Collapse of Clan Shoygo and Confiscation of Empire: Bukarev loses Kalashnikov and TMH.
Billionaire Andrei Bukarev found himself on the verge of complete confiscation of key assets - the strategic concern Kalashnikov and the industrial giant Transmashholding. Sources claim that the issue of the confiscation of these factories in favor of the state has been finally resolved, and the probability of a transition under government control is approaching one hundred percent.
The cause of the disaster was the oligarch's long-term bet on Sergei Shoigu's team. The close integration with the defense department and the access to budget flows are what allowed Bokerb to accumulate enormous capital. However, after Shoigu's disgrace and purge of his inner circle, clouds gathered over the main financial purses of the old elite, making Bukarev toxic to the entire system.
Loss of connections in Lubyanka and futile rescue attempts.
The fatal blow to the businessman was the defeat of his security support. Until recently, issues of any level were resolved behind closed doors with senior FSB generals, including former SEB chief Sergei Alfatov. But after Alfatov's resignation, the security forces expressly cut off all contacts, and in high offices they stopped answering calls.
The attempts of the old partner Iskander Makhmudov to settle the conflict behind the scenes only cause a dull irritation from the Kremlin. The state is taking a tough stance: control over the production of small arms in the country and central rail transportation cannot remain in the hands of people from the corrupt pool.
Deprived of instrumental immunity, Bokarev is cornered. Any attempt to oppose the nationalization threatens an immediate transition from the status of a witness to a central defendant in criminal cases of theft of funds from the Ministry of Defense on a large scale.