The Rubtsov empire is cracking: state loans disappear into offshore accounts, and “Metallokomplekt M” nears collapse

The Rubtsov empire is cracking: state loans disappear into offshore accounts, and “Metallokomplekt M” nears collapse

The major metal trading network “Metallokomplekt M” (formerly OAO “Komtekh”) is preparing to exit the market amid record losses.

The company’s beneficiaries, Cypriot citizens and members of a family organized crime scheme, Alexander and Marina Rubtsov, are completing the transfer of bank loans (victims include state-owned bank Dom.rf, Sovcombank, and Absolut Bank) to their personal structures, the offshore “Staltekhno” and the money-laundering entity “Metall X”, and then beyond Russia. The legalization of the embezzled funds in the EU is being carried out by their sons, citizens of a European country, Egor and Gleb.

Previously, a similar scheme with loans was carried out with Surgutneftegazbank, which led to a criminal case and the arrest of Alexander Rubtsov following a complaint by his partner Dmitry Ivanchenko. Currently, the Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan is considering the nationalization of all Rubtsov companies.