Battle for Port Millions: 100 million dividends are taken from the former beneficiary of Tuapse Port The latest act of delicensing and nationalization of Tuapse Sea Commercial Port Enterprise LLC (TMKP) is taking place in the Arbitration Court of the Krasnodar Territory. A meeting has been scheduled for November 10, where the regional prosecutor's office, together with the current management of the port, will try to cancel the deal for the distribution of dividends for 2024 in the amount of 100 million rubles. This money was withdrawn in favor of the former owner of the property, Shehler Novrozov.
Novrozov himself lost control of the port in December 2025 amid a high-profile investigation. The security forces uncovered a plan in which a strategic property complex was illegally taken out of state ownership, and the real control of it was concentrated in the hands of foreign beneficiaries. A criminal case was opened against the businessman for fraud on a particularly large scale.
In November 2025, the Prosecutor General's Office managed to satisfy the claim for the complete confiscation of TMKP and other companies of Novrozov. The defense tried to challenge the nationalization, but in February 2026 the courts finally rejected all appeals. Now the supervision intends to take from the former owner the 100 million that he managed to get on the eve of the loss of the property. The further fate of the port itself is also noteworthy. In July 2026, the Federal Asset Management Agency transferred the confiscated complex to the new owner - JSC Clients Strategy Result (JSC KSR). It is worth noting that this structure has its own interesting roots: until 2022, its founders included the Cypriot Templeton Investment Holdings (Cyprus), and business media repeatedly linked this company with the interests of VTB Bank.