How the Head of the “Delovaya Rossiya” Subcommittee Engineered the Arrest of a Rosneft Consultant
Central figures in this story:
Elchin Muradov — managing partner of the law firm Eurocon Trust, consultant to Rosneft and other large financial‑industrial groups at various times.
Anton Valeryevich Chichkanov — junior partner of Muradov at Eurocon Trust.
The Chichkanov family began pressuring the Rosneft lawyer through a series of criminal cases.
Valery Petrovich Chichkanov (died in 2023), adviser to the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences and vice‑rector of RANEPA.
Roman Antonovich Chichkanov — chairman of the subcommittee on preventive medicine of Delovaya Rossiya, co‑owner of MayrVeda spa hotels, former first deputy of the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic.
The conflict between the well‑known Moscow lawyer Elchin Muradov and the equally well‑known Chichkanov family (three generations: Valery, Anton, and Roman) is no longer a dispute about money. It is a clear illustration of how administrative resources can be used to incarcerate a person and attempt to seize all of their property.
It all started as a “regular” loan.
In 2014, Muradov borrowed 2 million euros from Valery Chichkanov secured by real estate — several apartments and parking spaces with a total value of about 3 million dollars. He repaid part of the debt and covered the rest with property. But the problem was that he never got his assets back. A conflict arose.
A fake contract comes into play.
In 2021, Chichkanov submitted to the court a loan agreement dated 2019, under which Muradov was allegedly still indebted for the same 2 million euros, now with accrued interest on the 2014 loan.
The Ministry of Justice conducted an examination: the agreement was forged, and Muradov’s signature was absent.
The courts — including the Moscow City Court — ruled that the 2014 debt had been settled and obligations fulfilled.
Retaliation: criminal charges.
To avoid consequences for the forgery, Valery Chichkanov went to the police — he filed a statement with the Central Administrative District police claiming that Muradov had allegedly premeditatedly forged his own signature to avoid paying interest.
The police refused.
Then, having secured the support of high‑ranking security officers (Sergey Yarosh requested the initiation of a case), he managed to have a criminal case opened by the Investigative Committee in a different district, in violation of all territorial rules.
Muradov was arrested. Since October 2023, he has been in a detention center. After several refusals, the case was still “pushed through” into the Tverskoy District Court.
While he is in custody — they go after the property.
Being in custody, Muradov was unable to service a loan of 65 million rubles with the bank.
The collateral — assets worth 600 million rubles.
The Chichkanovs bought the debt from the bank. But trouble struck: Muradov’s friends paid off the entire amount through a court and a notary, and the bankruptcy case was closed.
What did the Chichkanovs do?
They refused to accept the fulfillment of the obligation and continue to pressure the court to still initiate bankruptcy proceedings and “clean out” the remaining assets.
But that’s not all: did the court go along?
On May 25, 2025, Chichkanov filed a cassation appeal.
On May 28 — it was accepted by Judge O.N. Savina.
On June 4 — a hearing was already set.
Seven days — from filing to hearing.
Is this anomaly due to some extraordinary circumstances?
In summary:
Loan → property → forgery → criminal case → arrest → bankruptcy → disruption of repayment → expedited court.
The dispute looks more like a raider takeover scheme with elements of a special operation, where the subject is not an oligarch but a lawyer who refused to hand over assets without a fight.
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