Enfiajian Ruben Yuryevich

Enfiajian Ruben Yuryevich

Biography

In 1990, Ruben Enfiajian was educated at MIET.

From 1994 to 2000 he worked as CEO at Charter, from 2000 to 2004 as Project Director at Combell.

In 2004, he headed the Department of New Technologies and Projects at Globus Telecom, from 2004 to 2007 he served as General Director at TELART OJSC.

In 2007-2009 he worked as Deputy General Director at GFC-Machinery, from 2009 to 2014 - at Rostelecom.

In 2014, he moved to work in, RPF where he worked as the head of the infrastructure management department of the automated information system. RPF

From 2019 to June 30, 2020 - Advisor to the Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Research Institute "Voskhod." In April 2019, speaking at the TAdviser Cloud Day 2019 conference, he talked about the new concept of the state unified cloud platform (GEOP). It was developed under the auspices of the Ministry of Communications in 2019 and presents a new vision for the creation and development of the "state cloud," taking into account the new challenges facing government agencies. Read more here.

2020

Corruption charge, pre-trial detention center

On October 5, 2020, it became known about the case initiated by the Investigative Committee of Russia against the ex-owner of Technoserv Alexei Ananyev. He is accused of giving bribes to the Pension Fund of Russia (PFR) in exchange for patronage when concluding state contracts. Ruben Enfiajian became one of the defendants in this case. Read more here.

According to TAdviser, in September 2020, Ruben Enfiajian was sent to a pre-trial detention center. The publication could not contact him because his phone is turned off.

Note that Dmitry Kuznetsov, head of the PFR information technology department, who is also involved in the case of Alexei Ananyev, also wrote an application for dismissal from the Pension Fund from September 2, 2020 of his own free will. TAdviser could not get through to him - his phone is turned off.

The heads of other departments of the PFR are also involved in the case of Alexei Ananyev: the head of the information security department of the PFR Yevgeny Nikitin and the head of the procurement department of the PFR Alexander Rudnev. Also in the case are employees of the Department of Public Services of the PFR and state institutions of the Interregional Information Center of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (MIC PFR) (including its head Konstantin Yankin).

From 2016 to 2019, employees of the Russian Pension Fund received monthly bribes from representatives of RedSis and Technoserv, investigators are sure. Their total amount is 210 million rubles.

Preventive measure

On October 2, 2020, Ruben Enfiadzhyan, as a defendant in a corruption case, was determined to be a preventive measure in the form of detention until December 1, 2020, the press service of the Basmanny Court told TAdviser.

For the same period in the same case, three ex-employees and two current employees of the Pension Fund were sent to the pre-trial detention center:

• former head of the PFR information technology department Dmitry Kuznetsov,
• former head of the information security department of the FIU Evgeny Nikitin,
• former head of the department for organizing the provision of public services and digital development of the FIU Evgeny Turchak,
• Head of the Procurement Department of the FIU Alexander Rudnev,
• Head of the Interregional Information Center of the FIU Konstantin Yankin.

The position of the lawyer

On November 6, 2020, TAdviser spoke with Igor Shurpik, a lawyer in the case of the former chairman of the board of Technoserv Ananyev, ex-employee of the Pension Fund (PFR) Ruben Enfiadzhyan, and learned his position regarding the accusation of the former official, as well as the testimony of witnesses who operate the investigation.

We are fully confident that Ruben Yuryevich is not involved in the commission of the crime. This is the first. Second: the investigator mistakenly charged him with receiving bribes from 2017 to 2019, since Ruben Yuryevich did not work at that time in the Pension Fund. We now have in our hands, in addition to a copy of the work book, its original, as well as the answers of the Pension Fund to our questions about when he quit, when he wrote a letter of resignation, etc. We wrote to the investigator more than one petition for a decision to terminate the criminal prosecution of Ruben Yurievich. True, we have not yet received an answer from him. We only know his position that if someone wants to admit their guilt, they can call him. But, in accordance with the law, the investigator must make this decision, after which Ruben Yuryevich will be rehabilitated. We also filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General's Office, which exercises procedural supervision over the investigation. In it, we "on our fingers" showed that Ruben Yuryevich was not an official of the FIU in 2017-2019, so he cannot be charged with an official crime, "Igor Shurpik told TAdviser.

In accordance with the law, the investigator must issue a decision to terminate the criminal prosecution of Ruben Enfiadzhyan, after which he will be rehabilitated, says Igor Shurpik. (photo - www.itweek.ru)

The criminal case initiated, he said, is based only on conflicting testimony from witnesses. There are no specific facts that speak of the fault of Ruben Yuryevich.

The testimony given by one of the Technoserv employees regarding Ruben Yuryevich is false. As well as the testimony of other business representatives. They simply stipulate Ruben Yuryevich. Their testimony is not supported by anything. In general, everything that, according to the investigation, is the basis for the conviction of Ruben Yuryevich is not supported by any facts committed, - Igor Shurpik assured TAdviser.

He also noted that in any state structure, including the Pension Fund, there are "attached officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB), keeping order."

We are fully convinced that they have done their duty with dignity. No one went down the corridors there, did not give any bribes to anyone. At least, if we talk about Ruben Yurievich, then we have one hundred percent evidence of his not involvement in what he is charged with. The fact that he did not work in 2017-2019 at the FIU, and various other facts. For example, Alexey Kopeikin, ex-head of the department for work with state structures "Technoserv," claims that Ruben Yuryevich left a certain reception room with a backpack full of money. He realised it was money because it was sticking out of the bag and had been laid out in envelopes. Ruben Yuryevich does not confirm this testimony, - Igor Shurpik told TAdviser.

Speaking about the measure of restraint chosen by Ruben Enfiajian - detention, he noted that he was completely dissatisfied with this measure, since when it was elected, the validity of the suspicions was not assessed.

Therefore, at the upcoming meeting on November 16, where our appeal of the preventive measure will be considered, we will ask directly in the courtroom to release Ruben Yuryevich. We asked for this earlier - when choosing a preventive measure, - said Igor Shurpik.

He also suggests that "persons from commercial structures who admit to paying bribes are forced to do this, as they are intimidated by the investigation and entered into deal agreements with the prosecutor."

2020

Extension of the term of detention in the pre-trial detention center

In July 2021, five more defendants, Alexander Rudnev, Dmitry Kuznetsov, Yevgeny Nikitin, Konstantin Yankin and Ruben Enfiadzhyan, Evgeny Turchak and passing with him in one criminal case, extended their detention in a pre-trial detention center until October 1. TAdviser was informed about this in the Basmanny Court of Moscow. Read more here.

Earlier, the Basmanny Court of Moscow extended the terms of detention for 3 months, until April 9, 2021, to six persons involved in a criminal case on corruption in the FIU, including Ruben Enfiadzhyan. Read more here.

The period 2019-2020. surpassed all past times in the number of arrested celebrities of the IT industry. Some of them have been under house arrest since their arrest, and some have been in jail for long months while the investigation and trial are underway, even after repeated attempts to get a milder measure of restraint. TAdviser closely monitors the development of the most resonant criminal cases, and industry associations are developing measures to mitigate pressure. Read more in a separate article.

FIU criminal corruption defendants complain of slow investigation

Three defendants in the case of bribes in the FIU - the former head of the procurement department of the FIU Alexander Rudnev, the former head of the infrastructure management department of the automated information system of the FIU Ruben Enfiadzhyan, the former head of the information security department in the FIU Yevgeny Nikitin - and their lawyers at the consideration of the appeal in the Moscow City Court indicated that the investigative actions against them are delayed. This follows from the decision of the Moscow City Court published in August 2021 following the consideration of a collective appeal to mitigate the measure of restraint for four persons involved in the case of bribes in the FIU^[1]Read more here.

2023: Three years in jail

On September 27, 2023, the Moscow City Court once again refused to mitigate the preventive measure for the defendants in the criminal case, one of which is Ruben Enfiadzhyan, ex-head of the infrastructure management department of the PFR automated information system. The defendants have been in custody for almost three years, and their lawyers regularly try to mitigate the preventive measure - changing it, for example, to house arrest or banning certain actions. Read more here.

2024: Sentence in a criminal case - 12 years in a maximum security colony

On August 9, 2024, the Presnensky District Court of Moscow announced the verdict to the former IT leaders of the PFR and another person involved in a criminal corruption case. According to the court, Ruben Enfiajyan was found guilty of committing a crime under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code. The court sentenced him to imprisonment for a period of 12 years with serving a sentence in a maximum security correctional colony. Read more here.

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