Panama leak: the business of Egorov and the creator of Muslim social network
On Sunday evening, on the website of offshore database offshoreleaks.icij.org, collected by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, there appeared the information about 2229 Russian citizens connected with offshore companies. The listed people are called as 'employees' and 'owners-clients'. As Realnoe Vremya found out, in the database there are representatives of Tatarstan and Tatarstan business.
Tatar oil in offshore 'panama'
In total, the database has the records of 6235 companies related to Russia, and 5534 records with Russian addresses. There are not many records related to Tatarstan directly – only 11 records: six addresses in Kazan, two addresses in Naberezhnye Chelny, two — in Almetyevsk, one — in Nizhnekamsk. Some 'Tatarstan citizens' are even found in the companies not related to Russian companies directly.
Tatneftis the largest representative of Tatarstan in the 'Panama records'. According to the published documents, the representatives of the company are the beneficiaries of two offshore companies: Leen Holding S.A., Lenox Holdings Ltd. And both companies are linked to each other: Leen Holding S. A. is a shareholder in Lenox Holdings Ltd. Both are registered in Seychelles in October of 2004. However, any mention of these companies in any transactions of Tatneft is failed to be found.
Also, the document also mentions a company with the name of Tatneft — TATNEFT CAPITAL LTD. It was registered in October of 2006. The direct link with Tatneft PJSC in the documents has not been revealed.
KAMAZ has business with Turkmenbashi through offshore companies
In the documents, there is also the company KAMAZ FTC Corp., registered in 2006 through the British Virgin Islands. In media, this company appeared as the official dealer of KAMAZ in Turkmenistan. So, in 2014, it became known that Turkmenistan will purchase 1492 units of trucks and special equipment KAMAZ through this company, as well as the spare parts to them at the amount of $125 million.
KAMAZ FTC Corp., in its turn, is a subsidiary of ZAO FOREIGN TRADE COMPANY KAMAZ, registered in Naberezhnye Chelny.
Also, in the documents there are two companies with similar names Kamaz FTC SK Ltd. and KAMAZ FTC and Int. Ltd. Both are registered in the British Virgin Islands on the addresses of mass registration, so it is almost impossible to trace their connection.
After the first publication of 'Panama records' it became known that one of the major shareholders of KAMAZ (Avtoinvest Ltd) was previously under the unknown Panamanian offshore – Avto Holdings Ltd. 15% of this unknown offshore company through the company Sonnette Overseas belonged to a cellist Sergey Roldugin, who, in his turn, was called as a close friend of Vladimir Putin.
Oilers and a сommunist-entrepreneur namesake
In addition to KAMAZ, in the automotive city Naberezhnye Chelny you can also find another offshore company from the British Virgin Islands — GARUEL SERVICES, INC. The owner is Zinnat Khusnullin. In Naberezhnye Chelny, there is a person named Zinnat Khusnullin, a businessperson, the chairperson of the Board of Directors of the credit cooperative Credit Center. His name became known in 2013 when he was elected as the leader of the Communists of the automotive city.
Another person involved from the automotive capital of Tatarstan — is a trustee of the trust MUNBANK — an American subsidiary of HSBC Bank (in the documents as Republic National Bank of New York), which is registered on Shamil Usmanov Street. This trust is owned by another offshore company — RIVANHALL LIMITED, where the beneficiary is Standard Bank Trust Company (Isle of Man). In other words, everywhere there are puzzles.
Also, in the Panamanian documents there is the oil capital of Tatarstan: in Almetyevsk there is registered HIGH BURNSIDE LIMITED. It's address — Shevchenko Street, 9a — coincides with the address of Tatnefteotdacha PJSC, which is a part of the capital oil company Alliance. The owner/registrar of the company — an Angela Wilson.
The traces of Ak Bars
In the documents you can find the traces of the activities of Ak Bars Bank. Among the records there is AK BARS Investments Corporation, registered in January of 2006 in the same British Virgin Islands. It is listed as the main shareholder of the company ZAO IK AK BARS Finance, registered in Moscow and, according to its official website, is a subsidiary of Ak Bars Bank. Another company, that has in its title the phrase 'Ak Bars' — MIDHALL AK BARS Ltd. (it is also from the Virgin Islands) — the direct connection with ABB or Ak Bars holding has not been traced.
Valery Egorov — a namesake of the brother of Ivan Egorov (the head of Ak Bars holding) and a former top manager in different structures of 'ABH' — appears in the documents as a co-owner of two offshore companies registered in the British Virgin Islands: Brand & Business Limited (works since December of 2005) and Vello Corporation (since May of 2007). By the way, in the latter the owner is also Rail Khusnullin – a namesake of Ivan Yegorov's adviser and ex-head of Ak Bars Torg.
Kazan streets in 'Panama'
In the fresh portion of the leaks, there are offshore companies connected with Kazan. The database recorded six Kazan addresses.
ORDABASY SHRAKAT LIMITED, registered on Adelya Kutuya Street, 46-205, belongs to SalamWorld Corp. The latter is the operator/owner of the project Muslim social network, which was initiated by the former State Duma deputy Abdul-Vahed Niyazov. By the way, in the Panamanian Papers, he is as one of the beneficiaries of ORDABASY SHRAKAT LIMITED.
The second company from the British Virgin Islands — PETROTI LIMITED — registered on Voennaya Street, 30-2. The owner — a Alexandr Mijalchenko. According to the SPARK service, only two companies — Partner+ PLC (the production of aircrafts, including spacecrafts) and AVIA ENGINEERING PLC (the specialization — the scientific research and experimental developments in the field of Natural Sciences and Engineering, the winner of the the tender of the Kazan State Technical University at 7 million rubles in 2012) – are registered on this address among the companies with Russian jurisdiction. The founder of both of them — Dvoeglazov Valery Vyacheslavovich.
Another 'Kazan' offshore company— ACCELONIC LTD — registered on Dubravnaya Street, 54/3-22. It is also from the British Virgin Islands and its owner — LINDA HAIGHT.
To the Kazan offshore locations can be added Minsk Street. Here, in the house №20 in the apartment 48 it is registered ENTRUST CAMA BERNARD HIRSH IRA and GUANGYE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED. The founder and holder of the latter is a ZHAO ZHI XIN. The holder of ENTRUST CAMA BERNARD HIRSH IRA is PORTONES DEL MAR INVESTORS INC.
Shurtygina Street (in the source — Shurygina) is also in the list of offshore companies. Here it is registered RIMM TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP (British Virgin Islands). The registrar — MR ALEX SCHIABELLO.