On Friday, Vladimir Barsukov was arrested and then convoyed to a Moscow pre-trial detention center. He is an entrepreneur in the north-west of Russia, the founder of the so-called "Tambov business community" in St. Petersburg and the surrounding area, the last and most unsinkable of the "Mohicans" of the dashing 90s.
Surprisingly, the life of Vladimir Barsukov is inextricably linked with the screen. Several years ago Vladimir Sergeevich played Louis XIV in the film by Alexander Nevzorov "History of the Horse". A little later, Leonid Parfenov, who had filmed "The Namedni" in St. Petersburg, turned out to be in his apartment on Tavricheskaya Street. Barsukov's apartment offers a beautiful view of the Tavrichesky Garden. The owner and the TV man were photographed for memory, Barsukov was proud: "These are the people I have." Ironically, Barsukov was arrested in the days when the TV series "Reckoning", a continuation of the "Gangster Petersburg" saga, was on the Rossiya TV channel. The main character telenovelas - Sokhaty - strikingly reminds the residents of St. Petersburg of Vladimir Barsukov. In the TV series, Sokhatiy was taken by the security forces. For his prototype, the "serial" is just beginning.
Series one. Bam-bam - and in slippers
It all started when the Prosecutor General's Office landed in the city on the Neva last Wednesday. A characteristic detail is that the security forces of St. Petersburg were not even informed that the arrest of Barsukov was planned. The operation involved about 40 people. But not a single one from St. Petersburg.
To take into custody Vladimir Barsukov, a disabled person of the 1st group (his right arm was amputated), it took an almost military operation with the participation of special forces. It started on Wednesday at 4 pm, when Barsukov's dacha in Tarkhovka near St. Petersburg was surrounded by four trucks with soldiers of the Zubr special forces detachment. The owner of the house went out in shorts and slippers, and went after the operatives for more than six hours while the search was going on. Towards nightfall, at 12 o'clock, we went to inspect Barsukov's apartment on Tavricheskaya Street.
According to Barsukov's household members, their home made an indelible impression on the police. The apartment of Vladimir Sergeevich has two levels, and there are legends about its furnishings in Peter. One of the operas got so carried away that he almost forgot that he was looking for material evidence here, and not a future father-in-law.
I began to ask if we have a daughter, if she is married and how old she is, - Marina Khaberlakh, the wife of Vladimir Barsukov, tells with undisguised irony in her voice.
According to the businessman's relatives, during the search, only paintings, bronze figurines and other household trifles were seized. Nothing illegal was found.
On Friday, the Petrogradskiy District Court authorized the arrest of Barsukov without charge. But after 10 days, according to the law, he must either be charged or released. The latter is unlikely.
Series two. We are a long echo of each other
Why was Barsukov arrested now, when he stands for legal business? Recently, Vladimir Sergeevich decided to cooperate with the authorities. It was he who helped the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office to save the little townspeople:.
The official version of his detention was announced by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office. Barsukov is considered the customer of the assassination attempt on another St. Petersburg businessman, Sergei Vasiliev. The investigation, in addition, expects to prove Barsukov's involvement in a series of contract killings and raider seizures of enterprises.
Vasiliev is also a very curious person. His love for St. Petersburg architecture or luxury - who knows how - was embodied in an exact copy Catherine Palace, which he built in the town of Vyritsa near St. Petersburg. The "Vasiliev Brothers' grouping" was viewed as the most, if I may say so, an effective subdivision of the "Tambov business community." Vasiliev controls one of the most important enterprises - the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal (PNT). It is the largest in Seaport Petersburg bunkering company, which accounts for 15% of the total transshipment of oil products in the Baltic.
In early 2006, PNT almost changed hands. The raiders used a "traditional" tactic - substituting owner data in the Unified Register. Vasiliev repulsed the attack. And at the end of the fight, in May, an attempt was made on his life, which was immediately associated with the failed capture and ... with Vladimir Barsukov.
Whoever planned the elimination of Vasiliev, he framed it as a "remake" of the early St. Petersburg 90s. On May 5 last year, at 2 pm, in front of hundreds of passers-by and kids from a nearby kindergarten along Levashovsky Prospekt on the Petrogradskaya side, a motorcade — a gray Rolls-Royce accompanied by a security jeep — was slowly driving. Suddenly, a gray "nine" dashingly flew across them, forcing both cars to stop. Three men jumped out of the Zhiguli and opened fire from machine guns and a pistol. Having covered the asphalt with shell casings, the arrows jumped into the "nine" on the move and disappeared. An abandoned car will later be found in a nearby yard. But the shooters themselves were gone.
When the shooting began, Vasiliev himself spoke on a cell phone. One of the bullets hit ... the solid metal body of the device, not the head of its owner. Nevertheless, Vasiliev spent several months in the hospital, balancing between life and death.
Reliable sources told Izvestia that it was Vasiliev, having restored his health, added two plus two and came to the conclusion that the same man, Vladimir Barsukov, was behind the attempt to seize PNT and the attempt on him. He allegedly presented his guesses to the prosecutor's office. And he was extremely interested in the journey of his enemy from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
We managed to talk with Vasiliev very briefly. He denies having anything to do with the arrest of a former senior comrade.
Why do I need it? - Vasiliev was very plausibly surprised. - Let the law enforcement agencies understand this situation.
He admits that relations with Barsukov soured in 2006.
Yes, everything was fine, and then misunderstandings started, ”Vasiliev snapped. Probably, these two will not be able to understand and forgive each other for a long time. Maybe never.
Titles. Starring
Vladimir Barsukov in St. Petersburg is often called Kumarin - out of habit. This is his former name. He was born in 1956 in the village of Aleksandrovka, Tambov region. He wrote his graduation essay on the topic "Homeland is that which is dear from childhood." He studied at a vocational school as a driver, served in the army, moved to Leningrad and in 1976 entered the Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics. He worked as a forwarder in canteen No. 117, barman and cocktail maker in the Tallinn cafe, and also as a doorman and storekeeper in the Wind Rose cafe.
In the second half of the 80s, Kumarin created a team of like-minded people, which in those days was called the "brigade". Vladimir Sergeevich selected compatriots from the Tambov region for it, not forgetting that "Motherland is something that is dear from childhood." The community, of course, got the name "Tambov". Its members were fond of playing with thimbles and provided paid security services to the population. In 1990, the court qualified the occupation as hooliganism, robbery and extortion. Among the Tambov gangs, Kumarin was also convicted. Of the 4 years he served in the colony, over two years.
Since 1993, the community has attracted the oil business. This is how the St. Petersburg Fuel Company began to emerge. Over time, the business will grow in other areas: banks, casinos, restaurants, shopping centers, delivery of products. According to one version, it was because of the products that Barsukov lost his hand. There was a battle over a contract to supply alcohol for the Goodwill Games. Coumarin's Mercedes was riddled with bullets. The amputation was performed in Germany.
After the recovery, the entrepreneur returned to St. Petersburg, becoming even more authoritative. But the time has come to change his name, to become Barsukov (mother's maiden name), vice-president of the Petersburg Fuel Company, a legal entrepreneur. After another authoritative Petersburg resident, Kostya Mogila, was shot in Moscow, Barsukov was left alone with Petersburg.
Barsukov's supporters are sure that he was not involved in the assassination attempt on Vasilyev. He values too much the image of a law-abiding citizen and a repentant Christian. He donated to the needs of the church. The amount of his contributions to the servants of the Lord was comparable to the budget of a small town. Vladimir Sergeevich is also an assistant to State Duma deputy Alexander Nevzorov with a salary of 1600 rubles. When asked about his current status, he answers: "Pensioner".
Sergei Vasiliev is the middle-aged of three brothers, but "senior in rank." Sergei, Alexander and Boris Vasilievich Vasilievs were born and live in the village of Vyritsa, a hundred kilometers from St. Petersburg. Sergei Vasiliev was born in Vyritsa in 1955, at the age of 19 sat down for rape, at the age of 31 he was involved in extortion. Was convicted of fraud. In the early 90s, he became Kumarin's junior friend. Together they emerged from the shadows into the light and became fine citizens.
It's no secret that equality in our country (as well as in the whole world) does not even smell. Someone hardly huddles in a cramped room in a hostel, and someone builds such mansions for themselves that a reception for several hundred people is nothing. I propose to take a look at the luxurious houses of the richest people in Russia.
The Vasiliev Brothers Palace
The Vasiliev brothers were born in the village of Vyritsa Leningrad region... At first, they were engaged in video dealerships, then they drove cars from Europe for sale in Russia, and kept car markets. Sergey Vasiliev controlled and controls the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal - the largest bunkering company in the Seaport of St. Petersburg, with a 15% share of the volume of oil products transshipment in the Baltic.
Their native Vyritsa, where the brothers still live, despite the presence of real estate in St. Petersburg, the Vasilievs generously helped - for example, restored wooden church Kazan Mother of God, which is popular with tourists. It was in this village on the banks of the Oredezh River that the brothers decided to build their estate. The interesting thing about this estate is that it is a miniature copy of the Catherine Palace - the famous royal residence in Pushkin. Patterns on a cast-iron lattice, golden domes of the chapel, sky-blue color and white statues - a lot reminds of Catherine's.
There is only conflicting information about the interior: ceilings 14 meters high, marble staircases, turtle shell doors, mosaic marble floors with a total area of more than 600 square meters. m, black marble knights-Atlanteans. According to the author of the project, architect Igor Gremitsky, exclusively natural materials were used for the decoration of the palace, including 19 varieties of marble from Italy.
Yakunin's dacha
This Saturday, a post appeared on the entertainment portal, the author of which claimed to have participated in the construction of a residence for the head of the Russian railways Vladimir Yakunin - he was engaged in the so-called smart home there.
According to him, on several dozen hectares of forest near Domodedovo, their own lakes were dug, a garage for 15 cars was built, a separate box for an executive-class limousine, one and a half kilometers of underground passages to the garage were built, there was its own cinema, a bath complex (1400 sq. m) with sauna, Russian, Turkish baths, salt room, swimming pool, separate massage room and more.
Then a certain builder Aleksey, who allegedly worked there, spoke on the air of RSN. “There were 300 Vietnamese people working there, and they killed all the fish with electric fishing rods. External finishing - Italian marble. Bath - three buildings, 14 by 14 meters, Italian furniture, marble bar, fireplace, stained glass windows. It is made of glass, there are no walls as such, changing rooms, showers, everything is very expensive. Swimming pool 50 meters in the house. There is a storage for fur coats, a refrigerator. The small house is the son, the guest house, and the main one is his. There is a chapel, a chapel. It seems that Metrostroy dug ponds there for 150 million. It is decorated with gold tiles, and the room is very large - a hammam, a bathhouse, a steam room, a panorama to look at the forest, ”Aleksey said about what he saw near Domodedovo.
Shuvalov's residence
Igor Shuvalov, who has held the post of Deputy Prime Minister since 2008, is the richest member of the government according to his 2012 declaration. His income was about 226 million rubles (about $ 7 million). The spouse's income is slightly less.
In his declaration, the official indicated that, together with his wife and three minor children, he rents a house with an area of 4,174 sq. meters. The Deputy Prime Minister's residence is located next to the Skolkovo Innograd (Moscow) on the territory of the former summer residence of a member of the Politburo of the Brezhnev era, Mikhail Suslov (State Building Zarechye-4), is under zealous protection and surrounded by a high fence. Natalia Pelevina in her blog on the website of the radio station Echo of Moscow talks about a "palace" with an area of 1,500 square meters. meters, built in the shape of the letter P. On a plot of 7.5 hectares, according to Pelevina, there are also indoor tennis courts, a swimming pool, luxurious gardens "with shrubs sheared in Versailles style", a greenhouse for exotic plants, separate houses for servants and security etc.
Kadyrov's residence
There is another very impressive mansion on the banks of the Sunzha River in Grozny. The official residence of the head of the Chechen Republic with an area of 260 thousand square meters. meters cost the budget, according to Novaya Gazeta, about 10 billion rubles ($ 310.8 million).
Novaya Gazeta notes that 48 million rubles were allocated for the development of the territory of the residence alone - 360 thousand square meters. m of lawn, 77 thousand sq. m of flower beds, 16 thousand roses, 14 thousand sq. m of figuratively trimmed shrubs, hedges and more. About 36 million rubles have been allocated for public services of the residence.
Nikolay Uskov, the head of the Snob project, after a meeting of the club of editors of the central media in Grozny, eloquently described what he saw: “On a huge square in the middle of ideal lawns resembling emerald waves of golf courses, a monumental palace in the Ottoman style stood, next to it - a copy of the sacred Kaaba, framed by minarets. […] A small farm is hiding among the picturesque hills and Chechen ancestral towers stretching to the left. With her, a bear cub lives in a cage, chickens and turkeys walk on the grass, roosters crow, a stream murmurs, falling into an artificial pond. "
Medvedev palace
In February 2011, an article was published in Novaya Gazeta, where it was assumed that on the territory nature reserve Big Utrish ( Krasnodar region) a personal dacha is being built for ex-president and current prime minister Dmitry Medvedev. The mansion in Bolshoy Utrish was supposed to be equipped with a marina and helipad... Two wide roads leading to it were specially planned (according to the newspaper, these are the safety requirements of the Federal Guard Service). With its architecture, the project of "Medvedev's dacha" is similar to the so-called Putin's palace in Gelendzhik.
The land on which the palace is located has been leased from July 2008 by the forestry department Krasnodar Territory fund of regional non-commercial projects Gift for the construction of a health and fitness center there. For an area of 120 hectares, the fund will donate 15 million rubles every year for 49 years.
According to Novaya Gazeta, the management company of the Dar fund was located at the same address as the Fund for Social and Cultural Initiatives (FSKI) of the President's wife Svetlana Medvedeva, the companies had the same phone number, and the CEO of both organizations was in different time the same person (Olga Travina). The Presidential Property Management Department said it had nothing to do with construction.
Tkachev's dacha
In the Golubaya Bay near the village of Bzhid, the Dzhubgsky urban settlement of the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory, there is an object that some consider to be the residence of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev.
According to Rosreestr, some of these lands really belong to the governor. However, according to environmentalists, the area fenced in (about 7 hectares) significantly exceeds the area of land owned by Tkachev (1 hectare).
It was from the fence around the object that the scandal began to flare up. In February - March 2011, activists of the Environmental Watch in the North Caucasus carried out actions against the seizure of forest lands and the coastal strip, were detained by law enforcement officers and sentenced to various terms of administrative arrest (from 7 to 15 days). To the request of ecologists sent to the Forestry Department of the Krasnodar Territory, the answer came: there is no fence around this area.
Dacha of the Patriarch
In February 2011 at Black Sea coast to the north of the village of Divnomorskoye (Krasnodar Territory), the same activists discovered what they said was illegal construction. At least 10 hectares of forest, where the Pitsunda pine grows, protected by law, is fenced off with a three-meter fence. On the territory, according to ecologists, there is “a strange, pretentious structure - either a mansion or a temple — this quadrangular building is crowned with a dome with a cross. An absolutely unimaginable hybrid of a palace and a temple. "
The Russian Orthodox Church confirmed that this object belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate, however, it was noted that not the dacha of the patriarch, but a spiritual center was being built near Gelendzhik. On the territory of the spiritual center, a hall for meetings of the Holy Synod, premises for the stay of members of the Synod, administrative and managerial services of the Moscow Patriarchate, offices, conference rooms, premises of the press center, etc. were to be located. In the summer of 2012, the fence around the mysterious object grew significantly in height, became much longer and was equipped with night surveillance cameras and an alarm system. Later, Patriarch Kirill consecrated a church on the territory of the spiritual center and held a meeting of the Holy Synod there.
Putin's palace
On the Black Sea coast, near the village of Praskoveevka, Gelendzhik District, there is a "recreation complex" which, according to rumors, belongs to Putin.
Businessman Sergei Kolesnikov claims that although the project was envisaged as the private residence of Nikolai Shamalov, the construction of the palace was led by the Spetsstroy of Russia, and supervised it, guarded and gave all the instructions federal Service protection. According to Kolesnikov, the complex occupied an area of "tens of thousands of square meters" and was equipped with "a casino, a winter theater, a summer amphitheater, a chapel, swimming pools, a sports complex, helipads, landscape parks, tea houses, premises for service personnel and other technical buildings. "
In the spring of 2011, Shamalov's company Indokopas, together with the residence, was sold to a Cypriot company, the beneficiary of which is businessman Alexander Ponomarenko. Bloggers suggest that the palace is the private residence of Vladimir Putin. In particular, according to their statement, on August 6-7, 2011, three large yachts(one of them was similar to the yacht Olympia, which, according to bloggers, is used by Putin) and two patrol ships. And a few days before that, law enforcement agencies cleared the nearest coast of tents and checked the passports of the citizens who were resting in them.
Subsequently, Vladimir Kozhin, the Chief Executive Officer of the President of the Russian Federation, denied reports about the construction of a residence for Vladimir Putin.
The incredibly luxurious dwellings and suburban residences of the oligarchs are simply amazing, and about their cost - I just do better not say anything at all. For example, Kadyrov's "dacha" cost him only $ 310 million, and our president is used to getting to his residence on his own yacht. Be sure to read further and look at all the luxury that some residents of our country can afford.
The Vasiliev Brothers PalaceThe Vasiliev brothers were born in the village of Vyritsa, Leningrad Region. At first, they were engaged in video dealerships, then they drove cars from Europe for sale in Russia, and kept car markets. Sergey Vasiliev controlled and controls the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal - the largest bunkering company in the Seaport of St. Petersburg, with a 15% share of the volume of oil products transshipment in the Baltic.
Their native Vyritsa, where the brothers still live, despite the presence of real estate in St. Petersburg, the Vasilievs generously helped - for example, they restored the wooden church of the Kazan Mother of God, which is popular with tourists. It was in this village on the banks of the Oredezh River that the brothers decided to build their estate. The interesting thing about this estate is that it is a miniature copy of the Catherine Palace - the famous royal residence in Pushkin. The patterns on the cast-iron lattice, the golden domes of the chapel, the sky-blue color and white statues - a lot reminds of Catherine's.
There is only conflicting information about the interior: ceilings 14 meters high, marble staircases, turtle shell doors, mosaic marble floors with a total area of more than 600 square meters. m, black marble knights-Atlanteans. According to the author of the project, architect Igor Gremitsky, exclusively natural materials were used for the decoration of the palace, including 19 varieties of marble from Italy.
Yakunin's dacha
This Saturday, a post appeared on the entertainment portal, the author of which claimed that he participated in the construction of a residence for the head of the Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin - he was engaged in the so-called smart home there.
According to him, on several dozen hectares of forest near Domodedovo, their own lakes were dug, a garage for 15 cars was built, a separate box for a representative limousine, one and a half kilometers of underground passages to the garage were built, there was its own cinema, a bath complex (1400 sq. M.) With sauna, Russian, Turkish baths, salt room, swimming pool, separate massage room and more.
Then a certain builder Aleksey, who allegedly worked there, spoke on the air of RSN. “There were 300 Vietnamese people working there, and they killed all the fish with electric fishing rods. External finishing - Italian marble. Bath - three buildings, 14 by 14 meters, Italian furniture, marble bar, fireplace, stained glass windows. It is made of glass, there are no walls as such, changing rooms, showers, everything is very expensive. Swimming pool 50 meters in the house. There is a storage for fur coats, a refrigerator. The small house is the son, the guest house, and the main one is his. There is a chapel, a chapel. It seems that Metrostroy dug ponds there for 150 million. It is decorated with gold tiles, and the room is very large - a hamam, a bathhouse, a steam room, a panorama to look at the forest, ”Alexey said about what he saw near Domodedovo.
Shuvalov's residence
Igor Shuvalov, who has held the post of Deputy Prime Minister since 2008, is the richest member of the government according to his 2012 declaration. His income was about 226 million rubles (about $ 7 million). The spouse's income is slightly less.
In his declaration, the official indicated that, together with his wife and three minor children, he rents a house with an area of 4,174 sq. meters. The Deputy Prime Minister's residence is located next to the Skolkovo Innograd (Moscow) on the territory of the former summer residence of a member of the Politburo of the Brezhnev era, Mikhail Suslov (State Building Zarechye-4), is under zealous protection and surrounded by a high fence. Natalia Pelevina in her blog on the website of the radio station Echo of Moscow talks about a "palace" with an area of 1,500 square meters. meters, built in the shape of the letter P. On a plot of 7.5 hectares, according to Pelevina, there are also indoor tennis courts, a swimming pool, luxurious gardens "with shrubs sheared in Versailles style", a greenhouse for exotic plants, separate houses for servants and security etc.
Kadyrov's residence
There is another very impressive mansion on the banks of the Sunzha River in Grozny. The official residence of the head of the Chechen Republic with an area of 260 thousand square meters. meters cost the budget, according to Novaya Gazeta, about 10 billion rubles ($ 310.8 million).
Novaya Gazeta notes that 48 million rubles were allocated for the development of the territory of the residence alone - 360 thousand square meters. m of lawn, 77 thousand sq. m of flower beds, 16 thousand roses, 14 thousand sq. m of figuratively trimmed shrubs, hedges and more. About 36 million rubles have been allocated for public services of the residence.
Nikolay Uskov, the head of the Snob project, after a meeting of the club of editors of the central media in Grozny, eloquently described what he saw: “On a huge square in the middle of ideal lawns resembling emerald waves of golf courses, a monumental palace in the Ottoman style stood, next to it - a copy of the sacred Kaaba, framed by minarets. […] A small farm is hiding among the picturesque hills and Chechen ancestral towers stretching to the left. With her, a bear cub lives in a cage, chickens and turkeys walk on the grass, roosters crow, a stream that falls into an artificial pond murmurs. "
Medvedev palace
In February 2011, an article was published in Novaya Gazeta, where it was assumed that a personal dacha was being built on the territory of the Bolshoi Utrish nature reserve (Krasnodar Territory) for the ex-president and current Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The mansion in Bolshoy Utrish was to be equipped with a marina and a helipad. Two wide roads leading to it were specially planned (according to the newspaper, these are the safety requirements of the Federal Guard Service). With its architecture, the project of "Medvedev's dacha" is similar to the so-called Putin's palace in Gelendzhik.
The land on which the palace is located has been leased since July 2008 by the forestry department of the Krasnodar Territory to the Dar for regional non-commercial projects fund for the construction of a sports and recreation complex there. For an area of 120 hectares, the fund will donate 15 million rubles every year for 49 years.
According to Novaya Gazeta, the management company of the Dar fund was located at the same address as the Fund for Social and Cultural Initiatives (FSKI) of the President's wife Svetlana Medvedeva, the companies had the same phone number, and the CEO of both organizations was at different times the same and the same person (Olga Travina). The Presidential Property Management Department said it had nothing to do with construction.
Tkachev's dacha
In the Golubaya Bay near the village of Bzhid, the Dzhubgsky urban settlement of the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory, there is an object that some consider to be the residence of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev.
According to Rosreestr, some of these lands really belong to the governor. However, according to environmentalists, the area fenced in (about 7 hectares) significantly exceeds the area of land owned by Tkachev (1 hectare).
It was from the fence around the object that the scandal began to flare up. In February - March 2011, activists of the Environmental Watch in the North Caucasus carried out actions against the seizure of forest lands and the coastal strip, were detained by law enforcement officers and sentenced to various terms of administrative arrest (from 7 to 15 days). To the request of ecologists sent to the Forestry Department of the Krasnodar Territory, the answer came: there is no fence around this area.
Dacha of the Patriarch
In February 2011, on the Black Sea coast north of the village of Divnomorskoye (Krasnodar Territory), the same activists discovered what they said was illegal construction. At least 10 hectares of forest, where the Pitsunda pine grows, protected by law, is fenced off with a three-meter fence. On the territory, according to ecologists, there is “a strange, pretentious structure - either a mansion or a temple — this quadrangular building is crowned with a dome with a cross. An absolutely unimaginable hybrid of a palace and a temple. "
The Russian Orthodox Church confirmed that this object belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate, but noted that not a dacha of the patriarch, but a spiritual center is being built near Gelendzhik. On the territory of the spiritual center, a hall for meetings of the Holy Synod, premises for the stay of members of the Synod, administrative and managerial services of the Moscow Patriarchate, offices, conference rooms, premises of the press center, etc. were to be located. In the summer of 2012, the fence around the mysterious object grew significantly in height, became much longer and was equipped with night surveillance cameras and an alarm system. Later, Patriarch Kirill consecrated a church on the territory of the spiritual center and held a meeting of the Holy Synod there.
Putin's palace
On the Black Sea coast, near the village of Praskoveevka, Gelendzhik District, there is a "recreation complex" which, according to rumors, belongs to Putin.
Businessman Sergei Kolesnikov claims that, although the project was envisaged as the private residence of Nikolai Shamalov, the construction of the palace was led by the Spetsstroy of Russia, and the Federal Security Service supervised it, guarded and gave all instructions. According to Kolesnikov, the complex occupied an area of "tens of thousands of square meters" and was equipped with "a casino, a winter theater, a summer amphitheater, a chapel, swimming pools, a sports complex, helipads, landscape parks, tea houses, premises for service personnel and other technical buildings. ".
In the spring of 2011, Shamalov's company Indokopas, together with the residence, was sold to a Cypriot company, the beneficiary of which is businessman Alexander Ponomarenko. Bloggers suggest that the palace is the private residence of Vladimir Putin. In particular, according to their statement, on August 6-7, 2011, three large yachts were seen in the residence area (one of them looked like Olympia, which, according to bloggers, is used by Putin) and two patrol ships. And a few days before that, law enforcement agencies cleared the nearest coast of tents and checked the passports of the citizens who were resting in them.
Subsequently, Vladimir Kozhin, the Chief Executive Officer of the President of the Russian Federation, denied reports about the construction of a residence for Vladimir Putin.
The incredibly luxurious dwellings and suburban residences of the oligarchs are simply amazing, and about their cost - I just do better not say anything at all. For example, Kadyrov's "dacha" cost him only $ 310 million, and our president is used to getting to his residence on his own yacht. Be sure to read further and look at all the luxury that some residents of our country can afford.
The Vasiliev Brothers Palace
The Vasiliev brothers were born in the village of Vyritsa, Leningrad Region. At first, they were engaged in video dealerships, then they drove cars from Europe for sale in Russia, and kept car markets. Sergey Vasiliev controlled and controls the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal - the largest bunkering company in the Seaport of St. Petersburg, with a 15% share of the volume of oil products transshipment in the Baltic.
Their native Vyritsa, where the brothers still live, despite the presence of real estate in St. Petersburg, the Vasilievs generously helped - for example, they restored the wooden church of the Kazan Mother of God, which is popular with tourists. It was in this village on the banks of the Oredezh River that the brothers decided to build their estate. The interesting thing about this estate is that it is a miniature copy of the Catherine Palace - the famous royal residence in Pushkin. The patterns on the cast-iron lattice, the golden domes of the chapel, the sky-blue color and white statues - a lot reminds of Catherine's.
There is only conflicting information about the interior: ceilings 14 meters high, marble staircases, turtle shell doors, mosaic marble floors with a total area of more than 600 square meters. m, black marble knights-Atlanteans. According to the author of the project, architect Igor Gremitsky, exclusively natural materials were used for the decoration of the palace, including 19 varieties of marble from Italy.
Yakunin's dacha
This Saturday, a post appeared on the entertainment portal, the author of which claimed that he participated in the construction of a residence for the head of the Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin - he was engaged in the so-called smart home there.
According to him, on several dozen hectares of forest near Domodedovo, their own lakes were dug, a garage for 15 cars was built, a separate box for a representative limousine, one and a half kilometers of underground passages to the garage were built, there was its own cinema, a bath complex (1400 sq. M.) With sauna, Russian, Turkish baths, salt room, swimming pool, separate massage room and more.
Then a certain builder Aleksey, who allegedly worked there, spoke on the air of RSN. “There were 300 Vietnamese people working there, and they killed all the fish with electric fishing rods. External finishing - Italian marble. Bath - three buildings, 14 by 14 meters, Italian furniture, marble bar, fireplace, stained glass windows. It is made of glass, there are no walls as such, changing rooms, showers, everything is very expensive. Swimming pool 50 meters in the house. There is a storage for fur coats, a refrigerator. The small house is the son, the guest house, and the main one is his. There is a chapel, a chapel. It seems that Metrostroy dug ponds there for 150 million. It is decorated with gold tiles, and the room is very large - a hamam, a bathhouse, a steam room, a panorama to look at the forest, ”Alexey said about what he saw near Domodedovo.
Shuvalov's residence
Igor Shuvalov, who has held the post of Deputy Prime Minister since 2008, is the richest member of the government according to his 2012 declaration. His income was about 226 million rubles (about $ 7 million). The spouse's income is slightly less.
In his declaration, the official indicated that, together with his wife and three minor children, he rents a house with an area of 4,174 sq. meters. The Deputy Prime Minister's residence is located next to the Skolkovo Innograd (Moscow) on the territory of the former summer residence of a member of the Politburo of the Brezhnev era, Mikhail Suslov (State Building Zarechye-4), is under zealous protection and surrounded by a high fence. Natalia Pelevina in her blog on the website of the radio station Echo of Moscow talks about a "palace" with an area of 1,500 square meters. meters, built in the shape of the letter P. On a plot of 7.5 hectares, according to Pelevina, there are also indoor tennis courts, a swimming pool, luxurious gardens "with shrubs sheared in Versailles style", a greenhouse for exotic plants, separate houses for servants and security etc.
Kadyrov's residence
There is another very impressive mansion on the banks of the Sunzha River in Grozny. The official residence of the head of the Chechen Republic with an area of 260 thousand square meters. meters cost the budget, according to Novaya Gazeta, about 10 billion rubles ($ 310.8 million).
Novaya Gazeta notes that 48 million rubles were allocated for the development of the territory of the residence alone - 360 thousand square meters. m of lawn, 77 thousand sq. m of flower beds, 16 thousand roses, 14 thousand sq. m of figuratively trimmed shrubs, hedges and more. About 36 million rubles have been allocated for public services of the residence.
Nikolay Uskov, the head of the Snob project, after a meeting of the club of editors of the central media in Grozny, eloquently described what he saw: “On a huge square in the middle of ideal lawns resembling emerald waves of golf courses, a monumental palace in the Ottoman style stood, next to it - a copy of the sacred Kaaba, framed by minarets. […] A small farm is hiding among the picturesque hills and Chechen ancestral towers stretching to the left. With her, a bear cub lives in a cage, chickens and turkeys walk on the grass, roosters crow, a stream that falls into an artificial pond murmurs. "
Medvedev palace
In February 2011, an article was published in Novaya Gazeta, where it was assumed that a personal dacha was being built on the territory of the Bolshoi Utrish nature reserve (Krasnodar Territory) for the ex-president and current Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The mansion in Bolshoy Utrish was to be equipped with a marina and a helipad. Two wide roads leading to it were specially planned (according to the newspaper, these are the safety requirements of the Federal Guard Service). With its architecture, the project of "Medvedev's dacha" is similar to the so-called Putin's palace in Gelendzhik.
The land on which the palace is located has been leased since July 2008 by the forestry department of the Krasnodar Territory to the Dar for regional non-commercial projects fund for the construction of a sports and recreation complex there. For an area of 120 hectares, the fund will donate 15 million rubles every year for 49 years.
According to Novaya Gazeta, the management company of the Dar fund was located at the same address as the Fund for Social and Cultural Initiatives (FSKI) of the President's wife Svetlana Medvedeva, the companies had the same phone number, and the CEO of both organizations was at different times the same and the same person (Olga Travina). The Presidential Property Management Department said it had nothing to do with construction.
Tkachev's dacha
In the Golubaya Bay near the village of Bzhid, the Dzhubgsky urban settlement of the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory, there is an object that some consider to be the residence of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev.
According to Rosreestr, some of these lands really belong to the governor. However, according to environmentalists, the area fenced in (about 7 hectares) significantly exceeds the area of land owned by Tkachev (1 hectare).
It was from the fence around the object that the scandal began to flare up. In February - March 2011, activists of the Environmental Watch in the North Caucasus carried out actions against the seizure of forest lands and the coastal strip, were detained by law enforcement officers and sentenced to various terms of administrative arrest (from 7 to 15 days). To the request of ecologists sent to the Forestry Department of the Krasnodar Territory, the answer came: there is no fence around this area.
Dacha of the Patriarch
In February 2011, on the Black Sea coast north of the village of Divnomorskoye (Krasnodar Territory), the same activists discovered what they said was illegal construction. At least 10 hectares of forest, where the Pitsunda pine grows, protected by law, is fenced off with a three-meter fence. On the territory, according to ecologists, there is “a strange, pretentious structure - either a mansion or a temple — this quadrangular building is crowned with a dome with a cross. An absolutely unimaginable hybrid of a palace and a temple. "
The Russian Orthodox Church confirmed that this object belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate, but noted that not a dacha of the patriarch, but a spiritual center is being built near Gelendzhik. On the territory of the spiritual center, a hall for meetings of the Holy Synod, premises for the stay of members of the Synod, administrative and managerial services of the Moscow Patriarchate, offices, conference rooms, premises of the press center, etc. were to be located. In the summer of 2012, the fence around the mysterious object grew significantly in height, became much longer and was equipped with night surveillance cameras and an alarm system. Later, Patriarch Kirill consecrated a church on the territory of the spiritual center and held a meeting of the Holy Synod there.
Putin's palace
On the Black Sea coast, near the village of Praskoveevka, Gelendzhik District, there is a "recreation complex" which, according to rumors, belongs to Putin.
Businessman Sergei Kolesnikov claims that, although the project was envisaged as the private residence of Nikolai Shamalov, the construction of the palace was led by the Spetsstroy of Russia, and the Federal Security Service supervised it, guarded and gave all instructions. According to Kolesnikov, the complex occupied an area of "tens of thousands of square meters" and was equipped with "a casino, a winter theater, a summer amphitheater, a chapel, swimming pools, a sports complex, helipads, landscape parks, tea houses, premises for service personnel and other technical buildings. ".
In the spring of 2011, Shamalov's company Indokopas, together with the residence, was sold to a Cypriot company, the beneficiary of which is businessman Alexander Ponomarenko. Bloggers suggest that the palace is the private residence of Vladimir Putin. In particular, according to their statement, on August 6-7, 2011, three large yachts were seen in the residence area (one of them looked like Olympia, which, according to bloggers, is used by Putin) and two patrol ships. And a few days before that, law enforcement agencies cleared the nearest coast of tents and checked the passports of the citizens who were resting in them.
Subsequently, Vladimir Kozhin, the Chief Executive Officer of the President of the Russian Federation, denied reports about the construction of a residence for Vladimir Putin.
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In Russia, it is not customary to dwell on biographies. Most often, even their names are known only to a narrow circle of people who are really interested in this topic. The businessman Sergei Vasiliev, who became famous mainly for his private palace, copying the famous one in Tsarskoye Selo, and experienced a daring attempt on his own life, was no exception. Who is the owner of elite housing and a victim of gang violence?
The beginning of the way
Vasiliev Sergey Vasilievich - a businessman, now quite famous, is the average of three brothers... All of them were born in the village of Vyritsa, in the Leningrad region. From childhood, the boys were fond of boxing, so they could not take endurance and strength - perhaps this tempering of character became one of the main reasons for their success in business. At the age of 19, Sergei went to jail, but served 3 years out of the five. Ten years later - a new walker, but this time already on a couple with his older brother on charges of extortion, to which fraud was added at the trial - at this time, the Vasilievs, as they say, controlled video salons and so-called thimblers in the city on Neve.
Having freed themselves in the early nineties, the brothers switched to the then popular occupation - driving cars from Europe to Russia, while they actively used old acquaintances, which allowed them to take one of the automobile markets of the northern capital under their wing.
Petersburg oil terminal
Businessman Sergei Vasiliev began his independent voyage from the Petersburg Oil Terminal. An interesting fact is that instead of looking for external investors who could demand a share in PNT as a token of gratitude for their help, Vasiliev started modernizing using the terminal's own income.
V this moment According to the expert, the share of this company in the oil products market of the Baltic region is 15%, and the annual income of the Petersburg Oil Terminal is about $ 60 million.
Union
Vasiliev Sergey Vasilievich is a businessman, a photo, whose biography is shrouded in mystery. But it is known that another major undertaking by the entrepreneur was the Soyuz corporation, which produces specialized fats (vegetable, palm oil, and others); the share of this enterprise in the Russian market is 18%, which allows us to speak with confidence about its influence. Trouble in this company began in 2012, when a personal conflict broke out between Vasiliev, who owns a controlling stake, and his partner, who held a quarter of the corporation's shares.
Consequences of the "Union"
As a result of this, according to financial experts, a kind of raider seizure of the enterprise began: an unwanted partner was removed from the management of the company, the lion's share of the property was sold allegedly for the debts of Soyuz, and sold at a price much lower than the real market value and to firms for which According to some analysts, businessman Sergei Vasiliev is also standing.
It all ended with the incident on a truly global scale: the outcast partner was forced to leave for Holland with his family after an attempt on his own life, most likely organized by Vasiliev; many Russian and foreign firms refuse to cooperate with the corporation; The court proceedings initiated by the fled partner with the aim of returning the seized stake in Soyuz are in full swing.
Arcros
Russian Foundations is another project headed by Sergei Vasiliev. The businessman, whose biography includes several large-scale enterprises, with the help of this investment group, recently became the owner of the London diamond trader, the Arcos company, which began its history back in 1920. It was previously under the wing of Alrosa, a mining company specializing primarily in diamond mining. They say, however, that at the time of the sale, Arcos owned only an average-sized apartment in London, while the rest of the property had already been sold to an unknown investor. Alrosa notes that two entrepreneurs took part in the auction, where this company was at stake, and Sergey Vasiliev, as it is already clear, offered a high price.
The businessman, whose photo in connection with this event appeared in many specialized publications, notes that this acquisition will allow him to expand his influence in the commodity markets, moreover, it will be an excellent addition to the gold mining company Seligdar already owned by the businessman. They note, by the way, that Arcos was sold at a price that turned out to be below market value, so Vasiliev concluded a priori a profitable deal.
Assassination attempt
In Russia, a huge number of large entrepreneurs are citizens of other countries. Sergei was no exception, the businessman, whose photo appeared in many local and all-Russian media in connection with a loud attempt on his life, took a fancy for a long time, despite his now Dutch citizenship. In this city, he began his career, here he suffered the first failures, and immediately took up new ideas. And in the city on the Neva, he almost died. In 2006, unknown persons fired on the car in which the businessman was.
The attack was clearly well planned: one of the attackers' cars blocked the businessman's Rolls-Royce road, while another targeted shooting: as a result of the assassination attempt, one of Vasiliev's security guards was killed, three were injured, and he himself, who was also injured, spent about a week in intensive care.
Assassination versions
All versions of the assassination attempt are related to professional activities. Some say that Sergei Vasiliev is a businessman who survived and even refused to "share" with one of the well-known crime bosses, the Petersburg Oil Terminal, for which he almost paid with his life. Others associate the assassination attempt with the famous Vasiliev mansion, which he refused to sell. In any case, the charge was brought against the head of Tambovskaya, who, according to the investigation, had views on some of Vasilyev's enterprises.
Vasilievsky palace
Vasiliev Sergey Vasilievich is a businessman, the photo of whose mansion excited the Internet. It is believed that a citizen of an EU country most he should still spend years on the territory of the EU, but contrary to this rule, Vasiliev settled in his native village, where he built himself a smaller copy of the famous palace in Tsarskoye Selo. The house is located on the shore, they say, by the way, that due to the construction of the village, it lost a part wild beach... Experts note that if according to external design Vasiliev's palace is in no way inferior to Catherine's, and even surpasses it in interior decoration.
There were rumors that the owner did not like the front doors of the mansion, made of turtle shells, so that one of them, worth $ 30,000, was ordered by businessman Sergei Vasiliev to be replaced with a new one. The abundance of marble and gold, the design in the Baroque style gives the house a kind of "museum character", perhaps that is why this building is more used for receiving high-ranking guests than for ordinary life. By the way, the exact area of the site is unknown.
Patronage
But it is worth noting that Sergei Vasiliev, a businessman whose name often pops up in the media in connection with scandals, attempts and other unpleasant events, is also known for his patronage. He completely restored the Church of Our Lady of Kazan - a wooden cathedral with more than a century of history, which is now one of the main places for pilgrims. True, not all fellow villagers are happy with such changes: from a small local church, the temple turned into tourist Mecca, which obviously does not please everyone.
In addition, Sergey Vasiliev takes part in various projects for young entrepreneurs, businessmen, telling his own success story, thereby inspiring young people to new achievements. It is worth noting that a year ago he tried himself in a new field: it all started with notes in one social network, in which Vasiliev shared with his subscribers some stories from his business past. Later, due to the popularity of these notes, the idea arose to create a whole book in which Vasiliev's path would be shown from the very beginning.
In his "memoirs", titled "How it was with me: 90s", the entrepreneur writes about the specifics of business in the 90s, as well as about all kinds of business schemes that he created himself and which he had to face - this book promises to be one of the self-guides for those who are going to start their own business.
Conclusion
Of course, it is difficult to form an unambiguous opinion about such an extraordinary personality as Sergei Vasiliev. Someone considers him one of the "cleanest" Russian businessmen, saying that he did not clear his way with murders - for that alone he can be respected. Others blame numerous scandals associated with the name of the entrepreneur: here is the incident with the Soyuz corporation, the trial of which is still pending, and the likely backstage games around the Petersburg Oil Terminal, for which Vasiliev almost paid with his life. In any case, it is worth noting that Sergei Vasilievich Vasiliev achieved a lot, not giving up any difficulties and demonstrating his entrepreneurial talent and outstanding ability in doing business. We should pay tribute to him only for the fact that he is also engaged in the cultivation of his own kind, which means that the business of Russia definitely has a future.
