Svirin Timur Anatolyevich

Svirin Timur Anatolyevich

Biography

Born in the city of Chita, USSR.

Education

1996 - faculty of commerce, Nizhny commercial Novgorod Institute

2008 - training in the MVA program with specialization in strategic management.

Career

Timur Svirin began work in telecom industry in 1997 as the CEO of Mobile Telecom paging company.

Since 2006 started a career in MegaFon where held positions: the director of the Bryansk regional department, the deputy CEO for commerce in Yekaterinburg, directors of new technologies and services and the development director of corporate business in Nizhny Novgorod.

Work in Rostelecom

Since July, 2013 worked as the deputy CEO for commerce of DZO of Rostelecom — "The Nizhny Novgorod cellular communication".

In October, 2015 it is appointed the director of work with corporate and state segments of Rostelecom Northwest branch.

Later Svirin held a position of the associate director of macroregional branch "Severo-zapad" of Rostelecom, combining it with functions of the director of work with corporate and state segments of the same branch.

In June, 2017 headed "subsidiary" of Rostelecom Severen-Telecom in St. Petersburg. Increase in efficiency of the operator and receiving a bigger synergy effect from work of Rostelecom and its subsidiary company in the telecommunication market of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region became the main objectives set for Timur Svirin in this position.

After appointment to this post Svirin continued to work also as the deputy director of macroregional branch – the director of work with corporate and state Northwest segments of Rostelecom.

Criminal case and penalty of 2 million rubles

In November, 2017 criminal case concerning Timur Svirin came to the Vyborg district court of St. Petersburg, the joint press service of courts of St. Petersburg reported. He is accused of commercial bribery in especially large size (Part 7 of Article 204 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and attempt at fraud (Article 30, Part 3 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The speech in case goes about the requirement Svirin of money at the CEO of AIK-Telecom company which acquired right to contract for supply of equipment according to the results of open request for proposals electronically. According to the investigators, Timur Svirin solved, using the official position, to steal funds of AIK-Telecom, way of deception of the CEO of this society. He demanded from him money in the amount of 2% of cost of the equipment supplied under the agreement.

At the same time Timur Svirin told the CEO that in case of refusal from payment of this money Rostelecom in his face will refuse signing of the contract and if the agreement nevertheless will be signed, it will provide payment delays from Rostelecom, follows from the message.

The CEO of AIK-Telecom was deceived by Svirin, believes the investigation, and, wishing to profit for the company, agreed to illegal requirements. Money in the amount of 500 thousand rubles was transferred to Svirin. However Svirin could not finish the felonious intent: it was delayed on site crime commission by the staff of Management of FSB across St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

The similar criminal scheme, according to the investigation, was used by Svirin according to the second delivery agreement of the equipment, but already from Severen-Telecom company which CEO he was. Being guided by corruption motive, wishing it is illegal to receive money for commission of the actions which are included into its office power, Svirin decided to demand from the CEO of AIK-Telecom of money for the fact that Severen-Telecom will continue to buy from them products, says the press service of courts of St. Petersburg. As a result he received money models in the amount of 1 million rubles.

Timur Svirin's detention on this case became known in July earlier. Later, in October, it was released under house arrest after he admitted the guilt in commission of commercial bribery^[1]. By that moment he already left Rostelecom.

The Vyborg district court of St. Petersburg fined 2 million rubles of the former associate director - the director of work with corporate and state segments of northwest macroregional branch of Rostelecom company Timur Svirin who was accused of commercial bribery and attempt at fraud, Kommersant with reference to the joint press service of city courts reports in December, 2017.

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