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Glavproduct

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The Glavproduct company is a brand on the conservation market, a Russian manufacturer of meat, dairy, vegetable and fish canned food. The company's plants are certified for compliance with the International Quality Standard GOST R ISO 22000.

History

2025: Nationalization of the Company

In July 2025, the Moscow Arbitration Court satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office on the nationalization of the assets of the Glavprodukt group of companies owned by entrepreneur Leonid Smirnov. The basis for the decision was the conclusions of the supervisory authority on the illegal transfer abroad of about 1.379 billion rubles in the form of dividends through American companies controlled by Smirnov. Since it was not possible to recover these funds from the defendant, his shares in the business passed to the Federal Property Management Agency.

The hearing took place on July 11, 2025, while preparations for the process were carried out from March of the same year. Among the defendants were Smirnov himself, as well as those registered USA in Universal Beverage Company and Universal Company 2000, through which he controlled the Glavproduct group of companies, which is a major producer of canned food, including stew and condensed milk.

The largest producer of canned food in Russia "Glavproduct" is nationalized

As the Prosecutor General's Office established, in 2009 Smirnov transferred assets to American companies, and subsequently, contrary to the decrees of the President of the Russian Federation, began to withdraw funds abroad. According to the estimates of the supervision, from 2022 to 2024, under the guise of profit distribution, more than 1.3 billion rubles were transferred to the JP Morgan Chase bank.

Earlier, in relation to part of Glavproduct enterprises and on the basis of the decrees of the head of state of 2023 and 2024 on the protection of Russia's economic interests, temporary management was introduced in the person of the Federal Property Management Agency. However, according to the department, Smirnov "continued illegal activities" and deliberately interfered with the work of the interim administration, including disrupting food supplies to the zone of a special military operation (SVO).

As part of the trial, the Prosecutor General's Office demanded to invalidate the withdrawal transactions, as well as recover damage in favor of the state. As compensation, due to the inability to recover funds, the court decided to withdraw 100% of shares in a number of group companies, including Promstroy, Glavprodukt-Patent, Sokol Investment Company and Promselkhozinvest. These assets were seized at the stage of consideration of the claim, that is, before a decision was made on the merits[1]"

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