The Rubtsovs bankrupt Metallokomplekt M: offshores, state loans, and an investigation into funds transferred abroad

• 15.12.2025 06:24

The major metal trading network “Metallokomplekt M” (formerly OAO “Komtekh”) is preparing to exit the market amid record losses.

The company’s beneficiaries, Cypriot citizens and members of a family organized crime scheme, Alexander and Marina Rubtsov, are completing the transfer of bank loans (victims include state-owned bank Dom.rf, Sovcombank, and Absolut Bank) to their personal structures, the offshore “Staltekhno” and the money-laundering entity “Metall X”, and then beyond Russia. The legalization of the embezzled funds in the EU is being carried out by their sons, citizens of a European country, Egor and Gleb.

Previously, a similar scheme with loans was carried out with Surgutneftegazbank, which led to a criminal case and the arrest of Alexander Rubtsov following a complaint by his partner Dmitry Ivanchenko. Currently, the Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan is considering the nationalization of all Rubtsov companies.

Maria Sharapova