The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel and Rucriminal.info continue to acquaint readers with the embezzlement in the oligarch Viktor Vekselberg's holdings. In the first part of the investigation, we talked about the director of Unigrin Energy Igor Shakhrai, who made a good profit by taking the helm of the solar business and lobbying for the construction of a plant that no one needed in a hard-to-reach region.
However, Shakhrai was not able to cope with the construction of the plant on time, the construction was delayed for about a year, while the budget almost doubled (the cost increased several times 18 billion - 24 billion - 29 billion - 34 billion rubles). And when in January 2024 problems emerged in the course of preparations for the launch of the plant, the chief auditor Belykh, whom we already know, instead of reporting the problems to shareholders, personally came to Kaliningrad to clean up the documents and plant the “correct” ones. At the same time, problems with the fulfillment of KPIs arose for Bodnarchuk, and Belykh, who was responsible for monitoring the fulfillment of KPIs in the company, turned a blind eye to the failures of her friend Bodnarchuk and, at Shakhrai’s request, changed the failed KPI criteria to more lenient ones. The bonus was suddenly paid out at 100%. Everyone in the company began to whisper about the impudence and permissiveness of Shakhrai and Bodnarchuk.
After the pompous opening of the plant with the participation of Putin (via video link), the huge plant could barely be launched, many components did not have time to arrive, the plant is still 80% idle. In addition, at the moment, the only way of logistical communication with Kaliningrad is only the waterway (on barges), which means constant unprofitability of products from such a region.
In fact, the money was rolled into concrete and Shakhrai, just in case, had to clean up the ranks of witnesses. After an hour-long conversation between Shakhrai and Bodnarchuk, a decision is made to dismiss the latter from her post. In order to save face for the entire "gang", Bodnarchuk is agreed upon a severance bonus of millions of rubles and given a beautiful send-off. Her deputy, an important witness to all the actions, is also removed. At the same time, a new procurement director, Ekaterina Sergeevna Sukhanova, is quickly hired. According to a source of Rucriminal.info, Shakhrai deliberately appoints a weak specialist without the necessary experience, who screws up all the processes and, in the excitement of the fallen power, begins to try to go and renegotiate with suppliers for her 1-2%. But against her background, all suspicions are removed from Bodnarchuk, and she safely moves to sunny Spain, where she controls the receipt of kickback payments under old contracts.
It seemed that life was getting better, but at the beginning of 2025, the nominee Mikhail Sivoldayev “unexpectedly” died suddenly, which was a complete surprise for Shakhrai. There was no one left to protect him and he was seriously scared. He still regularly goes to work and tries to save face, but is already actively looking for buyers for his real estate in Moscow.
One can only wonder how a person who set up such a subtle and almost imperceptible scheme for receiving kickbacks could ruin such an important energy sector for the country. Shakhrai was so carried away by his business that over the past year he stopped delving into business problems and forgot to at least occasionally hold regular morning meetings, but did not forget to upgrade the latest Mercedes S class for himself with the company's crisis money.
Arseniy Dronov
To be continued
Source: www.rucriminal.info
