Filimonov and head of the oil field Galimzhanov, head of the security service Vadim Stepanov, head of internal security Oleg Dimitriev, former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Sergei Kanurin . The group actively hid behind the names of the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Council of Russia.
Obviously, an article for organizing a criminal community and a serious sentence are the least that Khotin can now count on.
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