A criminal case filed against the top management of Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" was motivated by a bid to buy the plant cheap, the shipbuilding firm’s PR department head Gregory Shapovalov said in a press release.
"The question arises: who actually stands behind this? Who wants so hard to "pin down" one of the leading shipbuilding companies in the country. Who dreams to get off cheap, to get our assets just for peanuts? A respected organization name involuntarily comes to mind, the acronym of which consists of three capital letters," the press release says.
Severnaya Verf has denied allegation of abuse of authority and that it might foil the state defense order. "There were no facts of misappropriation of the plant’s assets detected” by the General Prosecutor's Office team that had conducted audit of the enterprise, the press release said.
The other day the prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg stated that it has opened a criminal case over unlawful acts of top management of "Shipbuilding plant" Severnaya Verf" that might lead to the failure of the state defense order and property damage to society (Article 201, part 1st of the Criminal Code).
The prosecutor’s office declined to comment the investigation details.
The state-owned United Shipbuilding Corp. had been in talks with Severnaya Verf on buyout deal. However, later the both parties failed to come to an agreement over the SV’s assets price. 75.8% of shares of Severnaya Verf were transferred under the pledge agreement to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
JSC Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" (Northern Shipyard) is one of the leading companies of the Russian defense industry. The firm has been part of United Industrial Corporation (Moscow) since 2004. The shipyard specializes in building warships and merchant vessels of various purposes.
Currently, the shipbuilding company is executing newbuilding contracts for the Russian Defense Ministry, which make up 75% of the state's shipbuilding program of surface warships. The newbuilds include 4 corvettes of Project 20380, two frigates of Project 22350 and a special communications ship of project 18280 ordered for the Russian Navy.
"The question arises: who actually stands behind this? Who wants so hard to "pin down" one of the leading shipbuilding companies in the country. Who dreams to get off cheap, to get our assets just for peanuts? A respected organization name involuntarily comes to mind, the acronym of which consists of three capital letters," the press release says.
Severnaya Verf has denied allegation of abuse of authority and that it might foil the state defense order. "There were no facts of misappropriation of the plant’s assets detected” by the General Prosecutor's Office team that had conducted audit of the enterprise, the press release said.
The other day the prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg stated that it has opened a criminal case over unlawful acts of top management of "Shipbuilding plant" Severnaya Verf" that might lead to the failure of the state defense order and property damage to society (Article 201, part 1st of the Criminal Code).
The prosecutor’s office declined to comment the investigation details.
The state-owned United Shipbuilding Corp. had been in talks with Severnaya Verf on buyout deal. However, later the both parties failed to come to an agreement over the SV’s assets price. 75.8% of shares of Severnaya Verf were transferred under the pledge agreement to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
JSC Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" (Northern Shipyard) is one of the leading companies of the Russian defense industry. The firm has been part of United Industrial Corporation (Moscow) since 2004. The shipyard specializes in building warships and merchant vessels of various purposes.
Currently, the shipbuilding company is executing newbuilding contracts for the Russian Defense Ministry, which make up 75% of the state's shipbuilding program of surface warships. The newbuilds include 4 corvettes of Project 20380, two frigates of Project 22350 and a special communications ship of project 18280 ordered for the Russian Navy.