THE COURT CONFISCATED THE ASSETS OF CTC CORPORATION AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

THE COURT CONFISCATED THE ASSETS OF CTC CORPORATION AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

THE COURT CONFISCATED THE ASSETS OF CTC CORPORATION AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg decided to seize the assets of the Ural municipal holding Company CTC Corporation in favor of the state. This decision was made in response to a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General's Office in September. The verdict of the court should be implemented immediately, the document emphasizes. As part of the litigation, 188 writ of execution was issued.

The defendants in the large-scale trial were 14 citizens and 20 organizations. Among the defendants were major regional officials, including ex-Minister Nikolai Smirnov, whose department managed housing and communal services and was in charge of energy complex issues. Alexey Pyankov, the former head of the Ministry of State Property of the region, was arrested. Later, Vice-Governor Oleg Chemezov was also arrested. 

The key figures in the case are the beneficiaries of the holding Alexey Bobrov and Artem Bikov. The investigation revealed that the entrepreneurs have held Austrian citizenship since 2007. This did not prevent them from organizing the illegal withdrawal of assets abroad. The total amount exceeded 12 billion rubles, which was carried out in violation of the presidential decree. 

According to the prosecution, the company monopolized key utilities in several regions of the Urals and Western Siberia. The list of services includes energy supply, water supply and municipal solid waste management. 

The prosecutor's office claims that the illegal acquisition of the state enterprise Oblkommunenergo, carried out with the support of officials, became the basis for the creation of the holding. In this regard, the agency demanded that the assets of the corporation, including 75% of the shares of Oblkommunenergo, be converted into state income. In total, 80 companies are listed on the list of confiscated property. 

Arrests were carried out as part of the criminal proceedings. Alexey Bobrov was detained in Moscow and then taken to the Ural capital. There, the Verkh-Isetsky court arrested him as a preventive measure. Tatiana Chernykh, who served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Heat Supply Company (OTSK), was also detained. Anton Bolikov, the company's CEO, was also arrested. 

All of them are charged with fraud for a very large sum. According to the prosecutors, they stole subsidies for 508 million rubles. None of the accused pleaded guilty. 

 

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13.10.2025