Podolsky Boris

Podolsky Boris

Work in STS Media

Boris Podolsky joined STS Media in December 2007 as Deputy General Director for Financial and Operational Affairs. In December 2011, Mr. Podolsky took an active part in the process of restructuring the organizational and management structure of STS Media, and also played an important role in negotiating the acquisition and integration of new television and production assets of STS Media in the CIS countries and Russia. With the direct participation of Mr. Podolsky in 2008, STS Media took first place in the rating of information transparency of Russian companies according to Standard & Poor's.

In July 2013, the general director of STS Media Boris Podolsky left the holding. His place was taken by the head of the PR agency "Mikhailov and Partners" Slashcheva Juliana.

Biography

Prior to joining STS Media, Mr. Podolsky served as Director of Finance and Corporate Reporting at Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), where he played a key role in creating the company's centralized financial service. Since March 2007, Mr. Podolsky has been responsible for taxation, accounting and financial reporting at MTS.

From 1994 to 2004, Boris Podolsky held various positions in Ernst & Young, both in the Russian and American offices of the company, where for 5 years he was responsible for corporate finance, transaction support and the provision of audit and consulting services to large international companies.

2025

Arrest in the case of damage to the state for 43 billion rubles

In February 2025, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sent under arrest for 1 month and 28 days the defendant in the case of abuse of office (part 3 of article 285 of the Criminal Code) to Rusnano, the former deputy chairman of the board, executive director Boris Podolsky. The court rejected the petitions of the defense parties to choose a preventive measure not related to imprisonment. In this case, three former top managers of the state corporation and "other persons" were detained, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.^[1]

Seizure of property

On March 27, 2025, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested the property of three former top managers of the state corporation Rusnano - executive director Boris Podolsky, managing director for finance Artur Galstyan and director for accounting, taxation and reporting methodology of the company's financial division Marina Kasenkova. They are involved in a criminal case on abuse of authority.

The named persons were arrested on February 1, 2025. According to the investigation, in 2017, the defendants, in order to conceal the unsatisfactory results of Rusnano's economic activity, took "unlawful actions to reclassify financial obligations." As a result, the only shareholder of the company represented by the Russian Federation was provided with inaccurate information about its allegedly satisfactory financial position. Thanks to this, it was possible to avoid the withdrawal of previously issued state guarantees, as well as attract additional funding. In particular, in 2022-2024, more than 43 billion rubles were allocated from the budget of the state corporation.

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The criminal case was initiated under Part 3 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code - abuse of office, entailing grave consequences. Such acts are punishable by imprisonment for up to ten years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years. As part of the investigation, documents were seized by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice. According to RBC, Podolsky, after his arrest, tried to hide the property. In particular, more than 200 million rubles were withdrawn from his accounts by proxy.

A security arrest was imposed on the property of the accused in the case. The investigation carried out seizures of objects and documents Ministry of Finance in and, Ministry of Justice- quotes TASS the words of the investigator.[2]

Education

Boris Podolsky graduated with honors from the Faculty of Management of St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, has a CPA diploma.

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