Three doubles of the state security general

How Prigogine instilled a love for doppelgängers




The money from Oboronservis, which billionaire Sergei Amelin regularly received under government contracts, went offshore through duplicate companies. The network of such front companies, tied to the Stroyimpuls empire, was controlled by a group of “lawyers” together with an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mikhail Vatanin, the current eminence grise of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s business empire. In the summer, he headed the security service of the leader of the PMC Wagner; after his death, he remained in the position and began to control the heir, Pavel Prigozhin. Vatanin recently left his post, but retained influence on both the Security Council and Pavel. Continuing the investigation of Rucriminal.info.



Back in the 2000s, Vatanin was involved in camouflage and counterintelligence for Stroyimpuls employees. At that time, the still active police officer, on the instructions of his senior comrades, created a legend (new documents, passports, entries in house books, etc.) for Amelin’s and then Prigozhin’s fighters. His most successful work is the double of the son of one of the founders of the construction company, General Alexander Vasilyevich Semchenkov. This man is well known not only as the head of the State Security Veterans Foundation, but also as a close associate of the all-powerful Anatoly Kurkov, Putin’s former boss, who headed the KGB of Leningrad and the region.

One “double” of Semchenkov Alexander Alexandrovich was “hidden” in Vatanin’s apartment at the address of St. Petersburg, John Reed... Another “double” of Semchenkov Alexander Alexandrovich was also registered there, although he was born in a different year. The man was found in the village of Nikolskoye, Kostroma region, in 2005, in the 70th police department of the Nevsky district, he was given a new passport with St. Petersburg registration, and they led him by hand to register companies for him. All in order to launder money from the defense industry or, for example, withdraw millions of loans. Take, for example, the process between JSCB Lanta-Bank and Stroyimpuls DSK LLC. The court was unable to prove that the line of credit for 8 million rubles was issued under a collateral agreement, which was concluded by “senior Semchenkov,” because “Semchenkov Jr.,” as the founder, did not give consent to this. As a result, dozens of such agreements were terminated, and no one wanted to argue with the son of a KGB general and the most powerful structure of state security veterans.



And Semchenkovs No. 1 and No. 2 have a huge number of such companies. Over time, “double” No. 3 also registered in the apartment on John Reed-8.

As Rucriminal.info found out, in 2008, for his success in camouflaging and controlling the KGB-Amelin network, Mikhail Vatanin also acquired his own piece of the empire in the form of Stroyimpuls DSK-3. Admission to the “family” was under the patronage of the general’s son, with whom the then policeman and criminal investigation officer became friends against the backdrop of a common passion for martial arts. Moreover, many of Semchenko’s veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, FSB, Defense Ministry and GRU vouched for the opera, which successfully controlled the Security Council of such a serious structure. By that time, half of them already formed the backbone of the future Wagner PMC under the leadership of Prigozhin.



Respect and a step to the top had to be earned, and brotherhood had to be sealed with blood. What sensitive tasks did Mikhail Vatanin perform, and who else did the future head of the Wagner security service shelter in one of his apartments? Read on to continue the investigation.

Timofey Grishin

Source: www.rucriminal.info

Curator of Pavel "Prince" Prigozhin

Where did the chief security officer of the PMC leaders Wagner come from?



A source from the VChK-OGPU telegram channel said that the head of the Security Service of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s heir, Pavel Prigozhin, Mikhail Vatanin, left his post. Prigozhin Sr. took Vtanin on the recommendation of a former employee of the Russian Presidential Administration Alexander Smirnov, and soon after that the plane carrying the leader of the Wagner PMC crashed. Vatanin had and still has a strong influence on Pavel Prigozhin, but sources say that the “crown” puts a lot of pressure on the young man’s head and it is becoming increasingly difficult to work with him.



“As soon as Vatanin headed the Security Service, a former Security Service employee, Pasha Nemets, rushed to see Yevgeny Prigozhin. The German told Prigozhin about the distribution of funds behind his back and he gave the command to look into it. OSO (Security Brigade) officers were involved. This situation happened before the eyes of the Prince (Pavel Prigogine) and naturally somehow settled in his fragile brain, which was also under pressure from the crown. Just at that moment the plane fell. The king is dead, long live the king! Prigozhin Jr. decides that it is necessary to kill the “rats” fed by his late father, and begins, so to speak, to “borscht” in communication with his subordinates, giving the go-ahead to punish everyone he can. Vatanin, despite all his influence on Pavel, could not do anything with this style of communication and Pavel’s habits. Therefore, he chose to go into the shadows and resigned from his position as head of the Security Service. The new head of the Security Service was chosen from former employees and, on the orders of the Prince, is now beginning some kind of total cleansing of the environment. Time will tell what this will lead to...,” said a source from the Cheka-OGPU.



Rucriminal.info found out the criminal path of Mikhail Vatanin, who eventually became an adviser to Yevgeny Prigozhin, and then the curator of his son Pavel. It turns out that for many years the policeman maintained the empire of his former colleague, ex-Ministry of Internal Affairs major and billionaire Sergei Amelin, whose money disappeared without a trace after his death.

In St. Petersburg, Sergei Amelin is primarily known as the ex-president of the St. Petersburg football club Dynamo, which he headed from 2000 to 2003. His construction company Stroyimpuls was the main shareholder of FC, the company worked on government orders from the Federal Tax Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and the Ministry of Defense. Then Amelin said that his partners, most of whom wear shoulder straps, are involved in the entire business process. The same Vatanin, being an active employee, was listed as a co-founder of STROIMPULS DSK-3 LLC.



“I have a lot of helpers. And everyone knows what to do."

Amelin left sports after he supported Valentina Matvienko’s rival, his friend Anna Markova, in the elections for governor of St. Petersburg in 2003. Searches were immediately carried out at the Stroyimpuls office; the company lost some government orders, but retained the title of main contractor for the improvement of the Ministry of Defense. Vladimir Barsukov-Kumarin, who was also not particularly enthusiastic about “Aunt Valya,” helped with this. At the same time, the leader of the Taganskaya organized crime group was already working with Prigozhin - they were united by their prison past and the St. Petersburg showdown of the 90s. So, at the instigation of the “night governor,” Povar became the curator of a construction empire in the defense industry and, together with Amelin, began to earn money through Oboronservis, and after Barsukov-Kumarin was imprisoned, he took over this business for himself.

When Serdyukov’s case was actively developed, it turned out that Oboronservis’ money had been going offshore through duplicate companies all this time. The network of such shell companies was controlled by a group of lawyers together with an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mikhail Vatanin. In January 2013, in the midst of the investigation, Amelin suddenly died of a heart attack, and the process of bankruptcy of Stroyimpuls immediately began on the initiative of the Main Directorate for the Arrangement of Troops. The military is understandable - the company owes them about 11 billion. Where they ended up is still not clear. The same Anna Markova played an interesting role in its repayment - being a lawyer, she became the manager of the property of the late Sergei Amelin. However, as is already known, Yevgeny Prigozhin has since taken over the maintenance of the Ministry of Defense.

To be continued

Timofey Grishin

Source: www,rucriminal.info