Russian Gold CJSC is a company founded in 1991 on the basis of the production and commercial company Russia and headed by Alexander Petrovich Tarantsev. Owned, in particular, the Tushino and Mitinsky markets, as well as many boutiques both in Moscow and abroad. Engaged in "non-core" activities, such as the production of cartoons. One of the most famous is Dunno on the Moon. The company also had its own channel - the World Russian Channel . Also, the Russian Gold company had an analytical department, which collaborated with various authorities, providing analytical materials in particular to the Federation Council and the State Duma. At different times, the analytical department was headed by Alexander Evgenievich Potapov and Natalya Viktorovna Melentyeva, in which the analytical department consisted of analysts Alexander Dugin , including Valery Korovin , Vladislav Ivanov, Artyom Butrim.
| RUSSIAN GOLD | |
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| Type of | Closed Joint Stock Company |
| Base | 1991 year |
| Founders | Tarantsev Alexander Petrovich |
| Location |  Russia Moscow |
| Key figures | Tarantsev Alexander Petrovich (head of the company) [1] |
| Industry | Light industry |
| Products | Jewelry |
| Site | russiangold.ru |
The company also stood at the origins of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum , for many years it was the general sponsor of the forum. In 1999, RZ published the books of Alexander Dugin - " Fundamentals of Geopolitics " and "Our Way", which were distributed to each of the participants of the 1999 St. Petersburg Economic Forum.
The sphere of activity and investment activity of the RZ company in different years was: fisheries, tourism, fashion agencies, production of television series, assistance in the restoration of architectural monuments, support for creative teams and national artists. Of particular note is the “assistance to law enforcement agencies”, as well as “charity”, mainly related to veteran organizations of former participants in hostilities.
One of the well-known slogans of the company in the late 90s was: “We are expanding our business in Russia, because we are focusing on its revival. Russian Gold is Russian people. ”
In November 1997, the President of Russian Gold A. P. Tarantsev was detained in the United States.
Markets
In 1992-1995, Russian Gold created a series of large shopping complexes Tushinsky, Pokrovsky, Mitinsky, Dorogomilovsky, and Fair on Prague in Moscow. The listed complexes are located on an area of 20 hectares, and this land was purchased by the company on a long-term lease for 49 years. Russian Gold is one of the founders of the Moscow Guild of Markets and Fairs, created under the auspices of the Moscow government. Today, Russian Gold is a large holding company, the main areas of investment of which are: banking sector, jewelry industry, film production, foreign economic activity. The holding enterprises employ over 18 thousand people. The company carries out large-scale charity work, for which more than $ 3 million a year is allocated.
Fashion
One of the most important investment areas of Russian Gold is high fashion. Since 1996, the company has opened in the historical center of Moscow boutiques “Thierry Mugler”, “Christian Lacroix”, “Herve Leger”, “Donna Karan” and a youth clothing boutique “Kukai”. The collections presented in Russian Gold stores are updated seasonally and arrive in Moscow at the same time they appear in boutiques in Paris. Russian Gold holds regular advertising displays of seasonal collections by Emanuel Ungaro, Thierry Mugler and other haute couture masters. The company created the Prestige fashion agency and the first Russian-French school of fashion models. In the immediate plans of Russian Gold, the organization in Europe of regular shows of the latest collections of the best Russian fashion designers and the opening of their permanent missions in European capitals.
Charity
RZ carried out charitable activities as part of the social program of the Government of Moscow. In particular, the Republic of Kazakhstan was supported by the Society of Persons with Disabilities of War in Afghanistan - the Moscow House of Cheshire, which has been functioning since September 1992. As part of the medical and psychological rehabilitation and social protection programs for disabled military service, the Moscow House of Cheshire provides assistance and assistance in medical examination, treatment, prosthetics for people with disabilities of the Afghan war and other military conflicts with the consequences of military injuries of the musculoskeletal system and organs of vision.
Over the 5 years of the activities of the Moscow House of Cheshire, about 700 people have used its services, including 437 disabled war veterans in Afghanistan from 77 regions of Russia and 6 CIS countries, and since 1995 more than 250 disabled World War II residents of Moscow. Since the Moscow House of Cheshire does not have state budget funding, its activities in providing assistance to disabled people in military service, their maintenance, treatment and nutrition, became possible thanks to material support from sponsors. For a long time, the main sponsor of the Moscow House of Cheshire was CJSC Russian Gold. In 1997, the Moscow House of Cheshire became part of the social program of the Government of Moscow, thanks to material assistance from a company headed by Alexander Petrovich Tarantsev, which fully covers all expenses for the daily business of the Moscow House of Cheshire, and the purchase of necessary equipment and medicines.
Accusations of Russian Gold
In the late 90s, the Russian Gold company was accused of illegally raising funds from citizens. A number of defamatory publications appeared in the Russian media, in particular:
Moskovsky Komsomolets, N53, 03/21/97, “Earn your money, otherwise it will be trouble” - The Russian Gold company is mentioned in the article in the list of financial companies that attracted funds from the population and did not fulfill their financial obligations as of March 1997.
Rossiyskaya Gazeta, N78, 04/19/97, “The Ghostly Treasures of the Pyramids” - The Russian Gold company is mentioned among 120 companies whose employees have been prosecuted for illegally raising funds from the population.
AIF-Life and Wallet, N11, 05/29/97 - the article provides a list of unscrupulous companies for which law enforcement agencies are checking. Among these companies appears CJSC "Russian Gold" Legal address: Moscow, Poltava, 2-210. However, this company had nothing to do with Russkoye Zoloto CJSC, with the registered office of 1st Schipkovsky Lane, 1, and was only a spoiler company used to discredit Russkoye Zoloto CJSC.
Another type of accusation was allegations of illegal activities in the gemstone market:
Moskovsky Komsomolets, No. 82.05.05.97 “The path of therapeutic topazes to Russia is dotted with continuous scams”
"Today", No. 93, 05/12/97 "Business on healing topazes, or medicines about innocence"
The articles talked about the involvement of the company "Russian Gold" in the scandal associated with financial fraud with precious stones. The materials mentioned that the head of the company was Colonel-General of the Union of Cossack formations A. Demin, which indicated that this company had nothing to do with Russian Gold CJSC.
Also, several times in some media, the company was accused of smuggling:
Profile, N25, 07.07.97, “Evening Schmont”, Profile, N27, 07.21.97, “Evening Schmoon-2”, Profile, N34, 09.22.97, “Refinement”. The materials said that several employees of the company "Russian Gold" were caught in a contraband of precious metals in especially large sizes. In this regard, in June 1997 a criminal case was instituted. NTV Channel, December 1997: “According to the press service of the Moscow police department, an undeclared cargo worth more than $ 400,000 belonging to the Russian Gold MTK was detained at the Chkalovsky airdrome. The criminal case against several employees of the company was suspended because the person on whom the cargo was declared disappeared. ” However, immediately after this, the press service of Russian Gold CJSC distributed the official certificate of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation dated 12.24.97 regarding the non-involvement of A. P. Tarantsev and the Russian Gold Joint Stock Company in the smuggling of goods.
RZ accused of tax evasion, NTV Channel, Itogi, December 1997: A. Pashkevich, head of the Moscow RUOP press center: Trading places by the Russian Gold company are officially leased, but at the same time various services are imposed on the merchants: security, resolving disputes with the police, the tax police, that is, money still comes unaccounted for and tax-free. A sufficiently large amount of money is in the turnover of the company (meaning "Russian gold"). Some of this money, according to our data, is not obtained in a completely legal way. According to the statements provided by Russian Gold on the Mitinsky market, the company's daily profit is 80-90 million rubles. At the time of the operation by RUOP, at 11 o’clock in the morning, 400 million rubles were found and seized at the box office of the Mitinsky market.
Criminal Chronicle, No. 1, January 1998, “Playing Coasters”: On September 21, 1997, the RUOP together with the tax police seized 238 million “left” rubles from the Mitinsky Market box office. However, later the money was returned by law enforcement authorities in connection with the illegality of their withdrawal, about which there is a certificate from the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation dated 10.31.97 on the illegality of the seizure of 238 million rubles and accounting documents during the inspection of the premises of the Mitinsky radio market and the return of the money and documents seized earlier .