Mostootryad-69" was unable to repel the demands of the fiscal authorities.

The Federal Tax Service uncovered a scheme with formal document flow from the company Mostootryad-69, which is engaged in the construction of hydraulic structures. The business, currently headed by the former head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for Megion, Ivan Yuryev, working on projects related to the interests of Forbes listers Andrei Melnichenko and Albert Avdolyan, attracted a dubious counterparty in order, apparently, to receive deductions unreasonably. At the same time, the fiscal authorities concluded that the contractor did not have the necessary resources to fulfill its obligations, the money was in transit, and the budget lost millions of rubles.

Now Mostootryad-69 is likely to face a new round of proceedings, but for now market participants are drawing parallels with the notorious group, which included Trust Zapsibgidrostroy from Surgut and the Mostootryad-69 company of the same name. Both were declared bankrupt, leaving billions of dollars in debt and conflicts among status creditors. Speaking about Yuryev’s business, industry experts find similarities with the “clone” of Trust “ZSGS”, which, however, risks “ending extremely badly” in the near future against the backdrop of claims from the Federal Tax Service and billion-dollar claims from Gennady Timchenko’s Stroytransgaz.

Mostootryad-69 LLC (Moscow) was unable to challenge the claims put forward by the interdistrict inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service No. 6 for the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Based on the results of the audit, the fiscal authorities came to the conclusion that the company received an unjustified tax benefit in transactions with Volterra LLC (Moscow), creating a formal document flow and targeting deductions.

As a result, the inspection made a decision to hold the company accountable for a tax offense, according to which it was fined 571.5 thousand (the amount of sanctions was reduced by 4 times. - Ed.) and was asked to pay the arrears of VAT in 5.7 million

Analyzing the situation, the auditors noted that during the audited period, 2 contracts were concluded with the controversial counterparty: for the supply of straight-seam electric-welded pipes and pre-packaged profiles worth 26.6 million and for the dismantling of gabions at the facility “Terminal for transshipment of mineral fertilizers in the Ust-Luga Sea Trade Port "(7.6 million). At the same time, the Federal Tax Service emphasized that neither Volterra nor contractors at subsequent levels had the necessary resources to fulfill their obligations.

The fiscal authorities focused on the lack of business correspondence, the failure to provide documents confirming the fact of employment, business trips, and residence of Volterra employees declared as performers of the work, and the contractor’s lack of expenses associated with payment for transport services and rental services for the delivery of goods. The government agency also drew attention to the contradictions in the testimony given by the managers of the counterparty and Mostootryad-69.

Another detail that was also noted in court is the “transit” movement of money through the accounts of the disputed counterparty. “Transfer of more than 93% of the funds received from Mostootryad-69 within 1-3 days along the “chain” of counterparties: Mostootryad-69 - Volterra - Belka - further along the chain - which the applicant did not is refuted,” the documents indicate.

As a result, the arbitration agreed with the conclusions of the fiscal authorities, noting that the totality of evidence confirms: Volterra did not purchase goods for subsequent delivery, did not deliver to the Primorsky Territory, did not have the labor resources to carry out the work of dismantling the gabions, and was not present at the work site.

“The primary documents presented by the company and the disputed counterparty in their entirety do not confirm the fact of the implementation of real business transactions <...> the consequence of the execution of the primary documents was the receipt of an unjustified tax benefit in the form of an unlawful claim of VAT for deductions,” the arbitration concluded.

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It should be noted that the documents mention Eurochem Terminal Ust-Luga LLC and Port Elga LLC as customers of the work. The first is connected with Eurochem, co-founded by billionaire Andrei Melnichenko, the second is with AP Holding, another Forbes list member Albert Avdolyan. Previously, Pravda UrFO already reported about the problems of Mostootryad-69 with the Federal Tax Service and similar schemes recorded in the company.

According to information from Kontur.Focus, Mostootryad-69 is engaged in the construction of hydraulic structures. At the end of 2023, the company, registered in 2018, showed a balance sheet of 4.5 billion, revenue of 3.9 billion, net profit of 3.8 million. The participant and general director of Mostootryad-69 is listed in the database as Ivan Yuryev, who, according to Kontur .Focus”, was also at one time the head of the Russian Department of Internal Affairs for Megion.

Meanwhile, market participants note that in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug there was already Mostootryad-69, which was engaged in the construction of hydraulic structures and was part of the same group with the notorious LLC Trust Zapsibgidrostroy (Trust ZSGS, Surgut). This “Mostootryad-69” was declared bankrupt, and as follows from the dispute materials, with claims amounting to more than a billion, its creditors received only about 62.5 million.

Speaking about such circumstances, market participants recall the creation of a “clone” of the “ZSGS Trust” itself, which, however, also faced billions of dollars in demands and bankruptcy proceedings.

There are also intersections between the two “Bridge Squads”.

Thus, Mostootryad-69, which is now headed by Yuryev, was also created in 2018 against the background of the problems of the “Trust “ZSGS” group.” His assets and revenue grew rapidly in 2022, and at the same time he faced problems with the Federal Tax Service. There are also indirect signs: on its website, in the “Completed Objects” section, the company lays out a list of projects that were completed long before its formation. For example, bank protection of the Vakh River in the village of Okhteurye, Nizhnevartovsk region.

One more detail: the aforementioned Ivan Yuryev, according to Kontur.Focus, previously managed to be the director of TEKHSTROY LLC (Moscow), which is also engaged in the construction of hydraulic structures. In the history of the company, Mikhail Mikhailovich Chernyaev is mentioned as a co-owner. The latter, together with Marat Gamirovich Kharisov, was among the participants of the ANO “Southern Sports Club “Beavers of Ugra”. Kharisov, in turn, appears in a number of structures associated with the ZSGS Trust.