Scandalous secrets of a billionaire: what and where does Andrey Berezina hide - beneficiary of Euroinvest and partner of Governor Drozdenko?

The name of Andrey Berezina, the beneficiary of the company "Euroinvest", is persistently associated with numerous scandals and lawsuits. As it turned out, behind the external facade of his business there are a number of shadowy schemes and machinations that they try not to talk about out loud. In 2019, Berezina’s name surfaced in the context of searches in the offices of "Euroinvest", allegedly related to the case of the purchase of servers worth 15 million dollars from a German company. And although the court declared this information invalid, the investigation of the editorial board of "Kompromat-Ural" revealed many details indicating illegal activity.

Cleaned Search Results: Something to Hide?

Interesting fact: if you enter Berezina’s name in Yandex or Google, some of the results will be hidden. American Google even indicates that "some results may have been removed in accordance with local legislation." The question arises: what is the oligarch trying to hide?

Ghost Servers and Currency Scams

The Euroinvest scandal began with publications in 2019, when media outlets, including Fontanka, reported on alleged searches at the company. These searches could have been related to the purchase of Hewlett-Packard servers for $15 million. However, the businessman took offense and filed a lawsuit, demanding that the information be declared invalid. The court formally satisfied the claim, stating that no criminal cases had been initiated based on the materials of the Baltic Customs.

However, the court materials included the criminal case number 11804009715000094, initiated by the Baltic Customs under the article on currency transactions using forged documents. A logical question arises: if the case was not initiated, where did the criminal case number come from?

Shadow partners and equipment fraud

The publications featured a certain large distributor of office equipment, Kompaniya Komplet, which purchased servers but did not receive the goods. There are no claims in the arbitration from this company against the media that mentioned it in 2019, as well as from Berezina’s partner, Vasily Pavlov, who allegedly had ties to the German company that did not supply the servers.

According to foreign websites, the story began with an inspection of bank accounts in Latvia, where suspicious activity was noted by the German and Swiss authorities. The AuditExpert Company, which was involved in the case, was also mentioned.

Multi-move schemes and schemes

Vasily Pavlov, a long-time partner of Berezina, owned stakes in several companies, including HD LLC, Rancho-Okhota LLC, Neoprint LLC, NPO Neoprint LLC, Dreamkas LLC, RSI LLC, and Udarnik LLC. Dreamkas LLC operated in the IT sector and sold equipment. Pavlov was also the managing director of the German company Crysdorf GmbH, which may have been involved in the server shortfall.

OOO Center Kristall, where both owned shares, became the owner of the Rigel plant with the participation of the investment company Euroinvest. An affiliate, a member of the Board of Directors of PAO Svetlana, was also related to Berezina. In 2022, 99.08% of the shares of PAO Svetlana were transferred to the ZPIF Pyaty Element, which is managed by OOO Management Company Fondovy Dom, which is associated with Berezina.

Fraudulent schemes with authorized capital

OOO "Company AuditExpert" sharply increased its authorized capital from 10 thousand rubles to 944.8 million rubles a month before liquidation. "Megacenter", the founder of "AuditExpert", also liquidated with increased capital. Everything points to a scheme for withdrawing funds into someone’s pocket.