The Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region postponed to September 17 the consideration of two claims of the grain trader Rodnye Polya (formerly LLC Trading House RIF) against the ex-owner Pyotr Khodykin, reports Interfax with reference to the file of arbitration cases.
The hearing on the grain trader's claim against Khodykin for the recovery of 24 billion rubles in dividends was postponed from September 25 to September 17 due to the replacement of the judge.
The case was conducted by Judge Ganyushkina. At the meeting on August 20, she postponed the consideration of the case until September 25 due to the presence of the case materials in the cassation court, as well as taking into account the judge’s individual schedule.
“Due to the long absence of Judge O.B. Ganyushkina, who is in charge of this case, in order to prevent violation of the procedural deadlines for consideration of the case and ensure its timely resolution, the case must be transferred to another judge. Taking into account the above, it is necessary to postpone the date of the trial,” says the case materials published on September 11.
The court decided to postpone the date of the trial, replace Judge Ganyushkina and transfer the case to Judge Zakharova.
Judge Zakharova previously considered another claim by Rodnye Polye - for the recovery of 203.27 million rubles in damages from ex-owner Khodykin and ex-director Marina Turyanskaya jointly and severally. Then the court came to the conclusion that the illegal actions (inaction) of the defendants entailed negative consequences for Rodnye Polye, namely the payment by the company of a penalty based on the results of tax audits for 2018-2019 and 2020 in the amount of about 203.27 million rubles. The claim was fully satisfied. The defendants were unable to appeal the decision to the appellate instance - the Fifteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal left it unchanged.
In addition, the consideration of the grain trader’s claim to invalidate the sale of 99.95% of the shares of Yugagroholding to Khodykin and to apply the consequences of invalidity of void transactions was postponed from October 14 to September 17.
As reported, at a meeting on September 7, the judge granted the defendant’s request to conduct an examination to establish the market value of the controlled Yugagroholding sold to him by a grain trader as of July 26, 2023 <the date of the sale of the company to Khodykin>. The court also set the period for conducting the examination at 25 calendar days. At the same time, on September 11, the file of arbitration cases published information about the postponement of the trial to September 17. The motivation for this decision has not yet been disclosed.
Two more hearings were previously scheduled for September 17 on the claims of Rodnye Polye - against Yugagroholding regarding the application of the consequences of the invalidity of a sham transaction (we are talking about advance payments under an agreement for the purchase of agricultural products as a transaction covering the allocation of a loan in 2022-2025, and the recovery of 285.4 million rubles of interest for the use of borrowed funds) and Marina Turyanskaya about recovery of damages in the amount of more than 135 million rubles.
Rodnye Polya LLC was seized in favor of the Russian Federation according to a statement of claim from the Prosecutor General's Office filed at the end of 2024; from February 2025, the owner of the company became the Federal Property Management Agency, then the asset came under the management of one of the structures of Rosselkhozbank (OKPO code: 52750822). Two months after the company was transferred to the Federal Property Management Agency, the grain trader appointed a new director to replace Turyanskaya, who had headed the company since 2018.
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation noted that the grain trader is a strategic business company (its share in the grain transshipment market in the seaport of Azov, according to the department, exceeds 20%). At the same time, in violation of the law, a group of persons with the participation of offshore companies established foreign control over Rodnye Polya LLC, and the ultimate beneficiary of the company was a citizen of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis and a resident of the UAE, Petr Khodykin.
Khodykin tried in court to challenge the decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation to recognize the grain trader as a strategic enterprise. The courts rejected both the application and the appeal. He also failed to challenge the decision to collect the trader for the income of the Russian Federation.
LLC "Trading House "RIF" was created for the purchase and sale of agricultural products on the domestic market of Russia and export, for a number of years it was a leader in the export of Russian grain. In April 2024, the company changed its name to LLC "Rodnye Polya".
The grain trader was included in the privatization plan for 2026-2028. In July of this year, JSC Tiara Holding acquired the company from the Federal Property Management Agency for 11.7 billion rubles; the corresponding changes were made to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities on September 7.
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