Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Customs clearance at the top, why come up with a search warrant for the head of the Federal Customs Service – RBC

The head of the Federal customs service (FCS) Andrei Belianinov

Photo: Kirill Tulin / Kommersant

The searches at the head of the Federal customs service Andrei Belyaninov were a continuation of several cases of smuggling, which is engaged in the FSB. Belianinov repeatedly wrote in his resignation, but it was not satisfied

The search at Belianinov

Searches in the office of the head of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) Andrei Belyaninov last day Tuesday, July 26th. As the official representative SKR Vladimir Markin, investigative actions were held in the framework of the criminal case of smuggling of alcoholic beverages (Case Mihalchenko). Law enforcement agencies also visited the office of the deputy head of the Federal Customs Service Ruslan Davydov and Andrey Strukov.

The searches were carried out and the place of residence and work of the President of LLC «Insurance Company Arsenal » Sergey Lobanov , which, as stated Markin , is the founder of no less than 15 different companies, whose activities are closely connected with the Russian Federal Customs Service. During searches seized objects and documents that are relevant to a criminal investigation, the report says Raman.

Searches are conducted FSB operatives, according to “Novaya Gazeta».

Belianinov was also brought in for questioning, reports

«Fontanka”. During the search Belianinov Lobanov and law enforcement officers found a box with money and old paintings, according to “Times”. One of the photographs can be seen 11 paintings that adorn the walls along the staircase leading to the second floor of the house. On the other captured images laid out on the table a pack of different denominations of banknotes in different currencies, banknotes in boxes of a shoe, as well as the interiors of several rooms, such as office and dining room. Who just found the money, and in whose house are the rooms, the publication does not specify.

According to Tass, the investigators found a total of approximately 10 million rubles., $ 400 thousand. And € 300 thousand.

For 2015 Belianinov have an income of 12.9 million rubles, his wife -. 46.7 million rubles. The property is listed at Belianinov apartment, land and Lexus. My wife pointed out in the declaration of two plots of land, a house, an apartment, and five non-residential premises.

Case Mihalchenko

The matter is being investigated in the autumn of 2015 under Part 3 st.200.2 of the Criminal Code on the fact of illegal movement across the customs border of the customs Union of alcoholic products on a large scale and non-payment of mandatory customs payments.

defendants in favor of St. Petersburg businessman Dmitry Mihalchenko, deputy director of the holding company “Forum” Boris Korevsky, deputy head of the ” KontReyl Logistics North-West “Anatoly Kindzersky and director of” South-East trading company “Ilya Pichko. According to investigators, Mihalchenko and related persons imported alcohol under the guise of construction sealant. The damage caused by their activities amounted to 2 million rubles.

RBC interlocutor in the Investigation Committee notes that Mihalchenko recently actually confirmed the version of law enforcement and acknowledged smuggling. His guilt businessman is not recognized, the source said RBC: according to Mihalchenko , he worked in a similar way for a long time, so consider them legitimate

Petersburg businessman Dmitry Mihalchenko, accused of smuggling alcohol during the examination of the application investigation of the arrest in the Basmanny district court, March 2016

Photo: Andrew Nikerichev / ArH «Moscow»

Earlier testimony began to give and Kindzersky, wrote “Kommersant” .

Piterskaya smuggling

The case of smuggling, for which passes Mihalchenko – not only such an investigation in the north-west direction. RBC acquainted with the customs declaration of ULS Global, which appears in another criminal case of smuggling. The company has an annual import of goods worth $ 2 billion, says its former employee.

This activity may be implicated high-ranking officials of the Federal Customs Service and the FSB. Among them, as stated in the materials of the criminal case, which is at the disposal of RBC could be operative of the Main Directorate for Combating FCS of Russia smuggling Paul Smolyarchuk and the head of the 7th “K” control department (it deals with counter-intelligence software in the credit and financial sphere) FSB economic security service Vadim Uvarov.

The investigation of criminal cases of smuggling, which involve Mihalchenko and Uvarov, eventually led to massive rearrangements in the FSB manual explained RBC three interlocutor in special service.

Permutations FSB

According to the results of two internal audits, which are in the Service of the FSB economic security conducted its own safety management employees ( Viktor Voronin , head of the management of the “K” – CSS) department, resigned immediate superior Uvarova was sent. CSS also learned that Voronin familiar with the Mihalchenko . According to “Rosbalt» , resignation also wrote the chiefs of the “P” and “T” (the sphere of industry and transport, respectively).

8 July, President Vladimir Putin dismissed Yuri Yakovlev, head of the economic security Service. His successor in office was Sergei Korolev, until recently headed the FSB’s own security. CSS is engaged in both cases of smuggling.

sacked the head of Yuri Yakovlev Economic Security Service

Photo: Andrew Epikhin / TASS

Sergey Korolev had previously worked in the Service of economic safety department of the FSB in St. Petersburg, then was an adviser to defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov , and then was appointed the head of the CSS FSB.

Office Queen and engaged in other high-profile cases recently. In his charge was operative support in the case of the former governor of the Sakhalin region Alexander Khoroshavin, head of Komi Vyacheslav Gayzer, Mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev and former head of the Main Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Ministry of Interior Denis Sugrobova.

Employees of the CSS carried out promptly support and business Kirov region governor Nikita Belykh, who is accused of taking a bribe.

claims to Belyaninov

at the FSB for a long time there were claims to Belyaninov, says RBC interlocutor close to the leadership of the security services. According to him, the operatives of their own security FSB checked TCF chapter in connection with the case not only Mihalchenko but ULS Global.

In addition, the customs are always supervised the FSB Economic Security Service. After the change of leadership and part of the middle-level employees in the new bosses there is a need to clean up the FBS, the source said RBC.

Belianinov Contact Mihalchenko was obvious, he says another interlocutor RBC in PBS. In early February, the head of the Federal Customs Service sent a letter to the governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko and the presidential envoy in the North-West Vladimir Bulavin. The official offered to leave for customs posts in individual terminals, only the inspection of goods and documentary checks all pass two posts – Bronka and Ust-Luga. It followed that the containers may still come to the selected port, but the documents are to be sent in Bronka, where he will be the customs declaration. Business on the Bronka led Mihalchenko it.

Belianinov earlier this year wrote to President Vladimir Putin’s name is his resignation, but the president did not let him go, said RBC senior federal official. “He [Belianinov] have long asked for, but now leave quietly will not work”, – said the source RBK. According to him, the publication of photos of the house of the head of the FCS is not accidental, but the information the government of the Kremlin to dismiss Belianinov have not yet received.

A source close to the FSB, too, knows that Belianinov in early 2016 asked to resign . According to him, the head of the Federal Customs Service did this a few times in recent years, but every time Putin has his left.

Another federal official said that in the presidential administration and the government bureaucracy are waiting for signals from the Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Kremlin on the situation in the FCS. “The president in the near future, likely to take a decision. Still, it is a department, which provides over 30% of the revenues of the federal budget “, – he notes

President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said the agency” RIA Novosti “that does not have information about the possible resignation Belianinov. .

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