“Operational investigative actions were carried out within the framework of a criminal case initiated by the investigative service of the FSB Directorate, the press service of the FSB Directorate for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region reported.

The company confirmed that a search was carried out on the evening of September 12 in the business center on the street. Chatelain. Documents and equipment (servers) were seized, the company representative added.

The criminal case has not been initiated against the management and employees " Renaissance Construction", it concerns companies with which we have never worked, Renaissance Construction CEO Andrei Vlasenko told Vedomosti, without naming them.

Seizure of the server, according to Vlasenko, may cause delays in the transfer of taxes and payment of salaries to employees. Inadequate information discredits the company’s reputation in the eyes of partners and contractors, causing moral and commercial damage, Vlasenko added.

The case was initiated regarding the withdrawal of funds from Russia, this is clause 1 of Art. 193 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, says a source in law enforcement agencies. This article (evasion of repatriation obligations Money in especially large amounts) provides for punishment in the form of a fine of up to 500,000 rubles. or in the amount of the salary or other income of the convicted person for a period of one to three years, forced labor or imprisonment for a term of up to three years. According to the source, up to 100 billion rubles could have been illegally withdrawn.

“The article is new, has been working for several years, extensive judicial practice“no on this matter,” says Natela Vasilyeva, a lawyer at the St. Petersburg Bar Association. It is likely that other violations may come to light in the process of studying the seized documents, she does not rule out.

« Renaissance Construction"Founded in St. Petersburg in 1993, it is the leading company of Renaissance Holding. Over its history, it has implemented more than 500 projects with a total area of ​​over 15 million square meters. m. The order book is about $7 billion. The company employs over 56,000 people in 24 countries, according to its website.

According to SPARK-Inerfax, the revenue of JSC " Renaissance Construction"in 2015 amounted to 28.97 billion rubles, and in 2016 - 17.5 billion rubles. Net profit 826.16 million rubles. and 23.1 million rubles. respectively. Among the projects on the company's website are factories for Avon and Rehau, Mega Belaya Dacha, Evolution and Federation towers, Avia Park shopping center, Europolis shopping center, Gallery shopping center, Mega Dybenko, shopping center "June", shopping and entertainment complex "Grand Canyon", etc.

The company's largest contract in Russia is the construction of the Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg. The company concluded it with Okhta Public and Business Center LLC (a Gazprom structure, renamed JSC MFK Lakhta Center) in 2014. Work on the Lakhta Center project is being carried out in normal mode, until confirmed information appears, it is inappropriate to draw conclusions about the prospects of relations with the general contractor, the press service of the Lakhta Center Multifunctional Complex reported. “We have a strategy for dealing with risks, including in terms of force majeure with the general contractor,” the company said in a statement. - To eliminate absolute dependence on the main contractor, a package contracting system was developed, when work is carried out under separate contracts concluded sequentially. Detailed documentation is developed by Samsung Construction; compliance with the project, in addition to the customer, is controlled by AECOM. In this way, comprehensive control by international professional organizations" All payments for the Lakhta Center project are transferred on time, in rubles in accordance with concluded contracts for certain species work, the press service of Lakhta Center reported. Completion of construction of the Lakhta Center is scheduled for 2018, the height of the tower will be 462 m.

The largest construction company, Renaissance Construction, which is building a 462-meter tower of a business complex for Gazprom, was suspected of siphoning off 100 billion

In St. Petersburg, the regional department of the FSB is investigating a case of illegal withdrawal of 100 billion rubles abroad. At the center of a loud scandal was a large construction company Renaissance Construction, which is constructing a 462-meter tower of the Lakhta Center business complex for Gazprom. However, the investigation has not yet directly linked the crime to either Renaissance Construction or the construction of the giant facility.

FSB officers came to search the office of Renaissance Construction JSC, located at 26a on Chatelena Street, on the morning of September 12. Investigators were interested in documents related to financial relations between a construction company and several participating firms foreign economic activity(VED). The study and removal of accounting papers took the entire working day. And the very next morning, a number of senior Renaissance Construction employees were summoned for questioning to the FSB office in St. Petersburg. Investigative actions were carried out within the framework of a criminal case initiated under Art. 193.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (committing foreign exchange transactions for transfer of funds in foreign currency or currency Russian Federation to the accounts of non-residents using false documents).

The regional FSB Directorate confirmed to Kommersant that operational investigative actions were being carried out within the framework of a criminal case initiated by the investigative service, but refused to talk about the purpose and results of the search.

According to Kommersant, the security forces did not limit themselves to seizing documents from the Renaissance Construction office - on the same day, operatives and investigators from the FSB conducted more than 40 searches in dozens of different companies and in the apartments of their leaders. Moreover, most of these commercial organizations has signs of shell companies, and the people identified in constituent documents as directors of companies, in fact they were only their nominal leaders. While the case of withdrawal of funds has been initiated based on the crime, at this stage of the investigation the real defendants have not been identified, and no charges have been brought against anyone. Interrogations of people appearing in financial documents seized during searches will continue for several more days.

The criminal scheme, which involves the general contractor for the construction of the Lakhta Center, turned out to be standard

According to unofficial data, the criminal scheme, in which the general contractor for the construction of the Lakhta Center appears, turned out to be standard. Money was transferred through shell companies to the accounts of companies participating in foreign trade activities. And they, in turn, used these funds to pay for goods purchased from foreign partners. According to unconfirmed reports, the goods supplied to Russia were mainly Construction Materials. The fraud consisted in the fact that the cost of goods was initially at least ten times higher. The difference between the real price and the money paid was deposited in the accounts created for this purpose foreign companies. By preliminary estimates, about 100 billion rubles were illegally transferred abroad. However, the amount during the investigation may change either up or down.

FSB representatives do not specify exactly what role they played in the financial fraud Building company, and only make it clear that there is no talk yet about the direct connection of illegal actions with the execution of the contract for the construction of the Lakhta Center.

In turn, Kommersant’s source at Renaissance Construction JSC confirmed that a lengthy search was carried out at the company’s office, during which a number of documents were seized. “Before the search began, we were presented with a corresponding resolution, which stated that a criminal case would be initiated against unidentified persons. I would like to emphasize that the name of the Renaissance Construction company does not appear in the descriptive part of this criminal case. The resolution only states the need to carry out investigative measures in the office at our address to identify any documents indicating the possible involvement of our company in the processes that are being investigated,” commented the interlocutor of Kommersant.

He especially noted that Renaissance Construction has nothing to do with the companies whose names appear in the very plot of the criminal case. “We have never collaborated with any of them, and accordingly, we cannot have any documents,” a source told Kommersant.

According to him, incorrectly presented information regarding this situation causes serious damage business reputation companies. He also expressed the hope that “ law enforcement agencies will sort it out, allowing Renaissance Construction to continue to work constructively.”

The press service of JSC “MFC Lakhta Center” reported that work on the project of the Lakhta Center complex is being carried out as usual, noting that “until confirmed information appears (obviously, about the results of the investigation - “Kommersant”) it is inappropriate to draw conclusions about the prospects of relations with the general contractor.”

The Renaissance Construction company was founded in 1993 by Turkish businessman Erman Ilicak and is part of the Turkish holding Ronesans, a developer of large shopping centers all around Russia. According to the company itself, the order portfolio is about $7 billion. Renaissance Construction acted as a general contractor for a number of landmark projects - for example, it built several high-rise towers as part of the Moscow City business center, and is now also implementing the Neva Towers high-rise complex project. In 2014, it received a general contract for the construction of the 462-meter Lakhta Center tower in St. Petersburg for the Gazprom company. It is also planned to conclude a contract with the general contractor for general contracting work for the second stage of the complex.

Also, Renaissance Construction, along with the Russian Direct Investment Fund, intends to provide funds for the implementation of a large development project - the satellite city of Yuzhny, within the framework of which it is planned to develop an area of ​​2 thousand hectares in the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg.

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In St. Petersburg, the activities of Renaissance Construction are more diverse. The company reclaimed additional territory on Vasilyevsky Island, built the Gallery shopping center, several large business centers, and took part in the construction of Baltika, Ford and Hyundai factories. One of the latest projects is the construction of the tower "". The company plans to complete construction of the first phase of the center in the fall of 2018, which includes a 462-meter tower and a multifunctional building at its foot. It is known that now subsidiary PJSC "", MFC "Lakhta Center" is negotiating with RC an agreement on the construction of the second stage of the center. On Thursday, the media reported that the searches that took place were not connected with the Lakhta Center.

Players in the St. Petersburg construction market were surprised by the information about the searches at Renaissance Construction. According to Mehmet Demiriji, general director Turkish company "", engaged in the construction of hotels in St. Petersburg, RC has always had a reputation as a company that is attentive to documents and enjoys the trust of the authorities.

“Renaissance Construction did not leave our market, even when there was a significant cooling in Russian-Turkish relations,” emphasized a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, and former chairman of the board of directors of the Group of Companies “”. The company even managed to avoid the pressure of Russian sanctions against Turkish business in 2015-2016. It was included in a special list of companies that were allowed to complete projects in Russia. The company Ictaas Insaat, one of the contractors for the construction of the central section, was included in the same list.

But for other Turkish contractors, Alexander Rassudov believes, searches at RC are not an alarming signal. Relations between Moscow and Ankara are improving. In May, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that partially lifted anti-Turkish sanctions - all Turkish companies were again allowed to operate in Russia.

For now, according to the parliamentarian, we can only wait for the FSB to reveal the motives for the searches. “Naturally, the investments came from the company’s head structures located in Turkey. Most likely, now we are talking about returning investments to Turkey. To what extent this was done legally or illegally is another question,” concluded Rasudov.

One of Renaissance Construction's immediate plans is to participate in the construction of the satellite city of Yuzhny. At SPIEF-2017 Russian Foundation direct investments and RC signed an agreement with the government of St. Petersburg on their intention to invest $100 million in the construction of infrastructure for the satellite city. Half of the amount must be contributed by the fund, and the other half by Renaissance Construction. Construction of the Yuzhny satellite city should begin in 2018 and be completed in 2033.

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Miller's "floating" billions?

The FSB is looking for 100 billion rubles that could be withdrawn from Russia. The Turkish company Renaissance Construction is at the center of the scandal. Could the traces lead to Gazprom?

As a MorningNews correspondent learned, in St. Petersburg the regional department of the FSB began an investigation into the illegal withdrawal of 100 billion rubles abroad. At the epicenter of the scandal is the Turkish construction company Renaissance Construction, which is building a 462-meter tower for the Lakhta Center business complex for Gazprom.

The office of Renaissance Construction was searched. Investigators spent the whole day studying the seized documents. And in the morning, a number of senior employees of the company were summoned for questioning. So far, the investigation has not directly linked the theft of 100 billion rubles, Renaissance Construction and Gazprom. However, who knows what will happen next?

Cases were initiated under Art. 193.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (conducting currency transactions to transfer funds in foreign currency or the currency of the Russian Federation to the accounts of non-residents using forged documents). And, most likely, it will become resonant. It’s not every day that such huge amounts of money are withdrawn from Russia.

As part of the investigation into the case, about 40 more searches were carried out in the offices of various companies that showed signs of being “one-day” companies. While there is only the fact of a crime, the real persons involved in the case have not been identified.

The interrogations will continue for several more days. And perhaps next week the real persons involved in the scandal will become known. If during this time they do not leave Russia. And then you will have to look for them, at best, on the Turkish coast.

Has the investigation established?

The alleged criminal scheme is quite standard. The funds went through shell companies to the accounts of companies participating in foreign trade activities. They used this money to pay for goods they purchased from foreign partners. Presumably - building materials. Only the cost of goods was inflated at least 10 times! And the difference ended up in the accounts of foreign companies created for this purpose.

10 times! And this is the minimum. What can be the maximum, which is usually determined by the degree of greed? It turns out that much more than 100 billion rubles could have been transferred abroad?

Naturally, Renaissance Construction disowned all companies and said that they do not do any business with them. Nobody expected anything else. The alleged culprit never immediately confessed to his thefts. Proving their presence is the job of investigators.

The question just arises - why did the FSB officers come to Renaissance Construction? Without any grounds, they simply would not have a reason to do this. And even more so, conduct searches in another 40 companies. Those who have already shown signs of “fly-by-night”. The FSB is a serious organization that will not be supplied just like that.

What is Renaissance Construction known for?

Renaissance Construction is one of the large Turkish companies doing business in St. Petersburg. She has a lot to her name completed projects, and even more Napoleonic plans. Including the construction of the second stage of the Lakhta Center. But this is not what is interesting, but the company’s possible involvement in the withdrawal of money from Russia.

Renaissance Construction was founded in 1993 by Turkish businessman Erman Ilicak and is part of the Turkish holding Ronesans, which does business in 21 countries around the world, with a total number of employees of 40 thousand people.

In 2015, Renaissance Construction CEO Andrei Vlasenko announced that the founder of Ronesans Holding was the Dutch company RNS Holding. Why did it happen? Why was a Turkish holding company suddenly founded by a Dutch company?

Is Andrey Vlasenko telling the truth?

And here the most interesting thing turns out! RNS Holding Limited does not currently operate commercial activities. There have been no transactions in the last 12 months. The company is based in Bangkok, Thailand. And it operates as a subsidiary of Minor International PCL, which is also located in Thailand.

Yes, this can make your head spin! A Turkish holding, the founder of which is supposedly a Dutch company, which in fact seems to be not Dutch, but Thai. At least the legs seem to grow from there. You can’t help but think, maybe the FSB really has somewhere and someone to dig under?

It’s also strange that some faceless people were summoned for questioning by the FSB." responsible employees"Renaissance Construction. Is Andrei Vlasenko no longer working for the company? Or is he already somewhere on a Thai beach? And is not available for comment at such a crucial moment for the company?

Is Alexey Miller guilty?

Does Alesey Miller like to vacation in Thailand?

It is known that the head of Gazprom prefers to work with the same contractors. For example, a lot of government contracts are given to the companies of Arkady Rotenberg and Gennady Timchenko. Apparently, Miller has big plans for Renaissance Construction. The same second stage of the Lakhta Center.

When the price is inflated by 10 times or more, suspicions arise naturally. There is a very big difference, with which you can “feed” in Russia, and Turkey, and Holland, and Thailand. Everyone will be happy with such a difference. And full.

100 billion rubles - this is no small thing! I would like to hope that the FSB will still find those responsible for their theft. And the “responsible workers” will get their first and last names. And, perhaps, they will become involved in a high-profile criminal case. Still, a thief should be in prison. Especially when it comes to such a sum.

The Turkish company, which could have been involved in the withdrawal of money from Russia, received a second one in a row from Gazprom. Is the corporation not embarrassed by the contractor’s dark past, or, on the contrary, did they decide to take advantage of this experience?