How arrested
On Wednesday, the Basmanny Court of Moscow until late evening addressed the issue of the arrest of Sakhalin Governor Alexander Khoroshavina, as well as his adviser Andrei Ikramova. They, as well as head of the secretariat Governor Andrew Usachyov from sent to the capital of scheduled flight under guard in Wednesday morning . On the eve of the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, FSB and the investigating authorities suddenly raided and seized documents in the building of the Sakhalin Oblast Administration.
During the trial ascertain the position of the investigation: the governor received a bribe in a large scale in contracting for construction yuzhnosahalinskoy CHP-1. Crime, according to investigators, was carried out during the construction period from 2010 to January 2013.
First, the familiar Khoroshavina said RBC that the governor is suspected of accepting a bribe of 60 million rubles. However, in court, the representative called the investigation a different amount – $ 5.6 million.
The investigator said that Horoshavin used to commit the crimes of their subordinates, in particular advisor Ikramova.
Region “Rosneft” and “Gazprom»
The governor controls the Sakhalin rich edge, but the main income comes large companies, supervised by the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the Federal Tariff Service and the Ministry of Energy. Regional and local authorities can not influence the tax revenues – they are regulated by federal law.
Projects
The largest projects in the region – Shelf “Sakhalin-1″ (participants: “Rosneft» – 20% , ExxonMobil – 30% , Sodeco – 30% , ONGC – 20% ; proven oil reserves – 84 million barrels., gas – 27,8 млрд cu. m) and “Sakhalin-2″ (operator – Sakhalin Energy, 50% plus one share of which belong to “Gazprom», 27,5% minus one share – Royal Dutch Shell, 12,5% shares – Mitsui, 10% – Mitsubishi).
conflict
between the shareholders of the project is the corporate conflict for access to the transmission system: in February 2015, “Rosneft “lost a court for access to the gas pipeline” Sakhalin-2 “(runs from north to south Sakhalin and provides access to a transshipment facilities on the island), as the Court of Arbitration of the Sakhalin area found that” in the framework of the dispute the plaintiff did not prove the need for access to the pipeline to transport gas in the claimed amount “, as the company did not provide” documents confirming that the LNG plant will be built “(quoted by Interfax). The oil company would appeal the arbitration decision. “Rosneft” has filed a complaint against “Gazprom” FAS in May 2014.
Budget
Sakhalin Oblast budget revenues in 2014 (according to a report on the implementation of the budget) – 143,5 млрд rubles., 85,8 млрд of which falls on the corporate income tax, 60,7 млрд of which, in turn, accounts for corporate income tax in the performance agreements Production Sharing concluded before 1995 (ie, “Sakhalin-1″). Another $ 27 billion rub. budget of the region received as a share of profit oil state in the performance of a production sharing agreement (the project “Sakhalin-1» – 9,4 млрд rub., the project “Sakhalin 2 »- 18,1 млрд rub.). Sakhalin Energy’s revenue for the first nine months of 2014 (according to the statements of “Gazprom») – 220 billion rbl., Profit – 87,5 млрд rubles.
Sudden operation
In the last time Khoroshavina actively criticized by representatives of the Popular Front. The forum ONF in December 2013. Co-Chair of the central headquarters of the movement Alexander Brechalov Russian President Vladimir Putin said on state procurement Sakhalin Governor’s article “Improving the image of the governor” for 680 million rubles. During 2014 there were periodic publication of ONF exceeded Khoroshavin budgetary spending on their needs. However, in early 2015, RBC sources in the Kremlin reported that the governor “strayed” and responsible for elections in the country is not a person against his re-election.
precedent when the governor suddenly, without announcement of the investigation, in handcuffs sent to Moscow was not. Normally trials occur after the head of the field leaving his post. This happened twice in the past year – with the governors of the Bryansk region Nikolai Denin and the Novosibirsk region Vasily Yurchenko .
And the only governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug Alexei Barinov in 2006 was arrested as the head of the region, but this investigation was carried out publicly about a month.
Interest siloviki
The main speakers to apprehend Khoroshavina were representatives of the Investigative Committee of Russia (MRS) and the FSB. According to a spokesman Vladimir Markin TFR, in a criminal case held ten searches on Sakhalin Island and five in Moscow and the Moscow region. “In Moscow apartment, cottage and residence Khoroshavina seized large sums of money in rubles and foreign currency, a large amount of jewelry and expensive watches and phones,” – said Markin.
The FSB director Alexander Bortnikov explained detention Khoroshavina “ordinary corruption component».
In the press – release TFR calls on all officials who “confused his personal coat with the state”: “Stay until not too late. ” “The fact of a criminal case against officials of such a high level confirms the determination of the state in the fight against corruption, one of the main principles of which – the untouchables were not and will not” – says the statement TFR. In this case, the names mentioned previously convicted the former governor of the Tula region Vyacheslav Dudka, mayors of Stavropol Igor Bestuzhev and Astrakhan Michael Carpenter .
A source close to the presidential administration, does not rule out that the sudden arrest Khoroshavina – a demonstration of the security forces committed to raise the level of untouchables officials.
In the history of the arrest Khoroshavina was important to demonstrate the fight against corruption, said another source close to the Kremlin. The level at which commented on the event (application Bortnikova), said that the evidence was “iron”. In this case, stand up for anyone Khoroshavina did not make sense, says the source. Especially that , According to him, the region has a lot of interested parties who wish to change the governor. The new head of the region should suit all parties, he said.
control the budget
Another version is the fact that influential lobbyists in Moscow made early reelection Khoroshavina, says another source of RBC, close to the Kremlin. According to him, among the stakeholders in the care of the governor first deputy prime minister and the Far East envoy Yuri Trutnev.
The interviewee in the direction of one of the state companies also argues that Care Khoroshavina was interested appointed ambassador in 2013 drones. « He needs a man in the leadership of the region”, – says the source of RBC.
A spokesman for Trutneva Timur Chernyshev declined to comment.
And the defenders of the governor was not, said the source RBC. President of “Rosneft» Igor Sechin, who was considered the patron saint of Khoroshavina, they said, did not stand up for the protege and perhaps he would not be very pleased with the actions of the governor.
However, another source RBK close to the governor himself, says Horoshavin was a protege of former president of “Rosneft” Sergey Bogdanchikov (1998 to 2010), and for Sechin was just a figure that suits him.
Familiar Trutnev claims that the evidence of guilt were Khoroshavina how serious that for him no one could intercede sya .
At the end of December 2014 Trutnev accused Sakhalin authorities that they are trying to hide the fact that the budget of the region surplus . “This is the result of offshore projects under the PSA. And thank God – for this they were created. But now the fiscal capacity inhabitants of the region is the highest in the country. Residents of the area have to live in the United Arab Emirates. But coming here, I do not see, “- said Trutnev . According to him, the leaders of the region must submit a program in which “means not smeared, and performed a qualitative leap.” In the opposite case, “not rule out the possibility of redistribution of funds».
In the budget of the region went oil rent, the ensuing criticism of the governor may be perceived as a desire to put on cash flow control their people, says leading researcher of the Center for Analysis of incomes and living standards of HSE Natalia Zubarevich . The Sakhalin Oblast in 2014 grew by 63%, from 95 billion to 155 billion rubles., And appeared much surplus , although in December surplus fell 2 times with 45 billion to 23 billion rubles .; income tax increased in 2014 by 2.3 times, from 36 billion to 86 billion rubles. – An increase of almost 50 billion rubles., Says the economist.
The budget surplus has increased mainly due to growth in revenues from income taxes on oil production from new fields, said the deputy director of the direction of public finances S & amp; P Karen Vartapetov. According to him, demand from newly affluent region quick results is not necessary. KhMAO YANAO and invested in its infrastructure for decades, today it is they are better than the average for Russia – better roads, better provision of schools and kindergartens, repeat this for three years on Sakhalin technically difficult. The tax system is designed so that resource taxes are deposited mainly in the federal budget, but the income tax remains in the region, so Sakhalin appeared beneficiary of new deposits, says Vartapetov. According to him, to withdraw these revenues to the federal budget can be in the form of a transfer, but this is an exceptional case.
Sakhalin referred to as the “big four” of oil and gas regions of Russia. In KhMAO YANAO and the NAO has recently been abolished gubernatorial elections. In time of crisis, the struggle for increased oil and gas regions, says political analyst Mikhail Vinogradov.
With the participation of Irina and Alexander Zhavoronkova Bikbova
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