Mussin Vasyl Marselievich

Biography

2024

Arrest

On June 24, 2024, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow arrested the general director of Ural Plants Vasyl Mussin. He is suspected of fraud in the execution of a defense order.

According to open sources, Mussin has been the head of Ural Plants since August 2015. The company, founded in Izhevsk in April 1995, designs and produces communications for law enforcement agencies, industry and transport and logistics companies. Joint Stock Company "Ural Plants" is part of the financial and industrial group of the same name.

The case was initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - fraud on an especially large scale. According to investigators, Mussin, holding the position of head of the Ural Plants, committed theft of funds allocated MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Russia as part of ensuring the execution of the state defense order. According to reports, TASS referring to information received from law enforcement agencies, at different times MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS at least eight contracts were concluded between the Ural Plants. A criminal case was initiated against Mussin and other "persons unidentified by the investigation." We are talking about a "contract worth about 50 million." rubles The contract involved the supply of a wearable digital radio station to the department.

V.M. Mussin, being the general director of the joint-stock company "Ural Plants," committed theft of funds by deception on an especially large scale. The court granted the investigator's request and chose V.M. Mussina preventive measure in the form of detention, the ruling says.

If the man's guilt is proven, he could face up to 10 years in prison. Mussin himself, as of the time of his arrest, does not comment on the accusations against him.^[1]

Sold to the Ministry of Internal Affairs Chinese radio stations under the guise of Russian: Details of the case of Vasyl Mussin

At the end of June 2024, the details of the arrest of the general director of the Ural Plants Vasyl Mussin became known. According to investigators, he participated in a criminal scheme to sell Chinese equipment to security forces under the guise of Russian.

The Kommersant newspaper reports that we are talking about deliveries of Erika radio stations in the interests of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Wanting to achieve the conclusion of a contract in June 2023 within the framework of the state defense order (GOZ), Mussin and other unnamed persons presented to the Central District Logistics Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and military acceptance false information about the origin of the Eric devices. It was stated that they were produced in Russia, while in fact most of the components in them were produced in China. The use of these radio stations in the zone of a special operation turned out to be ineffective: the signals were intercepted by means of electronic reconnaissance and struggle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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In 2023, Ural Plants became the only participant in the electronic competition, supplying a total of 843 sets of Erika radio stations of various modifications to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Their cost amounted to about 50.5 million rubles. The siloviki came to the conclusion that the leaders and owners of the enterprise, pursuing selfish goals, by their actions caused damage to the state by the specified amount, and also thwarted the implementation of the GOZ, which is "an element of the Russian national security system."

53-year-old Mussin was charged with committing fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The man categorically denies his guilt, and his lawyer states that the detention of Mussina as the general director of a commercial organization is prohibited by law. The defense claims that during the interdepartmental tests, the state customer was presented with all the design documentation for the radio station, following which the corresponding protocol was signed. In addition, Eric's products have ST-1 certificates of their Russian origin, and "these are the only legally established certificates."^[2]

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