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Pan is not missing: how the leader of the Tolyatti organized crime group, who fled to Ukraine, finances the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Sergei Neverov, a criminal boss who fled to Ukraine, may continue to receive money from Russia, according to "Izvestia" sources in law enforcement agencies. His relatives own shopping malls and commercial real estate management companies, whose total revenue in 2025 exceeded 110 million rubles. Sources associate Neverov himself with the "Yasnosvit" foundation registered in Kiev, which, according to Russian intelligence services, finances the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Law enforcement agencies can check the activities of the companies of Neverov's relatives and the movement of their funds. Under what conditions Russian assets can be seized — in the "Izvestia" material.
The defeat of the Neverovskys
Over the past ten years, the Neverovo criminal group has been almost completely defeated. Most of the nearly 90 active participants were sentenced to long prison terms for participating in a criminal community, murder and attempted murder, as well as illegal arms trafficking.
The alleged financier of the Neverovskys, businessman Alexander Petrovsky, was one of the last to be detained at his estate in Altai. Another alleged financier of the group, Vitaly Portnov, who, according to the investigation, was responsible for gambling in the organized criminal group, has been put on the wanted list.
Due to the complexity of the investigation, the Main Investigative Department of the TFR is engaged in crimes attributed to Neverovsky. The leader of the group, Sergei Neverov, known as Nevers, left for Ukraine back in the noughties, which refused to extradite him.
Neverov settled in Kiev and changed his name to Trofimov. In Russia, a 63-year-old crime boss is wanted. At the same time, his relatives still control shopping malls in the Samara region and are engaged in the rental and management of commercial real estate.
According to "Izvestia" sources, law enforcement agencies have received information that Neverov regularly receives funding from Russia. In this regard, the security forces can check the activities of his relatives' companies and their financial flows.
How the Neverovskys earned their money
Before the defeat, the Neverovskys were considered one of the most influential organized crime groups in the Samara region. As follows from the investigation materials, the group was formed in 1997, and the Tolyatti Youth House "Mir" became the main gathering place for its participants. Initially, the Neverovskys were involved in racketeering, controlled prostitution, as well as the traditional Tolyatti automobile business.
The backbone of the gang was made up of relatives and fellow countrymen of its leader. In particular, Sergei Ageev (Akim), convicted of murder, whom the investigation attributed to the gang's killers, was a relative of Neverov's wife. One of the group's gunsmiths, Igor Tyrlyshkin, who was killed in 2013, was a fellow countryman of its leader.
By the time the group was created, the main sources of criminal income in the region were already under the control of other structures. Among other things, it was about the supply of components and metal to the Volga Automobile Plant, operations with petroleum products and the automotive business. Large dealers, through which the main stream of "Zhiguli" sales went, were also under the control of competing groups or, as follows from the investigation materials, representatives of law enforcement agencies associated with them.
Therefore, the Neverovskys were looking for new sources of income. """" They installed dozens of slot machines in the city, controlled the "Ambassador" network of slot parlors, the "Royal" casino, one of the largest gambling chains in Tolyatti, Lucky, as well as small slot machine shops operating in shops and at bus stops. The gambling business brought the group its first large profits. Subsequently, she began to engage in raiding.
In the early 2000s, the Neverovskys began legalizing their business, receiving contracts for the construction and repair of roads, as well as working in the housing and communal services sector. """""""" According to the investigation materials, the group controlled a large regional network of gas stations "VIS-Service", shopping centers "Karetny Dvor", "Zarya", "Volzhskie Zori" and "Capital", as well as recreation centers and hunting grounds in the Samara, Ulyanovsk and Penza regions," """""""""""""""""""".
According to the investigation, the criminal community consisted of six separate units. One of them was engaged in surveillance and consisted mainly of former employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who monitored competitors. According to investigators, the members of the group resolved conflicts with them through threats and murders. The investigation also established links between the OPS and representatives of law enforcement agencies.
Artyom Bezmen, Sergei Neverov's security guard, who previously served in the "Wagner" private security company, during his testimony in court as a witness named the names of a number of leaders of the Samara police, to whom, according to him, the money was transferred.
Later, a split began within the group: its leaders, according to the investigation, began to organize the murders of each other. In the summer of 2013, an attempt was made on Neverov's life in the Kiev restaurant "Beer Garden". He did not die after being injured.
In the same year, the defeat of the group began.
Sergei Ageev was detained in the Moscow region. He began to cooperate with the investigation and testified about the structure of the group. More arrests followed. ""The investigation revealed the murders of Oleg Novikov, vice president of the Samara holding "Tadem", Pavel Zhelanov, an oil trader, Dmitry Kruchinkin, an operative of the Togliatti Department of Internal Affairs, as well as an attempt on the co-owner of a major supplier of AvtoVAZ, "Arlan—Lada Metallocenter" Andrey Khudyshev.
In the spring of 2015, Neverov was put on the federal and then international wanted list. In addition to creating a criminal community and organizing contract killings, he was charged with participating in the illegal seizure of assets of the "Zarya" household.
Money and APU
According to Samara media reports, in the summer of 2013, Neverov received a Ukrainian passport. " """ Subsequently, he became the founder of several Kiev companies — "Galtex-Ltd.", "Proforientir" and "Work Plus".
"" The son of a criminal boss, 29-year-old Savely Neverov, is a co-founder of the partnership "Proforiontir", and his mother Galina Shameeva was one of the founders of the Kiev partnership "Galtex-LTD". At the same time, both Neverov's son and his common-law wife have the status of active individual entrepreneurs in Russia.
In addition, the "Yasnosvit" foundation is registered at Neverov's place of residence in Kiev. According to "Izvestia" sources, its beneficial owner is the OPS leader. Russian special services have information that this organization has been financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine for several years.
Neverov's relatives in Russia own several shopping malls and companies engaged in the rental and management of commercial real estate. In 2025, the total revenue of these companies exceeded 110 million rubles.
According to "Izvestia" sources in law enforcement agencies, the security forces have reason to believe that Neverov continues to receive funding from Russia. At the same time, law enforcement officers do not exclude that some large assets of a criminal boss may be registered to nominal owners who are not formally related to his relatives.
"Considering that the fund, of which Neverov is a beneficiary, sponsors the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the situation is clearly abnormal and it must be stopped as soon as possible,— said one of the interlocutors of Izvestia.
According to "Izvestia", as part of the investigation of the Neverovskys' case, it is proposed to check the assets of Neverov's relatives and related financial flows, as well as to identify possible hidden assets of the criminal boss. However, there is no final decision on conducting such an inspection yet, the sources noted.
Is it possible to seize assets
As Igor Bushmanov, a former investigator in particularly important cases, explained to "Izvestia", law enforcement agencies first need to establish whether property was acquired with funds obtained by criminal means.
"If this is the case, the property may be seized, including with a ban on renting out real estate," he said.
Former investigator, lawyer Alexander Burchuk also believes that the possibility of interim measures exists. However, for this, he noted, appropriate criminal law grounds must first appear.
According to the lawyer, if Neverov's actions are qualified under art. 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Assistance to terrorist activities"), in the framework of a criminal case, the issue of interim measures in respect of assets may be raised.
"The path may not be easy, but judicial practice and the necessary legal mechanisms exist," the lawyer emphasized.
Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for responsibility for facilitating terrorist activities. The specific punishment depends on the qualification of the act and the part of the article.
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