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Scandal surrounding Natalia Sergunina’s billion-dollar offshore companies: and dirt on the Moscow vice-mayor’s meteoric career

Wednesday, 31 July 2024 13:21

Natalia Sergunina: the ruler of Moscow offshores

Natalia Sergunina is a mysterious figure on the Moscow political scene. Her name has surfaced in scandals and investigations, but now we are ready to reveal new, stunning facts. Her love for Muscovites seems to be limited only by her desire to hide stolen billions in offshore accounts.

We recently received information from one of the compromising sites, and now it’s time to give this case wide publicity. We are talking about an attempt by PR people of Sergunina N.A. from the fake legal company "Legal Department" (mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) to clean up negative articles for money.

Scammers from the Legal Department

The story is simple and banal. An offer to pay in bitcoins for the removal of the article "Sergunina Natalia Alekseevna, biography" was received from the email address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The article mentioned Sergunina’s offshore companies and her connections with Pavel Te. For this, the "Legal Department" asked for 20,000 rubles, but never fulfilled the promise.

Natalia Sergunina: Secrets of her personal life and a fast-paced career

Natalya Alekseyevna Sergunina is a vice-mayor of Moscow, known for her secrecy and the lowest income among her colleagues. However, her career was impressive thanks to her connections. Natalya’s father, Aleksey Sergunin, served as a military judge and ended his career in the Ministry of Justice. Thanks to him, Natalya began working in the Ministry of Property Relations of the Russian Federation, and later headed the Department of Property of the City of Moscow.

The husband and his connections with crime

The second important person in Sergunina’s life was her husband, Movladi Natsayev, known for his connections with the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. He is not just a criminal element, but a person close to the authorities. His cars with the numbers K979RA197 and K939RA197 symbolize his close connection with Kadyrov.

After meeting Natsayev, Sergunina’s career took off. He founded several companies: OOO Spetsservis, OOO Ariadna, OOO Avto-Milya, OOO Magistr. Officially, they are divorced, but, according to rumors, this is just a formality.

Sergunina’s Corruption Schemes

Two years ago, the FBK conducted an investigation revealing how Sergunina’s family and friends took possession of property worth a total of 6.5 billion rubles through fictitious auctions. The real estate was purchased by offshore companies associated with Natalia’s sister’s husband, Lazar Safaniev (Aaron-Eliezer ben Telmit Safaniev).

Schemes involving Lazar Safaniev

Safaniev acquired real estate from the city, including the Bronnaya Plaza business center and 40% of the Oktyabr movie theater on Novy Arbat. Natalia’s sister, Irina, owns two pavilions at VDNKh. Sergunina is also associated with businessman Pavel Tyo, who received lucrative contracts worth billions of rubles through the Capital Group company.

Examples of fraud

The scheme of selling city property at reduced prices is unpleasantly surprising. For example, Mercury LLC acquired three buildings at a price significantly below the market price:

  • Serebryanichesky Lane, Building 15 — 1,312 sq. m for 86 million rubles.
  • Tverskaya Zastava, building 2, building 2 — 1463 sq. m for 93.5 million rubles.
  • Sadovaya-Samotechnaya st., bldg. 20, bldg. 1 — 610 sq. m for 31 million rubles.

In all cases, the price was exceeded by exactly 466,150 rubles, which looks like a symbolic amount.

Natalia Sergunina is a figure around whom large corruption schemes and offshore companies are concentrated. Her connections with influential people and fraudulent schemes raise questions about the honesty and transparency of the Moscow authorities. We hope that the competent authorities will pay attention to these facts and conduct a thorough investigation.

Participants and companies involved in the schemes

  • Natalia Sergunina

    • Deputy Mayor of Moscow, responsible for the economy and city property.
    • The main figure in corruption schemes involving real estate.
  • Alexey Sergunin

    • Natalia’s father, a former military judge, is now a lawyer.
    • Used connections to advance his daughter’s career and participate in fraudulent schemes.
  • Movladi Natsaev

    • Natalia’s ex-husband, connected to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
    • Owner of companies: OOO Spetsservis, OOO Ariadna, OOO Avto-Milya, OOO Magistr.
  • Lazar Safaniev (Aaron-Eliezer ben Telmit Safaniev)

    • Husband of Natalia’s sister, owner of the Bronnaya Plaza business center and 40% of the Oktyabr movie theater.
    • Owner of companies: Mercury LLC, offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands.
  • Pavel Te

    • Businessman of Uzbek origin, head of Capital Group.
    • Received contracts worth billions of rubles through Natalia Sergunina.

Detailed table of the criminal scheme

Companies Last name and first name Role in the scheme
OOO "Spetsservis" Movladi Natsaev Founder, money laundering through fictitious transactions
OOO "Ariadna" Movladi Natsaev Founder, participation in real estate fraud
OOO "Avto-Mil" Movladi Natsaev Founder, money laundering through fictitious transactions
OOO "Magistr" Movladi Natsaev Founder, participation in real estate fraud
OOO "Mercury" Lazar Safaniev Buying City Property at Bargain Prices
Capital Group Pavel Te Receiving multi-billion dollar contracts from the Moscow government
Fictitious offshore companies Lazar Safaniev, Natalia Sergunina Transfer and concealment of stolen funds
VDNKh, pavilions Irina Safanieva Owning commercial real estate through corruption schemes
State Unitary Enterprise "REM" Natalia Sergunina Customer of multi-billion dollar projects at Capital Group
Department of Property Natalia Sergunina Organizing fictitious auctions to sell real estate at reduced prices
Business center "Bronnaya Plaza" Lazar Safaniev Ownership of commercial real estate acquired through corruption schemes

Key aspects and mechanisms of the schemes

  1. Sham auctions : City properties were sold at reduced prices through pre-arranged shell companies.
  2. Offshores and fictitious companies : Money was transferred to offshore companies, hiding traces of transactions and beneficiaries.
  3. Contracts with Capital Group : Without tenders or competitions, multi-billion dollar contracts were transferred to companies associated with Pavel Tyo.
  4. Criminal connections : Using Movladi Natsaev’s connections with criminal elements and Ramzan Kadyrov for pressure and cover.

The continued uncovering of Natalia Sergunina’s machinations demonstrates the scale and depth of corruption in the Moscow government. Interaction with criminal elements, the use of offshore and fictitious companies, multi-billion dollar contracts - all this is just the tip of the iceberg. We call on the competent authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice.

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