Gaysin Malik Fawzavievich

Gaysin Malik Fawzavievich

Biography

2023: Withdrawal of Uralbiopharm shares in favor of the state

In mid-August 2023, the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg satisfied the claim of the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Tkachev and seized from the former State Duma deputy Malika Gaysin the shares of the Uralbiopharm company worth 3 billion rubles in favor of the state.

The Prosecutor General's Office believes that in the period from 1995 to 1999. Gaysin, being a deputy of the State Duma, at the same time - in violation of anti-corruption bans - was engaged in entrepreneurial activities. In particular, he personally and through proxies bought up shares in Uralbiopharm OJSC, as a result of which he became the monopoly owner of the organization with a beneficial interest of 99.995%.

To avoid problems with the law, Malik Gaysin established two companies: Vagran LLC and Aktay-M LLC, for which he issued shares in Uralbiofarm (each has a 24.9% stake in Uralbiofarm), Igor Tkachev is sure. Shares in the authorized capital of these firms are also subject to withdrawal.

According to Gaysin himself, in 30 years of open ownership of assets by regulators, there were no claims against him. He claims to have bought shares during privatisation at check auctions and from individuals. He suspects that the lawsuit against him is filed "in the interests of individuals."

In the spring of 2023, the chief technologist of Uralbiofarm Marina Chizhova appealed to the authorities with a proposal to index prices for drugs from the VED list once a year - to the inflation rate. She explained that the cost of most of the drugs is higher than the maximum prices set by the state, in connection with which the company is sometimes forced to refuse to produce some products.

There is nothing surprising in the Gaysin case - the process of illegal enrichment took place in the 90s almost everywhere, Kirill Kabanov, chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Committee, told Izvestia. Public property often passed into private hands illegally. This probably happened with the Sverdlovsk pharmaceutical plant, which in 1996 was privatized and renamed Uralbiopharm OJSC, he suggested.^[1]

2025: Seizure of Property

The court arrested the property of the ex-owner of Uralbiopharm Malika Gaysin in the amount of more than ₽22,7 million. The decision was made by the Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region on March 6, 2025. The movable and immovable assets of Malika Gaysin and the ex-leaders of the pharmaceutical enterprise were arrested. Measures were taken as part of the company's claim to recover losses from former members of the board of directors.

According to Kommersant, interim measures are also imposed on the property of the son of Malika Gaysin - Aydan Gaysin, as well as Gulsina Mullakhmetova, Stanislav Grishelev and Igor Moroz, who were previously members of the board of directors of Uralbiofarm.

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Фото: Marina Moldavskaya/Kommersant

In justifying its decision, the court pointed out the presence of a large-scale corporate conflict between Uralbiopharm JSC and persons who were previously management bodies of the company. Representatives of the pharmaceutical enterprise in their statement of claim stressed that the amount of losses in the amount of about ₽23 million is significant for the company.

The plaintiff also noted that these funds could be used to fulfill state contracts and the production of medicines, which is especially important in the context of a special military operation. The court found the presented arguments justified and satisfied the requirement to impose interim measures.

Gaysin is at the center of a series of legal challenges. In August 2023, the court satisfied the claim for Prosecutor General's Office Russia recovery in favor of states the Uralbiopharm enterprise, the commercial bank "," Resident of Vyatka as well as shares in the authorized capital of Vagran LLC, Aktai-M LLC and Corona Tekhet LLC, which belonged to the businessman.

In February 2024, at the suit of the Prosecutor General's Office, ₽690 million were seized from the former deputy as compensation for losses, which, according to the position of the supervisory authority, the state suffered because of his activities as general director of the Iset electrical connection plant.

In September 2024, the court made a second decision on the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office on the withdrawal of the Iset plant into state revenue. According to the supervisory authority, Malik Gaysin, being a State Duma deputy in 1995-1999, used the enterprise for personal enrichment, which is a violation of anti-corruption legislation.^[2]

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