Finance Minister Anton Siluanov opposes Nikolai Tokarev for the sake of Igor Sechin?
As it became the other day, the correspondent of The Moscow Post knows, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation proposed to raise the tax for the transneft oil company. And in the near future, the State Duma will be sent to increase the income tax rate for Transneft PJSC to 40%.
And while the head of Transneft, Nikolai Tokarev, drinks heart drops, the owner of the Rosneft NK Igor Sechin is rather rubbing his hands.
But it seems that the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, who had a kind of “war” with the head of Transneft, the Major General of the FSB in retired Tokarev, can also drink heart drops. And this “war” was fierce. But Mr. Siluanov somehow had some “roughness” in communication with the head of Rosneft Sechin, however, they had already stepped on no. And the Minister of Finance now bypasses the formidable figure of Mr. Sechin, but again “jumps” on the owner of PJSC Transneft.
How can these “jumps” end?
Siluanov and Sichin against Tokarev
Particularly interesting near -reflected events unfolded in mid -2019.
In the highest echelon of the Russian authorities, the conflict broke out around the reckoning for dirty oil: due to the hit of a huge amount of dichloroetan, the main export oil pipeline of Russia – “Friendship” turned out to be polluted.
The Minister of Energy (at that time) Alexander Novak estimated the damage from the actions of attackers at $ 100 million.
Alexander Novak. Photo: https://s0.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/media/img/6/89/756758424708896.jpg
More details: at the end of April 2019, the Belarusian company Belneftekhim announced the supply of polluted oil from Russia, in which a high concentration of organic chlorides was discovered. After that, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia stopped the export of light oil products.
The source of pollution was found in the section of the Samara -Uncha oil pipeline.
But the spoiled goods went abroad on the trunk pipeline, which is responsible for Transneft.
The head of the pipeline state monopoly, Nikolai Tokarev, announced the fundamental readiness to pay compensation, but insisted on thorough trial (according to some, he simply pulled time).
This approach was not arranged by Rosneft. Sechin’s company acted as the victim, and twice: as a consignor and as a consignee. After all, she not only exported the produced oil through pipelines, but was also a co -owner of the German oil refinery. This refinery worked for Russian raw materials.
Oil pipeline “Friendship”. Photo: https://cdn.iz.ru/sites/default/files/styles/900×506/public/news-2022-08/tass_426061.jpg?itok=t6pv5db8
The Minister of Finance Siluanov irritably and rudely speaks about the “jambs” of Transneft, and Igor Sechin in a letter to the Government of the Russian Federation asked to put a “transneft” on the issue of compensation …
And Sechin also sent a letter to the smoking heifer Dmitry Kozak “with a request to accelerate the decision to compensate for the losses of Russian oil producers from pollution of raw materials by chlorides in the Druzhba oil pipeline.
But Transneft gave a tough rebuff. The company’s press secretary Igor Demin said that attempts to earn on compensation are unacceptable. It is like a cemetery business to make money for misfortune. I wrote about this Forbes.
But the head of Transneft Tokarev actually assigned part of the responsibility for insufficient quality control in the Druzhba oil pipeline.
How to explain such fearlessness Tokarev, who challenged Sechin?
Nikolai Tokarev. Photo: https://cdn-storage-media.tass.ru/resize/976×648/tass_Media/2022/03/11/l/1646993129145350_lyd3rn9j.jpg
Perhaps the fact that the Major General of the FSB retired, heading Transneft since 2007, worked in the Dresden residency of the KGB along with Putin in the 1980s?
But Transneft will have to pay compensation for another state -owned company (Rosneft), as well as exporters in the regional (Tatneft) and private property.
But who and how will pay compensation for the damage? It was this issue that caused a violent discussion between Transneft and the Ministry of Finance.
Sechin informs Putin to Siluanov
But the scandal between Tokarev and Siluanov, as in the same, 2019, has not yet ended, a new one broke out: the head of Rosneft Sichin rolled “Balon” at the Minister of Finance Siluanov because of the moratorium on the extensions for oil workers. Sichin continued to stubbornly seek benefits of 2.6 trillion rubles for projects in the Arctic, therefore, in August 2019, Mr. Sechin sends a new letter to Vladimir Putin, who accuses the Ministry of Finance of subjectivity.
According to Sechin, the Ministry of Finance and personally the Minister of Siluanov provide tax benefits exclusively for gas projects of Novatek and Gazprom, but not the project of Sechin “Vostok Oil,” despite the similarity of the conditions. This was reported RBC.
Igor Sechin calls the approach of the Ministry of Finance inconsistent.
Here we must recall that back in July 2019, the Ministry of Finance, due to fears of the emergence of falling budget revenues, proposed to impose a moratorium on new tax benefits for oil fields until the inventory of projects was completed: the introduction of the moratorium was supported by Vladimir Putin.
But for the Arctic, Sechin demanded an exception. In return for benefits with a total volume of 2.6 trillion rubles, Igor Sechin promised to invest in the development of Arctic deposits up to 8.5 trillion. rubles.
But the Ministry of Finance blocks Sichin 2.6 trillion. rubles of benefits for the Arctic.
Anton Siluanov. Photo: https://img.gazeta.ru/files3/519/10706519/rian_0311778.hr.ru-pic905-895×505-51555.jpg
The Ministry of Finance considered that it would cost the budget in 200-300 billion rubles in the first years, and later on increasing. Only NPP benefits will turn into losses of 250 billion rubles a year, taking into account the current preferential rate of nonpot for subsoil in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
For the budget, the project creates risks: after all, underflowed taxes may not return in the future, oil can become cheaper, and the demand for it can fall. As a result, only oil workers will remain in the plus, and the state can withdraw under admired income from the population.
New conflict with Siluanov
In November of the past, 2023, the passions were heated again: Igor Sechin publicly prompted the Cabinet of Ministers and the Central Bank.
The day before the reception of Vladimir Putin, Igor Sechin harshly criticized the entire financial block.
According to Sechin, it was the Ministry of Finance and his “ill -conceived decision” that the oil workers provoked the autumn fuel crisis to reduce payments. The Central Bank over the years of sanctions has not established reliable cross -border payments in currencies.
As Mr. Sechin said then, the financial results of Rosneft confirm the effectiveness of the business model, but the company’s work has a great influence on the constant change in the system of industry taxation.
And when in autumn Russia was faced with a fuel deficit, due to which I had to go to extreme measures-a complete ban on export of gasoline, the State Duma of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation crucified: in the fuel crisis, the Government of the Russian Federation, which did not react in a timely change to changes in the world market.
And Igor Sechin harshly criticized the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation – to reduce the damper for the oil workers.
Igor Sechin. Photo: https://cdn5.viewomosti.ru/image/2018/4t/2dk24/original-32x.jpg
The essence of the mechanism is that when export prices are higher than the internal, the budget pays the oil workers the difference in order to continue to supply fuel within the country.
In April 2023, Anton Siluanov said that the damper goes to the margin for oil companies. And he suggested halving the amount of payments. This was reported “Vedomosti”.
On September 1, adjustments entered into force and had to operate until the end of 2026. The budget – as expected – will save almost 30 billion rubles monthly. But a month later, the Cabinet had to return the previous parameters of the damper against the background of the fuel deficiency.
“It was the abbreviated damper that led to a deficit,” Sechin said then.
Siluanov remembers the case of Minister Ulyukaev?
Apparently, such sharp “fuckers” of Mr. Sechin to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation do not leave the head of this department in a good mood.
Most likely, Mr. Siluanov is not, no, let him remember the bitter story of the former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, who thundered to prison 6 years after the basket with Sechin sausages treats.
And therefore, if there is a target in the form of PJSC Transneft and General Tokarev, then why not continue to throw “financial” darts into this target?
