Zubarev Alexander Mikhailovich

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2025: Sentence - 3.5 years in prison for tax evasion worth ₽3,4 billion

The Abakan City Court sentenced Alexander Zubarev, director and owner of the Alpina brewery, to 3.5 years in prison in a general regime colony on charges of tax evasion in the amount of ₽3,4 billion. The businessman was also found guilty of money laundering. This was reported by Kommersant on October 17, 2025.

According to the publication, judge Ivan Stepankov announced the decision in the absence of the 62-year-old defendant. Alexander Zubarev was admitted to a local hospital on the morning of the verdict. A copy of the court decision was handed over to the convoy officers.

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According to the prosecutor's office of Khakassia, the businessman was found guilty under part two of Article 199 of the Criminal Code (tax evasion and insurance premiums on an especially large scale) and under Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code (legalization of funds). In addition to the term of imprisonment, the court decided to confiscate 60.98% of Zubarev's share in the authorized capital of the company in favor of the state. The value of the confiscated share is estimated at more than ₽651 million.

The official representative of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Khakassia, Yulia Arbuzova, said that a criminal case was opened in January 2022. The reason for the excitement was the materials provided by the republican departments, and FSB MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. Federal Tax Service

The investigation established that the head of the plant created a system for hiding revenue from the sale of unaccounted products. In the period from January 2017 to December 2019, Alexander Zubarev included in tax returns and calculations deliberately inaccurate information about excise taxes, value added tax and insurance premiums. According to the calculations of law enforcement agencies, the state budget received less than ₽3,4 billion tax deductions.

Yulia Arbuzova explained that in order to give a legal nature to the ownership and disposal of funds received as a result of tax violations, the convict organized a systematic crediting of money to the settlement accounts of the enterprise. From February 2017 to December 2019, more than ₽650 million were credited to the company's accounts, which were then used in the financial and economic activities of the organization.^[1]

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