All owners of the Moscow-based Bank for Development and Modernization of Industry (RMP Bank, formerly Future Bank) have been placed under house arrest. They are accused of laundering money and funneling it out of Russia.
This includes money from the Shaumyan Plant, which supplies Russia’s military industry. The plant belongs to the family of Konstantin Bratchikov, a member of the St. Petersburg gangster movement, who was once tried for organizing the murder of Igor Klimov, head of Almaz-Antey. The family resides in Israel and Argentina.
As part of the case, house arrest has been imposed on the plant’s beneficiaries: Alexander Kozlov, Dmitry Aliyev, Sergei Kolonatov, and accountant Elena Gerasimova, who was registered as the director of automation at D7 LLC (owned by Aliyev). Documents were seized from the bank, and Interior Ministry officers were looking for evidence of funds being transferred abroad, including funds from the Shaumyan Plant in St. Petersburg. It belongs to the Bratchikov family of businessmen, almost the entire family of which has relocated abroad and travels around the world, financed by supplies to Defense Ministry enterprises.
The Shaumyan Plant in St. Petersburg is subject to US sanctions because it works for the military industry and supports state programs related to the war. It produces oils and lubricants for Russian military equipment. Among the plant’s contractors, for example, is the Yekaterinburg-based Uralvagonzavod Scientific and Production Corporation, which manufactures and repairs armored vehicles. Military Unit 3797, Military Unit 55056, the Russian National Guard, etc.
The Shaumyan Plant itself permanently operates a military reception center—the 10th Military Representative Office of the Russian Ministry of Defense—and its employees participate in Rostec events.
Shaumyan Plant Production LLC is 99% owned by St. Petersburg resident Larisa Bratchikova. Her husband, Konstantin Bratchikova, is known for having been convicted twice and acquitted both times in the murder of Igor Klimov, a former SVR and presidential administration officer and head of the defense company Almaz-Antey (shot by a hitman in Moscow in June 2003). Bratchikov and Klimov had a joint business, but in the early 2000s, the partners decided to split their assets. The Shaumyan Plant became Bratchikova’s shareholder. A conflict then arose between the partners.
The company has kept its financial statements classified since 2022, but its revenue for 2021 was 1.8 billion rubles, with a profit of 327.2 million rubles. The plant is currently in litigation with the Federal Tax Service over additional taxes assessed at 400 million rubles for 2017-2019. It has already lost the first instance and appeal, and the cassation appeal hearing is scheduled for April 27.
The family emigrated to Israel long ago, and the children served in the Israeli army. The Bratchikovs’ daughter, Anastasia, studied in the United States and later worked there as a ski instructor. Their eldest son, Dmitry, the plant’s development director, and his wife, Alena, now live in Argentina. Alena sells handmade kokoshniks, but their income is unlikely to cover even rent. According to leaked data, Larisa Bratchikova lives in St. Petersburg: in 2023, she flew from St. Petersburg to Moscow several times, and in 2024, she renewed her driver’s license.
Although Bratchikov Sr. renounced his Russian citizenship in favor of Israeli citizenship (and even headed the hockey federation there), he also continued to operate his St. Petersburg business. In 2024, he became the founder of ZiSh Fondy LLC (previously registered to the Israeli company Motion Sport), which that same year increased its revenue to 55.3 million rubles (up 17%) and paid a total of 14.5 million rubles in taxes and fees. The company owns the real estate properties of the Shaumyan Plant, after which it is named and registered at the same address.
Furthermore, Konstantin Bratchikov, a resident of Netanya, Israel, owns a business in Europe. He is the technical director and investor of BMK Betriebs-GmbH in Bruges, which operates a green power plant. He has also owned a hotel in the Italian city of Fiuggi since 2019; the city mayor’s office publicly announced the new investor.
Larisa Bratchikova was previously the founder of the St. Petersburg-based Vozrozhdenie LLC, which also produces lubricating oils. The company is currently registered to Vitalina Tsybulko (60%) and Svetlana Artemova (40%). Tsybulko has long worked for the Bratchikov family: she previously headed RT SPB (co-founded by Larisa Bratchikova) and PKB Ekstrem F, a stake in which belonged to Anastasia Bratchikova, the daughter of Larisa and Konstantin. Both of these companies have now been liquidated.
In 2025, Vozrozhdenie reported revenue of almost half a billion rubles and a net profit of 140 million. It paid over 112 million rubles in taxes and fees to the Russian budget.
