St. Petersburg Prosecutor’s Office has filed criminal charges against undisclosed senior executives of FSUE Krylovskiy State Scientific Center (Krylovskiy SSC) on the grounds of an offense under Part 2 of Art. 35, Part 1, Art. 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation Criminal Code (abuse of authority committed by a group of persons by prior agreement), the law enforcement agency said in a press release.
Prosecutors conducting a probe said that several executives of Krylovsky Scientific Center in Nov.-Dec. 2012 entered into an agreement with JSC International Industrial Bank, in order to reap benefits through a clearly losing deal by an acquisition in an auction of an equity stake of OJSC the Iceberg Central Design Bureau, for obviously excessive price – RUB 306.50 million.
FSUE Krylovskiy State Scientific Center is the largest scientific organization in Russia specializing in naval architecture and marine engineering for building warships and civil vessels, designing and construction of offshore supply vessels, platforms for Russian offshore segment. The company conducts R&D, research in the field of fluid dynamics, energy, acoustics, in the design of ships and vessels. Is also one of the leading companies in the international market for the model ice testing of offshore facilities.