Central Research Institute of EISU Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Management Systems

Joint-Stock Company "Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Management Systems" is an organization that carries out scientific and technical support and performance of key works on the problems of improvement, modernization, development of the technical basis of management and communications.

The organization is positioned as a system-wide institute of information technology and economic and analytical profile, which operates in the military-industrial complex and acts as a leading organization that carries out scientific and technical support and key work on the problems of improvement, modernization, development of the technical basis of management and communications in the field of the military-industrial complex. The total number of employees is about 800 people.

Among the institute's products are operating systems of the Zarya family, the Dawn OS, the Centurion trusted download hardware and software module, the Web software and hardware complex, the Argus monitoring and diagnostic system software, the Ark backup system software, the Position geo-information system, the Bukvoed optical text recognition system, etc.

History

2023: Sale of a building in Moscow for 1.27 billion rubles

At the end of June 2023, information appeared that a historical building was sold in the center of Moscow, which previously belonged to the bankrupt Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Control Systems (TsNII EISU).

We are talking about a mansion, which is located on the corner of Malaya Bronnaya and Tverskoy Boulevard. According to CNews, the building of the Central Research Institute of EISU (the former IT subsidiary of the state corporation Rostec) was put up for sale in August 2022. The mansion with an area of ​ ​ approximately 9200 square meters was built in the second half of the 18th century.

Mansion, previously owned by TsNII EISU

It is known that the cadastral value of the building is 1.62 billion rubles (data from Rosreestr). At the same time, the new owner got it for 1.27 billion rubles. The buyer was Lidestate LLC, which is part of the R4S Group of companies. She is engaged in the sale of real estate in the center of the Russian capital. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Lidestate was founded in Moscow in May 2016. Its sole founder is Andrei Matalyga, who also holds the post of general director. The main activity is "the construction of residential and non-residential buildings."

Market participants believe that Lidestate can sell the space in the acquired historical building with great benefit. In particular, Denis Platov, director of the Nikoliers capital markets department, believes that the mansion can be turned into a premium apartment complex. The costs of this can reach 2.5 billion rubles, after which the further sale of the space will bring the new owner up to 9 billion rubles in revenue. Thus, taking into account all investments, the difference may exceed 5 billion rubles. If the building cannot be transferred to the housing stock, its areas can be rented out as retail ones.^[1]

2022: Declared bankrupt

On January 24, 2022, it became known about the bankruptcy of the Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Control Systems JSC (TsNII EISU). The corresponding decision was made by the Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal. The debts of the "daughter" Rostec"," which was engaged in the implementation of IT projects, including for Ministry of Defence the Russian Federation, are estimated at 3.57 billion. rubles

According to Kommersant, as compensation for funds, creditors plan to pick up the contractor's main asset - a four-story mansion located on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow. Its cost is about 7 billion rubles, the area of ​ ​ the premises is 7.1 thousand square meters. m, the area of ​ ​ the land plot under the building is 3.1 thousand square meters. m.

Software supplier for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declared bankrupt

As for the development of the institute, they will be transferred to the profile structures of the Roselectronics holding to complete the projects. Among them are geoinformation systems, facial recognition system, as well as database management and other projects.

A source familiar with the situation noted that by January 2022, the process of disbanding the personnel of the Central Research Institute of EISU for other Rostec enterprises is underway. His contracts are also transferred to them. According to open sources, the Central Research Institute has more than 20 patents. Exclusive rights to research by TsNII EISU may also belong to the customer, says Ivan Babin, a representative of the S&K Vertical law firm.

Creditors who were not involved in the execution of a bankrupt defense order cannot claim funds held on special accounts, "Pavel Ikkert, managing partner of Ikkert & Partners law firm, explained to the publication.

He clarifies that the bankruptcy estate does not include the funds of the state defense order received by the bankrupt. According to Ikkert, given the time it will take to liquidate and restrictions on the state defense order, the creditors' claims are unlikely to be satisfied quickly and on the declared scale.^[2]

2021: Creditors of TsNII EISU voted to open bankruptcy proceedings due to debt of 3.57 billion rubles

In April 2021, creditors of the Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Management Systems JSC (TsNII EISU) voted to introduce a bankruptcy procedure. Such data are contained in the Unified Federal Register of Bankruptcy Information.

At the same time, the main creditor of the enterprise, the Sozvezdiye concern, decided to challenge this decision due to "violations in holding a meeting of creditors," his representative told Kommersant. The court will consider the issue of introducing bankruptcy proceedings at the Central Research Institute on April 22, 2021.

According to a source close to the bankruptcy of TsNII EISU, by April 2021 the company owed 3.57 billion rubles. The largest amount of claims - 1.64 billion rubles - falls on the Constellation concern.

IT contractor of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation TsNII EISU owes 3.57 billion rubles, its property may be sold

According to Forward Legal's lawyer Danil Bukharin, when deciding on the start of the bankruptcy proceedings, the court will focus on the decision of the creditors' council and will probably ignore Constellation's attempt to challenge the council's decision.

Bukharin explains that after the launch of bankruptcy proceedings, the arbitration manager will form the bankruptcy estate of the debtor, which will include all assets. The most valuable may be a four-story mansion on Tverskoy Boulevard. According to the extract of Rosreestr, the area of ​ ​ the plot under it is 3.1 thousand square meters. m, and the cadastral value is 409 million rubles. The area of ​ ​ the building is 7.1 thousand square meters. m. Earlier, experts referred to by the publication estimated it at 7 billion rubles.

The newspaper, citing an informed source, writes that the largest creditors of TsNII EISU want to prevent the liquidation of the enterprise, therefore they are discussing an amicable agreement and debt restructuring. An important asset of the institute can be intellectual property. From the open databases it follows that by April 2021, the Central Research Institute had more than 20 patents for OS, geoinformation systems, facial recognition system and database management, and other software.^[3]

2019

Bankrupt key IT developer of the Ministry of Defense with a mansion in the center of Moscow

As it became known to CNews, the Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Control Systems (TsNII EISU) became bankrupt - a key developer of automated control systems for the Ministry of Defense^[4].

Starting from October 1, 2018, the companies Avicomp serviesis"," Ramek-VS"" and, T-Platforms"" NPP Rubin NPO, Russian Basic Information Technologies"" aeronautical center, "" Augur Voronezh, Research Institute "Vega" Moscow Scientific Research Radio Engineering Institute and Joint-Stock Company "Information Telecommunication Technologies" have consistently filed a lawsuit against TsNII EISU, which has experienced colossal financial problems for several years.

The staff of the Rostec IT Institute complained to Putin about the "mediocre leadership" and asked to be saved from collapse

As it became known to CNews^[5]labor collective^[6] Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Control Systems (TsNII EISU, since 2014 is part of Rostec), which has been experiencing very serious financial difficulties for several years, complained to Russian President Vladimir Putin about his plight. In this complaint, ordinary employees and middle managers of the organization linked its pre-bankruptcy state and many months of salary delays with the "mediocrity" of direct management and the lack of proper attention of Rostec to the problems of this strategic enterprise.

The complaint was officially filed in the form of an appeal to the head of state (a copy is at the disposal of CNews). It was signed by at least 40 employees of the institute, indicating their names and positions - specialists, project managers, department heads and at least one head of the department. This letter on May 28, 2019 was registered in the President's reception under number 199 (No. UCH-388884).

"Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, We value our work and institution, "says the final part of the letter. "We ask you to give appropriate instructions to the management of the Rostec state corporation in terms of helping and solving the problems of the institute, including repaying and preventing wage arrears in the future and preventing the bankruptcy of the institute, and the Ministry of Defense on the early repayment of debts to the institute."

2017

The Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and IT companies issued invoices to the IT subsidiary of Rostec for 700 million

Rostec IT daughter inundated with claims

As CNews found out, in relation to the Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Control Systems (TsNII EISU), which is part of Rostec, more than ten large and many small court cases are currently in production on various claims of government agencies and IT companies. Their total amount exceeds p700 million. Large lawsuits have been filed over the past ten months, mainly in 2017^[7] the Ministry of Internal^[8].

So, on September 19, 2016, the Arbitration Court Moscow received a statement from the Central Programmsystems Research Institute with claims for p52.4 million. In April, the court fully satisfied the claim, but the defendant appealed. On November 18, 2016, the T-Platforms supercomputer company complained about TsNII EISU, invoicing almost p22 million. On December 1, 2016, the institute complained MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS about p14 million. On January 16, 2017, the court filed a lawsuit against p99.5 million from another subsidiary IT structure of Rostec, RT-inform. On February 15, the SPC of regional information systems identified its claims for p21 million.

From January 24 to May 30, 2017, the Ministry of Defense filed a lawsuit with four claims totaling p185.2 million. On May 31, the I-Teco company issued invoices for p100.6 million to the institute, and on June 20, its subsidiary, Servionica, filed a lawsuit for p179.6 million. In addition, there are many small cases in production totaling several tens of millions.

Analysis of the database of court decisions shows that in recent years the Central Research Institute of EISU has regularly become a target for claims by various organizations, however, a comparison of data for 2016-2017. shows that in recent months the forensic financial burden on the institute has increased by about 10 times.

To understand what p700 million can mean for the institute, let's give the data of "Kontur.focus sa." According to them, in 2015, the revenue of the Central Research Institute of EISU for open state contracts amounted to p2.7 billion with a net loss of p605.7 million. However, a CNews source familiar with the situation assures that the institute is now operating as usual, and the prospect of bankruptcy is not even considered.

2014

Transformation into JSC and joining the "Rostechnologies"

The transformation of the Institute in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 14, 2014 No. 20 into an open joint stock company, 100% of whose shares are in federal ownership and transferred as a property contribution of the Russian Federation to the State Corporation "Russian Technologies."

Secure Tablet Pilot Announcement

In July 2014, the United Instrument-Making Corporation announced that the Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Control Systems (TsNII EISU), which is part of it, released a pilot batch of specially protected tablets running the domestic operating system ( OS)^[9]

The tablet is equipped with a 1 GHz dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, two built-in 0.3 and 5 MP cameras and "all modern communication modules."

2013

Transfer of TsNII EISU from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of Industry and Trade

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order in May 2013 to transfer the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Control Systems," under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense, to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Within two months, appropriate changes should be made to the constituent documents of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise, the document says.

"TsNII EISU" "is the executor of work on a number of key areas of implementation of the federal target program for the reform and development of the defense industry, the concept and strategy for the development of the conventional arms industry." Among the main customers of the institute are listed the Ministry of Defense, Rosoboronzakaz, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, regional chambers of commerce, defense industry enterprises and commercial organizations.

At this time, the institute is the lead contractor in a number of key areas of implementation of the TSO ACS of the RF Armed Forces.

Among the most memorable projects of TsNII EISU, market participants call the automation of the calculation of salaries of employees of the Ministry of Defense based on SAP ERP HCM. This system replaced the previously used 1C. The project was attended by implementers from Ramek-VS, evidence of which can be found in their resumes on headhunting sites.

Criminal case against Beltov and Ostrovsky

Former leaders of the Central Research Institute of EISU became involved in the investigation conducted by the Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

SK conducted its investigation against the general director of the Central Research Institute of EISU Andrei Beltov and his deputy Dmitry Ostrovsky. Top managers came under suspicion of committing group fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

At the end of 2013, the investigation stated that Beltov and Ostrovsky, "acting together with other members of the criminal group," stole more than 500 million rubles, transferring them to the accounts of affiliated legal entities, including in the United States.

Before joining the post of general director of TsNII EISU (from April 2010 to April 2013), Andrei Beltov led the integrator, a contractor of the Ramek-VS Ministry of Defense, and was its co-owner. Dmitry Ostrovsky before joining the Central Research Institute of EISU worked as deputy general director of Ramek-VS.

Dmitry Kozhanov - Head of the Institute

The post of general director of the institute after Beltov's dismissal was taken by Dmitry Kozhanov, who previously worked at the federal agency Rosinformtekhnologiya as an adviser to the head of Vladimir Matyukhin.

2012: Romos OS Announcement

In 2012, the institute's specialists announced the development of the "Russian Mobile Operating System" (abbreviated as ROMOS) based on Android, which, unlike the American product, did not transfer data from devices outside. It was assumed that the system will receive a certificate from the Ministry of Defense and will be promoted among customers in government agencies, but the certificate was not received.

2010: Transfer to the Ministry of Defense, Beltov - Head of the Institute

Justification and development of the PCF for the development of the defense industry for 2007-2010, and for the period up to 2015. Development of the Framework for the Policy of the Russian Defense Industry Development Federation until 2020. Approved by the President of the Russian Federation 01.03.10.

With the transfer of the Institute, in accordance with the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 4, 2010 No. 291-r, a new stage of its development began under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The Institute plays a system-forming role in the further development of the management system of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the basis of the latest information technologies.

From April 2010 to April 2013, TsNII EISU was headed by Andrei Beltov, founder of Ramek-VS, a long-time contractor of the Ministry of Defense. Later, he and his deputy became involved in the criminal case.

1999-2005: Development of the PCF for the development of the defense industry

The parent organization for information and analytical support of the Russian Agency for Conventional Weapons (Rosprom, Ministry of Industry and Trade). Development of the ASKiN GOZ system in Rosoboronzakaz, development of the Concept of Structural Transformation of the Defense Industry Complex and development of the federal program for reforming and developing the defense industry complex (2005-2006). Development of the FTP Concept "Development of the defense industry for the period 2007-2010 and the future."

Transfer to Rosoboronzakaz

The information and analytical potential of the Institute, as an information basis for more effective management of the state defense order, served as the basis for its transfer by order of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 14, 2005 No. 771-r from the defense industry to the Federal Defense Order Service (Rosoboronzakaz).

In the 2000s, the institute specialized in fulfilling orders from the Ministry of Defense, Rosoboronzakaz, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, etc.

1992-1998: Development of PCSO conversion and restructuring programs

The parent organization for information and analytical support of industry and weapons of the State Defense Industry (Ministry of Defense Industry) of Russia. Development of programs for conversion and restructuring of the defense industry, development (1992-1998) of the concept of the transition of the Russian defense industry to market relations.

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FSUE "Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Control Systems" (TsNII EISU) was formed by order of the Council of Ministers of the USSR and was created in accordance with the order of the Minister of Defense Industry of the USSR of May 31, 1969. In Soviet times, the institute was engaged in the development of programs and forecast documents of the defense industry.

The main task of the Institute was system-wide and methodological support of the leadership of federal executive bodies when making decisions on strategic and tactical tasks for the development of the country's defense industry.

In its development, the institute went from the leading organization of the technical and economic profile in the defense industry of the USSR to the leading organization in the field of economic and information problems in the Ministry of Defense Industry of the Russian Federation (subsequently - in the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Industry of the Russian Federation).

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