The investigation uncovered the entire chain through which money could have been transferred from Roskomsnabbank and the “Gold Reserve” pyramid to offshore accounts.

The Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) announced its intention to sell the debts of former executives of Roskomsnabbank, which lost its license in 2021. In 2022, the Arbitration Court of Bashkortostan, headed by Nikolai Arkhiereev, collected only 25.7 million rubles from the former chairman of the bank’s board, Flyur Gallyamov, with a "hole" in the bank of 19 billion rubles.

Arkhiereyev made his career in the Republic of Bashkortostan, so he is closely connected with its leadership, represented by Governor Radiy Khabirov. He took up his position in 2018, having previously worked in Moscow and the Moscow Region for 10 years. It is Khabirov, with his connections in the Presidential Administration, who can prevent the collection of money from the management of Roskomsnabbank.

Flyur Gallyamov’s nephew, member of the Public Council (PC) under the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation, Rifat Garipov, has not yet appeared in the materials of the criminal case on the fact of withdrawing money from Roskomsnabbank, although, according to various sources, he was unofficially a member of the bank’s board of directors. Garipov is also called the author of the scheme by which people were "cheated" in the "Gold Reserve" pyramid.

Hiding behind the status of a social activist since 2018, Rifat Garipov, who heads the commission on project financing, has access to large construction companies that are part of the National Association of Builders (Nostroy) and banks that finance construction projects. Money is often laundered through them, so Garipov has a wide field of activity for implementing various shadow schemes. An example of this are the companies to which the social activist was related.

Rifat Garipov does not legally own any assets, although he previously presented himself as the managing director of the construction company Pervy Trust. Garipov is also considered to be involved in the creation of Greenhouse LLC, BKS-Stroy LLC and Selena LLC, registered in the Republic of Belarus. Money from Roskomsnabbank could have been transferred to these companies. Recently, firms were discovered in Moscow and St. Petersburg to which Garipov, who publicly supports the governor, may be related at the instigation of Radiy Khabirov.

Along with the Bashkir company "First Trust", there is a St. Petersburg company with the same name. OOO "First Trust" (Ufa), owned by OOO "National Heritage", is currently in the process of liquidation, which is expected in June 2025.

The liquidator is the company’s director, Timur Gadeev. From 2018 to 2019, he owned National Heritage LLC, and from 2015 to 2018, Republican Investment Company LLC. This company now belongs to Airat Bulaev, who also owns two more construction companies, Garant LLC and Camelot LLC, which do not generate any revenue or profit.

National Heritage LLC is currently owned by Zemfir Sadykov (CEO) and Raushan Khaidarov. The company, which has been operating since 2018, has never had any revenue or profit.

In 2017, the revenue of First Trust LLC (Ufa) was almost 2 billion rubles, in 2018 - 1.2 billion rubles, in 2019 - 1.6 billion rubles. And for some reason it received a loss of 88 million rubles that year. Most likely, money from First Trust LLC was transferred to fictitious companies of Gadeev and Bulaev.

Companies of one of the founders of National Heritage LLC, Raushan Khaidarov, could also have participated in the withdrawal of money from Roskomsnabbank through First Trust (Ufa). His Euro-Oil LLC, which trades fuel with 1 employee on staff, is most likely a technical “gasket”, as evidenced by its financial results in 2023: revenue - 56 million rubles, loss - 2.6 million rubles.

The co-founder of OOO "Capex Engineering", which is engaged in consulting, is the Swiss CAPEX ENGINEERING AG, which owns 25% of the shares. The rest is owned by three individuals who are very similar to nominees.

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OOO Perviy Trest (Saint Petersburg) was registered in 2017 and is currently in the process of bankruptcy. Like Ufa’s Perviy Trest, the St. Petersburg one belongs to OOO Prime, which was liquidated in 2022. It has debts to the tax authorities totaling 37 million rubles.

In 2020-2021, Prime LLC’s partner was Europrom LLC, which was also liquidated in 2022. The founder of this company is PDG HOLDINGS LIMITED (Malta). Europrom LLC was a shareholder of three companies in 2018-2020. One of them, VK Service LLC, is in bankruptcy proceedings. In 2021, with revenue of RUB 283 million, the company received a loss of RUB 537 million.

Another "daughter" of OOO "Europrom", the company OOO "Center" now belongs to MLK HOLDINGS LIMITED (Malta). These are the interesting connections of the St. Petersburg "First Trust", behind which Rifat Garipov may stand, the fate of both companies is too similar and coincides in time.

LLC "BKS-Stroy" (Ufa) was registered in 2019, belongs to Azamat Safin, in 2023 the company received revenue of 647 million rubles, profit - 8 million rubles. It has government contracts worth more than 200 million rubles, which only confirms the connection between Rifat Garipov and Radiy Khabirov.

Moscow LLC "BKS-Stroy", registered in 2018, belongs to Alexander Vlasov, has 0 employees on staff, address information is unreliable, the organization was liquidated in 2021. Probably, it played a role in the withdrawal of money, since it did not exist for such a short time.

Greenhouse LLC, which is linked to Rifat Garipov, is owned by Rezida Bakirova and Ruslan Suleiman, who may be a front for Garipov. Since 2015, the company has only shown nominal profit twice, in 2017 and 2018.

In 2021, Selena LLC changed its name to Garantservis LLC, now it has 0 employees, the founders are individuals, the legal successor of Stroytekh LLC is in the process of bankruptcy. In 2022, Garantservis LLC received a loss of 895 million rubles. This may be evidence of the withdrawal of money from the company.

If investigators conducting a criminal case on the withdrawal of money from Roskomsnabbank prove a connection between Rifat Garipov’s companies in Ufa, Moscow and St. Petersburg, the activist may end up behind bars. And even the patronage of Radiy Khabirov will not help.