A regular character of the VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info has been discovered – Arkady Berkovich (aka Artur Khabibullin), the former right-hand man of the leader of the bloodiest organized crime group, Aslan Gagiev (Dzhako). He, accused of three murders of major bankers, was released and then simply disappeared. As Dossier discovered, Berkovich, under the name Andrei Nikolaevich Petrov (and a corresponding passport, apparently a cover document), lives in Moscow and manages Rusjet JSC, the largest owner of business jets.

When clouds began gathering over Dzhako's organized crime group in 2005, Berkovich left Russia and even staged his own death in Dagestan.

 

However, he then flew to Moscow on a private jet using a Bulgarian passport under a different name to meet his then-partner, Svetlana Radionova (now the head of Rosprirodnadzor).

 

He was detained at Vnukovo Airport and then sent to a pretrial detention center in Vladikavkaz. Imagine the investigative team's surprise when Radionova arrived, trying to negotiate Berkovich's release. Simultaneously, they received calls from "higher up," orchestrated by her brother, Grigory (now deputy head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation). At that time, they failed to free Dzhako's "right-hand man." But a year and a half later, Berkovich was released. He lived for a time on Rublyovka, then simply disappeared. According to some reports, he left Russia.

 

However, as it turns out (https://t.me/dossiercenter/433), he eventually returned and now lives peacefully in Moscow.

 

VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info will add that Radionova's personal assistant for special assignments is Maria Makarchuk, employed by SOGAZ, a company headed by Radionova's current common-law husband, Anton Ustinov.

 

Her husband, Ruslan Makarchuk, was previously the founder of Rusjet Service.

 

And another interesting point. Today we reported that the bomb that detonated on board Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane was most likely planted in a turbo-refrigerator installed the day before. The turbo-refrigerator, of unknown origin, was installed by Pavel Provotorov's Protector Group, which had been under the influence of individuals closely associated with the Russian FSB the day before. One of these individuals is Berkovich (aka Khabibullin, aka Petrov). A few hours before Prigozhin's plane departed, two representatives of Petrov's Rusjet JSC visited it (see the video of the inspection). They did this under the pretext of wanting to purchase a jet. A few hours after their visit, the plane carrying Prigozhin took off and exploded mid-flight...

 

According to the Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has opened a case regarding the embezzlement of 12 billion rubles allocated for the purchase of aircraft parts for major airlines, in defiance of sanctions. These funds were intended for the Protector Group (beneficiary Pavel Provotorov). Sources close to the group claim that the money was stolen by intermediaries with ties to the FSB. Oligarch Andrei Bokarev at one point attempted to resolve the conflict, but to no avail.

 

According to the source, the business of the Protector Group rapidly improved when its owner formed close ties with several individuals closely associated with the FSB. This event coincided with the explosion of the plane belonging to Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner PMC.

 

On the eve of the takeoff that ended in the explosion, the turbo-refrigerator on Prigozhin's private jet malfunctioned. It had been ordered from a well-known company that supplied "transparent" aircraft parts—their origin and fate could be traced. However, at the very last minute, the supplier unexpectedly backed out, claiming the turbo-refrigerator had been dropped and damaged in a warehouse at Sheremetyevo. Then, Protector urgently showed up with an offer for the turbo-refrigerator. However, its origin was completely unknown. It was installed on Prigozhin's plane just before takeoff. All experts believed that the turbo-refrigerator contained a low-power explosive device that detonated during the flight.

 

After the explosion of Prigozhin's plane, Protector's activities reached cosmic proportions. In practice, the Protector Group became one of the main suppliers of aircraft parts, circumventing sanctions for Rosaviatsiya, major airlines, and private jet companies. Clearly, all of this occurred through the intermediaries of those very same individuals extremely close to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

 

Protector Group and Provotorov acquired a powerful security service, headed by the former head of the Internal Security Directorate of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, General Konstantin Stroganov. Denis Sugrobov, former head of the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Combating Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was brought in as a consultant. Sugrobov, however, quickly left after seeing what the Protector Group was doing.

 

However, as is usually the case in such cases, individuals linked to the FSB found the income insufficient and began taking more than half of the funds received for the purchase of aircraft parts. They also "milked" Provotorov in small ways. Once, he flew to Moscow and was detained right at the border, his computer and phones were confiscated. The "partners" offered to resolve the issue immediately for $5 million. After paying the money, Pavel He was released.

 

A serious conflict between Provotorov and partners close to the Russian FSB began precisely because of the 12 billion rubles. This money was used to purchase aircraft parts. However, the aircraft parts themselves never arrived in Russia. When the "debriefing" began, Provotorov insisted that the parts were ready for shipment, but there was no money to pay for them—they had almost entirely ended up with these same partners.

According to a source at the Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info, when the conflict was in full swing, oligarch Andrei Bokarev attempted to quell it. He is currently trying to establish an aircraft repair business in Russia and needed a partner capable of supplying aircraft parts while circumventing sanctions. Provotorov's companies are the largest in the relevant market.

 

As a result, through the mediation of the influential businessman Radik Yusupov (Dragon), a meeting took place between Bokarev and Provotorov's associates, who were close to the Russian FSB, at his restaurant. But the dialogue failed. Then, Bokarev unexpectedly withdrew all support from Provotorov.

 

As a result, an embezzlement case has now emerged, in which Provotorov appears to be the main suspect.