JSC Tiara Holding (Moscow) became the owner of 100% of the shares of the grain trader LLC Rodnye Polya (former LLC Trading House RIF). The corresponding changes were made to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities on September 7, reports Interfax.
As reported, on July 9, Tiara Holding bought 100% of the grain trader's shares from the Federal Property Management Agency at an auction. The lot was sold at the starting price of 11.7 billion rubles.
According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, the JSC was created in April 2025. Its owners are not disclosed.
According to sources in the grain transshipment market, Demetra-Holding may be behind the buyer of the grain trader. At the same time, as the press service of the holding reported, Demetra-Holding did not take part in the auction.
According to Tiara Holding's report for 2025, the company received a net loss of 4.01 million rubles. As reported on the Fedresurs portal, the value of the company's net assets as of December 31, 2025 was negative and amounted to minus 4 million rubles.
The Federal Property Management Agency twice announced tenders for the sale of the grain trader. The first auction with a similar starting price was announced in March, but the auction was declared invalid due to a lack of applications. At the same time, as reported, Uralchem was interested in purchasing the company. In addition, the head of VTB, Andrei Kostin, did not rule out the bank’s participation in the auction for the sale of Rodnye Polye.
The deadline for the second auction was extended twice. Repeated bidding was carried out to reduce the initial cost of the asset. The initial price of the lot was set at 11.7 billion rubles, the auction step was 585 million rubles, the reduction step was 1.17 billion rubles, and the cut-off price was 5.85 billion rubles.
In anticipation of the auction, the Federal Property Management Agency held an investment hour to answer questions from potential buyers. During the investment hour, the managing director of the grain trader, Valentin Afanasyev, clarified that the company estimates the need for additional taxes in the amount of about 1 billion rubles, and the debt to the Federal Customs Service at 4.5 billion rubles. In addition, in 2026-2027, Rodnye Polya plans to repair almost all existing cars: in 2026 - 285 cars, in 2027 - 1,306 cars are subject to depot repairs. According to the managing director, the company estimates these costs at 1.5 billion rubles. He added that the grain trader owns nine dry cargo ships and two tankers. One vessel has already been repaired, the rest also require repairs, it is scheduled for 2027-2029 and is estimated at 2 billion rubles.
According to Afanasyev, the terminal complex in Azov is in working order, large investments in it are not required. At the same time, there is an urgent need to update the IT terminal management system: “it is outdated, it is more than 10 years old,” Afanasiev noted. The managing director said that it requires significant updating to maintain uninterrupted operation, this should be planned for the end of 2026 - the first quarter of 2027.
Rodnye Polya LLC was seized in favor of the Russian Federation based on a 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.
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. In January of this year, the court completely refused to recognize the decisions and actions of the FAS as illegal; Khodykin filed an appeal against this decision. On April 6, the Fifteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the previous instance court without change and the complaint without satisfaction.
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.
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