Gifts from Putin to Boris Usherovich's subordinates

KUM concern: from Yapnochka to Cyprus and England



At the end of April, Vladimir Putin presented state awards to the workers of the Natsproektstroy company (GK NPS), whose owners are the oligarch Arkady Rotenberg and the scandalous group of companies 1520, which he oversees. One of its owners is fugitive businessman Boris Usherovich, who is on the international wanted list. At the end of last year, the revenue of companies owned by Usherovich amounted to 19 billion rubles. (+45%), profit – 51 billion rubles. (+85%), the value of the businessman’s shares is 17 billion rubles. (+78%). Details - at Rucriminal.info.



Rotenberg could have been the initiator of the raid on the 1520 company in 2019, when large-scale searches took place in it. The owners of “1520” were accused of giving bribes to now ex-Colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko and money laundering. Alexey Krapivin went on the run across Russia, Valery Markelov, who was sentenced to 8 years, but was released from custody due to cancer. In July 2023, Markelov died. Boris Usherovich left for Israel, from where he actively denied information that he had asked for political asylum in England. As a result, Usherovich received political asylum in England and moved to live in Spain.



If we return to the history of “1520”, then Alexey Krapivin, of course, was found in the Russian Federation and he immediately agreed to return to the management of “1520”, however, under the complete control of the Rotenbergs. Under the Rotenbergs, 1520 again began to receive orders from Russian Railways worth tens of billions of rubles. Boris Usherovich still remains one of the co-founders of the company, which means he is involved in everything that happens to it. Usherovich owns 28.3% in Group of Companies 1520 LLC, the rest is owned by General Director Alexey Krapivin. In December 2023, ZPPIF “Armus Capital Platform” (28%) appeared among the founders, it is managed by LLC Management Company “Armus Capital”, Krapivina. It is unknown who else may be hiding behind closed-end mutual funds, since such funds do not disclose their shareholders.

Structures “1520” and “GK NPS” are persistent tax evaders. LLC FSK "Mostootryad-47" as of February 2024 owed 695 million rubles, LLC "Spetssitistroy" - 276 million rubles, LLC "Sinergo" - 177 million rubles, LLC "MTK" - 56 million rubles, LLC " Mostootryad-55 - 54 million rubles, Mostootryad-50 LLC - 49 million rubles, 1520 Signal LLC - 13 million rubles. The total amount of debt exceeds 1.3 billion rubles. However, for some reason, no one is filing criminal cases against the structures headed by Alexey Krapivin.

He is also the general director of JSC DIM, which in 2024 received government orders worth more than 57 billion rubles. Since 2020, DIM has been part of JSC GC NPS, so Boris Usherovich can have a very direct connection to these billions. As well as the debt of Almaz LLC, one of the subsidiaries of DIM, to the tax authorities in the amount of 119 million rubles.

In addition to the 1520 group of companies, Krapivin, together with Usherovich, are shareholders of Interprogressbank (IPB), which was suspected of withdrawing money from Russian Railways. As of 2021, Boris Usherovich controlled the bank through his daughters Sophia and Maria, living in Cyprus, and his wife Elena. Then they owned almost 33% of the bank, Krapivin – 31.8%. At the end of February, the rating agency National Credit Ratings (NCR) raised the credit rating of IPB) from B+.ru to BB-.ru with a “Stable” outlook, so Boris Usherovich is doing well with this business as well.

The son of a fugitive businessman, Kirill Usherovich, also participates in his father’s business - he is the general director of Astra Real Estate LLC, and also owns 6 companies with revenue of 271 million rubles. and a profit of 155 million rubles. in 2023, working in the fields of real estate, software and financial management.

Of particular interest is Altair Real Estate LLC, co-founded by the Cypriot offshore company FELTBURG DIRECTOR LIMITED. The LLC has a “subsidiary” structure - Trovatello Group LLC, which is in the process of liquidation. Until 2017, this company was owned by KUM LLC, named after the names of the founders Krapivin, Usherovich, Markelov. The company created numerous front companies in Cyprus, such as Rogenial Limited, to conduct business with Russian Railways.

As recently written in the Western press, Usherovich’s role was to support the activities of KUM LLC throughout Russia. If a company wanted to purchase real estate or a business, Usherovich recruited members of the Solntsevskaya organized crime group and full-time federal law enforcement officers to forcibly take away the land, assets or business from the owners. Usherovich contacted the bandits through one of the Solntsevsky leaders, Viktor Averin, a good friend of the famous international mafioso Semyon Mogilevich. Their partner was thief in law Vyacheslav Ivankov (Yaponchik). It turns out that Boris Usherovich could be a kind of liaison between the Russian security forces and the criminal world.

In 2022, Trovatello Group LLC was featured in a story with an unfinished sports complex in Krylatskoye, which belonged to the company, but was taken away by a court decision. The new owner of the asset was Ezreal JSC, whose general director is now Roman Mironchik, an old partner of the about the business of Alexey Krapivin. It is not difficult to guess that the sports complex was transferred from one pants pocket to another.

Now Boris Usherovich is trying to create an image for himself in the Western press as a successful businessman and active philanthropist. In April, one of the publications published material about how Usherovich is engaged in charitable activities, supporting educational, social and sports initiatives, including sponsorship of football clubs in Moscow.

Apparently, Usherovich is preparing to return to Russia, but so far, apparently, it is not working out. The fact is that back in 2019, a fugitive businessman asked for political asylum in the UK, saying that for a long time he had to pay large bribes to law enforcement officers in Russia. The Russian authorities really don’t like such revelations, so the return of Usherovich seems problematic. Let him be glad that his business hasn’t been taken away yet.



Denis Zhirnov

To be continued...