Mussin Robert Renatovich

Mussin Robert Renatovich

Biography

Born in 1964

In 1985 he graduated from the Kazan Financial and Economic Institute.

1998-2002

From 1998 to 2002 - Minister of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan; Since 2002 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC AK BARS BANK;

2008-2011

2008 to 2011 - Director of AK BARS Development LLC;

In 2009 he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree. Honored Economist of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Since 2010 - Chairman of the Management Board of JSC AIKB Tatfondbank; Since 2011 - President of AK BARS Development LLC.

2017

On March 4, 2017, it became known that the Sovetsky District Court of Kazan arrested the chairman of the board of Tatfondbank Robert Mussin, who became a defendant in a criminal case on fraud on an especially large scale (Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

account the circumstances of the case, the court decided to choose a preventive measure against the suspect in the form of detention until April 16, 2017," TASS quoted the judge as saying

Photo: Maria Gorozhaninova, Real Time

Earlier, Sergei Meshchanov, deputy chairman of the board of Tatfondbank, was detained on suspicion of fraud, and before that, Vadim Merzlyakov, who holds a similar position.

Earlier, on December 15, 2016, the Bank of Russia introduced a three-month moratorium on satisfying the claims of Tatfondbank creditors. In January 2017, Kommersant reported that new victims were found in Tatfondbank. Many of his depositors fraudulently turned into clients of his subsidiary investment company TFB-Finance, and now their funds are not subject to insurance compensation.

Later, the Bank of Russia decided to introduce a temporary administration of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) in two "subsidiary" banks of Tatfondbank - Sovetsky Bank and Timer Bank. As a result, Tatfondbank itself lost its license.

On April 11, 2017, the Volga District Court of Kazan considered the petition of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for Tatarstan to extend the preventive measure to the former chairman of the board of PJSC Tatfondbank (TFB), deputy of the State Council of the republic, 52-year-old Robert Mussin. The representative of the SU, referring in particular to the fact that not all investigative actions were carried out, asked to leave Mister Mussin in jail for another three months. Lawyers for the suspect asked to limit themselves to house arrest. The Raysud extended mister Mussin of detention until July 16.

According to investigators Robert Mussin and "persons unidentified by the investigation" stole 3.1 billion rubles from the Central Bank through the TFB. In the form of a loan. Later, another episode was revealed, according to which Mister Mussin allegedly abused his powers to withdraw the collateral provided by the TFB for loans issued to Kazan Urman LLC in the amount of more than 847 million rubles.

Later, according to the investigation, Mussin fully admitted his guilt in four episodes under the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Abuse of authority," the amount of damage on them amounted to 24.6 billion rubles. In total, Mussin is suspected of 21 episodes with a total damage of more than 50 billion rubles.

2021:12 years in prison for abuse of powers worth tens of billions

On September 28, 2021, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan sentenced Robert Mussin to 12 years in a general regime colony. The former head of Tatfondbank was found guilty under Art. 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of authority).

The court also banned Mussin from holding senior positions in companies for three years and stripped him of state awards, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, second degree, and the Medal for Valiant Labor. In addition, the court decided to recover 23.4 billion rubles from Mussin in favor of the Deposit Insurance Agency.

Ex-head of Tatfondbank Robert Mussin sentenced to 12 years in prison for abuse of authority for tens of billions

The prosecution previously demanded 14.9 years in a general regime colony for the ex-banker. Mussin himself partially admitted his guilt and counted on release.

Mussina was charged with committing six episodes of crimes under Part 2 of Art. 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of authority). According to investigators, from January 2013 to December 2016, the accused used his powers contrary to the legitimate interests of this organization and in order to extract benefits and advantages for himself and others.

Mussin himself during the last word claimed that he did not hide the true state of the bank and did not want to achieve its bankruptcy. He admitted that he really hid the true state of affairs for issuing loans to the DOMO group of companies. According to him, this was a necessary measure to hide the signs of bankruptcy, and not to achieve it.

Mussina lawyer asked the court to impose a punishment on the ex-banker within the term that he spent in jail and under house arrest from March 2017 to the day of sentencing. According to the defense of the Mussina, he should be acquitted of one of the episodes, the criminal prosecution of two episodes should be stopped after the expiration of the statute of limitations, and the three remaining episodes should be re-qualified from part 2 of article 211 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of authority) to softer articles.^[1]

2024: New sentence - 12.5 years in prison for abuse of authority

On November 25, 2024, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan announced the verdict against the former chairman of the board of Tatfondbank Robert Mussin. In two criminal cases, he received a total of 12.5 years in prison with a ban on holding managerial positions for three years.

According to the investigation, from 2013 to 2016, Mussin abused his powers, which led to the non-return of loans issued to Tatfondbank totaling over 17 billion rubles, as well as the illegal withdrawal of collateral for 5 billion rubles. The Bank of Russia revoked the credit institution's license to conduct operations in 2017 due to the fact that "if the assets of PJSC Tatfondbank were unsatisfactory, Tatfondbank inadequately assessed the accepted risks."

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Фото: Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan

Initially, Mussina was charged under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed on an especially large scale) and paragraph "a" of Part 4 of Art. 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (legalization of funds or other property acquired by a person as a result of committing a crime). However, these claims were subsequently dropped. As a result, in September 2021, the court sentenced Mussina to 12 years in prison under Art. 201 of the Criminal Code (abuse of authority).

In November 2022, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan reduced the term of imprisonment for Mussina from 12 to 11 years. And in June 2023, the Sixth Court of Cassation in Samara overturned the verdict and sent the case for a new trial to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan.

In accordance with the new verdict, Mussin was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 201 of the Criminal Code. The court sentenced him to 6 years and 6 months in prison. According to the totality of the sentences, he was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison in a general regime colony. For three years, he is forbidden to engage in activities related to the performance of management functions in commercial organizations.^[2]

2025: Exemption from serving due to illness

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan granted the petition of the ex-head of Tatfondbank Robert Mussin, who was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for abuse of power, to be released from serving his sentence due to illness. This was announced in June 2025 by the press service of the court. What diagnosis Mussina was made is unknown, but at several court sessions he appeared on crutches. Mussin underwent hip replacement surgery, having already been sentenced in 2021.^[3]

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