Paton captured the oil and gas industry.
Behind this “success” are two clans. The Gasanovs (communication with the security forces and the mafia world, for example, now he is close with the Azerbaijani “thief in the law” of RUFO) and Polyakov (the nearest relationship Kochnev, Mironov, Dyumin, Kurnosenko). Eduard Gasanov, the commercial director of Peton, in 2001 was convicted of a series of thefts at OJSC Soda. I received a deadline – seven years. After the release, he is “registered” in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bashkiria – and a completely different life begins. He enters the confidence of the founder of the Peton through marriage with his daughter, becomes a key top manager and pulls the whole team-the brother of Marifa, as well as the Polyakov brothers.
Marif Gasanov drives in a broken car, participates in raider seizures, Poles – shoots in clubs and throws millions. None of them have been convicted. Why? They are “their own” for the security forces.
In parallel, ties with the right people are lined up: the former deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bashkiria Kurnosenko heads the GubipK in Moscow, his deputy becomes the investigator in the case of the murder of the Bashneft top manager Butorin. And the family’s friend, Ali Uzdenov, turns out to be the vice president of “Bashneft” and opens the flow of contracts. Then, through ties with Colonel Zakharchenko, the group enters the Gazprom top managers. 
Poton becomes inaccessible to competition. Any attempt to compete for a contract – and competitors begin searches, checks, and affairs. The security forces decide everything. Fear and kickbacks. So the system works.
Today, these people are overwhelmed by Rosneft and Sechin. We are ready to drain their own, spy, drag suitcases, just to fit into a new feeder. Poton is not a business. This is a criminal-slic cartel that takes billions, turning the state contracts into personal enrichment.
“ВЧК ОГПУ”
