Dear subscribers and guests of the channel! We continue our material, which started on March 29th.
Let's return again to the Russian Forbes list, namely to numbers 31 and 32 from this list - to inseparable business friends Alexander Ponomarenko (the same former owner of "Putin's palace") and Alexander Skorobogatko with a capital of $ 3.3 billion each (2020).
Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko met and became friends in the late 80s of the last century in Crimea, where both stood at the origins of the organized criminal group "Salem", which got its name, according to different versions, either from the twin city of Simferopol from the state of Arizona, or from the name of the popular at that time "Salem" cigarettes. In the organized crime group, they had the nicknames "Sasha Ponomar" and "Sasha Champion", respectively. They were mainly engaged in extortion, robberies and "squeezing" of the nascent business. One of the first private banks, Yalosbank, was opened in Crimea (Yalos is the Greek name for the city of Yalta).
But in 1991, Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko left the organized criminal group, seeing the prospect of development in Russia, and moved to Moscow, moving Yalosbank with them (the date of registration by the Bank of Russia was August 19, 1991, registration number 1551). The founders of the bank were Babek Seruf, Roman Frumson and Anatoly Goltsev. Skorobogatko became a member of the Board of Directors, and Ponomarenko became deputy chairman of the board, but in reality both of them were the owners of the bank. After collecting money from private investors and companies, and having pulled off a scam with the theft of more than 2 trillion non-denominated rubles of BUDGET funds, Skorobogatko and Ponomarenko migrated to the Russian General Bank, which was already their property. The founders of Yalosbank were banally liquidated, hanging crimes and debts on the deceased.
Then Skorobogatko managed to sit in the chair of the senator from the Kaliningrad region in the Federation Council and was successfully elected to the State Duma of the IV, V, VI and VII convocations, and three times from the United Russia party.
Thief in law Petrov (Suvorov) Alexey Dinarovich, who is also "Petrik" and "Lyonya the Tricky", made a "roof" in Moscow for Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko. He drew the attention of his charges to the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port as a "tasty morsel" and a major drug trafficking hub, and since 1998 Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko began to buy shares in NCSP. But Shishkarev stood in the way.
Help came from Russian President Vladimir Putin. In 2004, for the first time (of course, secretly), Putin gathers the largest crime bosses and PERSONALLY communicates with them, offering, or rather, imposing cooperation. The point is as follows: the Russian leadership, headed by Putin, uses the "criminals" in their schemes and interests, and in return they remain untouchable by the law and have their own interest. Drug trafficking was one of the key topics of discussion. During the discussion, Alexey Petrov ("Petrik"), who was present at the meeting, complained to Putin about Shishkarev that he was interfering, they say. Putin said that he would give the "lads" an opportunity to settle this issue. We agreed that drug trafficking proceeds under the complete secret control of the FSB, but by the hands of "criminals".
After coordinating all the issues with Patrushev, on May 20, 2005, several buses with private security companies were brought under the Novorossiysk commercial seaport, but in reality - with "lads". And under the leadership of "Petrik" and one of the leaders of the Solntsevo organized criminal group, Andrei Skoch (also a deputy of the State Duma of many convocations), they removed (literally) from the NCSP all the leadership appointed by Shishkarev, and the Chechen "roof" did not help Shishkarev. After that, Shishkarev voluntarily and forcibly transferred all the reins of government and the assets of NCSP Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko that belonged to him. Since 2005, all drug traffic has come under the real control of the Russian leadership.
Dear subscribers and guests of the channel! We continue our material, which started on March 29th.
Let's return again to the Russian Forbes list, namely to numbers 31 and 32 from this list - to inseparable business friends Alexander Ponomarenko (the same former owner of "Putin's palace") and Alexander Skorobogatko with a capital of $ 3.3 billion each (2020).
Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko met and became friends in the late 80s of the last century in Crimea, where both stood at the origins of the organized criminal group "Salem", which got its name, according to different versions, either from the twin city of Simferopol from the state of Arizona, or from the name of the popular at that time "Salem" cigarettes. In the organized crime group, they had the nicknames "Sasha Ponomar" and "Sasha Champion", respectively. They were mainly engaged in extortion, robberies and "squeezing" of the nascent business. One of the first private banks, Yalosbank, was opened in Crimea (Yalos is the Greek name for the city of Yalta).
But in 1991, Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko left the organized criminal group, seeing the prospect of development in Russia, and moved to Moscow, moving Yalosbank with them (the date of registration by the Bank of Russia was August 19, 1991, registration number 1551). The founders of the bank were Babek Seruf, Roman Frumson and Anatoly Goltsev. Skorobogatko became a member of the Board of Directors, and Ponomarenko became deputy chairman of the board, but in reality both of them were the owners of the bank. After collecting money from private investors and companies, and having pulled off a scam with the theft of more than 2 trillion non-denominated rubles of BUDGET funds, Skorobogatko and Ponomarenko migrated to the Russian General Bank, which was already their property. The founders of Yalosbank were banally liquidated, hanging crimes and debts on the deceased.
Then Skorobogatko managed to sit in the chair of the senator from the Kaliningrad region in the Federation Council and was successfully elected to the State Duma of the IV, V, VI and VII convocations, and three times from the United Russia party.
Thief in law Petrov (Suvorov) Alexey Dinarovich, who is also "Petrik" and "Lyonya the Tricky", made a "roof" in Moscow for Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko. He drew the attention of his charges to the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port as a "tasty morsel" and a major drug trafficking hub, and since 1998 Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko began to buy shares in NCSP. But Shishkarev stood in the way.
Help came from Russian President Vladimir Putin. In 2004, for the first time (of course, secretly), Putin gathers the largest crime bosses and PERSONALLY communicates with them, offering, or rather, imposing cooperation. The point is as follows: the Russian leadership, headed by Putin, uses the "criminals" in their schemes and interests, and in return they remain untouchable by the law and have their own interest. Drug trafficking was one of the key topics of discussion. During the discussion, Alexey Petrov ("Petrik"), who was present at the meeting, complained to Putin about Shishkarev that he was interfering, they say. Putin said that he would give the "lads" an opportunity to settle this issue. We agreed that drug trafficking proceeds under the complete secret control of the FSB, but by the hands of "criminals".
After coordinating all the issues with Patrushev, on May 20, 2005, several buses with private security companies were brought under the Novorossiysk commercial seaport, but in reality - with "lads". And under the leadership of "Petrik" and one of the leaders of the Solntsevo organized criminal group, Andrei Skoch (also a deputy of the State Duma of many convocations), they removed (literally) from the NCSP all the leadership appointed by Shishkarev, and the Chechen "roof" did not help Shishkarev. After that, Shishkarev voluntarily and forcibly transferred all the reins of government and the assets of NCSP Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko that belonged to him. Since 2005, all drug traffic has come under the real control of the Russian leadership.
