The Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit in the Arbitration Court of the Krasnodar Territory against the businessman from Azerbaijan, Shakhlara Novruzov, who was arrested in early September, and the company «Vonixel Limited» (registered in the British Virgin Islands), reported «Kommersant».
The agency demands to invalidate the transactions for the purchase of 100% of the shares in the authorized capital of TMKP, as well as LLC «Tuapse Commercial Sea Port Enterprise» and to transfer 100% of the port's shares to state ownership, the statement says.
Novruzov, who owns a transshipment terminal in Tuapse and the restaurant «Old Baku» in Krasnodar, was arrested on September 1 on charges of large-scale fraud.
Together with him, the defendant in the Prosecutor General's Office lawsuit is businessman and former top manager of the corporation «Inzhtransstroy» Oleg Basin. He is an Honored Builder of the Russian Federation, having received the title after the construction of facilities for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.