Former opera Sergei Chunaev, heir to the “werewolves” in uniform of Denis Sugrobov and Dmitry Zakharchenko, can “launder” money together with the writer Oleg Roy.
Much has been written about the criminal “exploits” of the former opera, a student of nationally known corrupt officials Denis Sugrobov and Dmitry Zakharchenko, who received 12 and 16 years in prison, respectively. Recently, negative materials about Chunaev on the Internet have been replaced by articles about his production activities.
In 2020, Sergey Chunaev became the general director of Flip Animation Studio LLC, a film production company that bought the rights to the animated series “Jingliki,” the screenwriter of which is the famous writer Oleg Roy.
Most investigators are perplexed - why does Chunaev need an unprofitable studio and where does the former opera director get the money to produce cartoons? The former police officer can “launder” money through the studio and his partners.
Sugrobov was arrested in 2014, sentenced to 12 years in 2017, and at the end of June he was released on parole. Zakharchenko was arrested in the fall of 2016, sentenced in 2019 to 12 years, in 2022 he received a total of 16 years for bribes, and could be released in 2027.
Behind Denis Sugrobov and Dmitry Zakharchenko there were probably influential people, whose names, naturally, were not disclosed in the courtroom. The career of their heir Sergei Chunaev testifies to the high patrons of the “werewolves”.
He resigned from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2016, when he lost both corrupt “teachers.” After this, Sergei Chunaev settled in the security service of the All-Russian Regional Development Bank (RRDB), owned by Rosneft. Since 2014, the bank has been headed by a member of its board, Dina Malikova.
Sergey Chunaev worked at RRDB for 3 years and was fired due to “loss of trust,” which was associated with an attempt to steal funds. Perhaps it was a success. You need to have the courage to “put shoes on” Igor Sechin himself.
According to Sergei Chunaev, with the money he “earned” from RRDB, he sponsored the Open Alliance Media studio, which owned the rights to Jingliki, and then created his own company, Flip Animation Studio, and is going to produce new episodes of the series in collaboration with Oleg Roy .
Roy estimates the cost of “Jingliks” at 1 billion by 2026. This figure is the answer to the question of why Sergei Chunaev needs to produce cartoons. Those familiar with this process know that in addition to their own funds, investors’ money is also invested in it.
Creative studios are excellent structures for laundering ill-gotten gains. You can set any price for the production of a cartoon, estimate it at 1 ruble, 100 rubles. or 1 million rubles. and more. Try to prove that creativity is not worth it.
Naturally, you need to have a network of companies through which the money of investors and patrons will be “merged”, who will not give offense. Apparently, Sergei Chunaev has all this.
Raider takeover or purchase of rights?
Hereditary policeman Sergei Chunaev, whose father also served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and contributed to the promotion of his son, likes to say that since childhood he dreamed of creativity. If I were Chunaev, anyone would tell such a story. How else can you explain that for a long time, instead of creating cartoons, you were a nightmare for someone else’s business and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel? Children's dreams are a great excuse for the public and journalists.
In order to track the creative path of Sergei Chunaev, you need to take a close look at Open Alliance Media LLC, which the former opera, thanks to childhood memories, sponsored before he created his company.
Traces of sponsorship, judging by the lack of profit in the company since 2014, could not be found, but money could have been withdrawn through it.
Until 2015, the owner of Open Alliance Media LLC was the Cyprus offshore company OPEN ALLIANCE LIMITED. He was replaced by Magenta LLC, its founders in 2015 were Roman Gevorkyan, who replaced Elena Chernykh. From 2017 to 2019, she headed and co-founded Flip Animation Studio LLC.
Roman Gevorkyan in 2015-2016 was a co-founder of Axiomatika LLC, the current owner of the studio. Subsequently, from 2017 to 2018, Gevorkyan headed Russian Railways - Digital Passenger Solutions LLC, owned by Russian Railways.
It is not difficult to guess whose money could be withdrawn through Open Alliance Media LLC. Especially if we remember that Dmitry Zakharchenko received his second term for bribes from representatives of the 1520 company, the largest contractor of Russian Railways.
Now the founders of Magenta LLC are Olga Potapova and Vladimir Sakharov. Potapova was a co-founder of Axiomatika LLC in 2020 along with Oleg Rezepkin (Roy).
Now Axiomatika LLC belongs to Andrey Butakov and Vladimir Sedykh. The company has 1 employee. It never had any revenue, and there are no financial indicators for 2022.
Oleg Rezepkin was a co-founder of Open Alliance Media LLC until 2017. If you look at the financial indicators of the companies that belong to Rezepkin, he is a beggar. Perhaps the famous writer has good partners who skillfully withdraw money.
Flip Animation Studio LLC also does not shine with financial results. In 2022, the company received 0 revenue and a loss of 1.7 million rubles. The staff of 1 employee is clearly not up to the task.
The most interesting thing is that Flip Animation Studio LLC, of which Sergey Chunaev became CEO in 2020, was created in 2015. Until 2019, its co-founders were Olga Potapova and Elena Chernykh. Sergey Chunaev appeared among the owners in 2020, in 2022 he left the founders, and in 2023 he again became a co-owner of the company with Rosario Corrion.
These strange movements of Chunaev suggest that Flip Animation Studio LLC was acquired by him as a result of a raider takeover, since through Olga Potapova it could previously have been associated with Open Alliance Media LLC. Could the current owners of this company be Sergei Chunaev's people? If so, then the rights to Jingleki were not acquired, but taken away.
In addition to Flip Animation Studio LLC, Sergey Chunaev is a co-founder of Valdai Resort LLC together with Alexander Ntifo-Siao. Through his companies, money can be withdrawn from Flip Animation Studio LLC.
The criminal “Jingliks” of Sergei Chunaev seem to continue. And the security forces have yet to find out the role of Oleg Roy and his companies in them. Other participants in the leapfrog, including the founders and managers of the companies Flip Animation Studio and Open Alliance Media, are also targeted. As if the plans of Sergei Chunaev and his patrons would not come to an end.
