State Seizure of Moscow Real Estate Linked to former MiG executives
A Moscow court, sitting in Savelovsky, has ordered the transfer of a property complex back to state ownership. The complex, once tied to the aircraft maker RSK MiG JSC, was identified as illegally diverted assets. The decision marks a notable outcome in a case that centers on how real estate can be folded into state control when linked to criminal activity and misappropriation.
The real estate under review comprises three buildings located on a city street near Polykarpova. In total, the site spans about 22 thousand square meters and includes commercial spaces, on-site services, and ancillary structures. The Prosecutor General’s Office supported expropriation, alleging that control over the property rested with Liberta-Investment LLC and Polikarpova-Invest LLC, along with two individuals, Alexei Ozerov and Yegor Noskov.
Alexey Ozerov previously led a unit that operated under the MiG umbrella as CEO of OAO MiG-Rost, while Yegor Noskov held a leadership role at Tupolev PJSC. In recent years both figures faced criminal sentences related to real estate fraud amounting to hundreds of millions of rubles. The path of these cases extended into civil mechanisms that sought recovery of rental income and the conversion of perceived gains into state assets.
According to reporting, the two individuals remained in custody while continuing to use or benefit from the contested real estate and other assets. The prosecution estimated rental income at several billion rubles and urged the court to direct that sum to the state. The court accepted this request, framing the matter as a case of unlawfully earned profits being retained through property control and tenancy arrangements.
The court’s ruling describes a sequence beginning in 2004, when the cited executives formed several entities and orchestrated a series of transactions that favored unprofitable outcomes in the short term but allegedly served to consolidate ownership among the implicated firms. The end result, as the judgment details, was that three buildings became assets of Liberta-Investment, with office space leased to various tenants and ground-floor facilities including cafes, restaurants, car services, shops, and a clinic for alcohol treatment. The narrative concludes with Polikarpova-Invest acquiring the land for future development, which the court described as completing the criminal plan.
In its decision, the court rejected arguments that the prosecution had run out of time, noting that any period claimed by the defense could not be used to legitimize property gain obtained through unlawful means. Ozerov and Noskov have since lodged appeals against the court’s determination, though the ruling stands as a significant step in the broader enforcement of asset recovery in cases tied to white collar crime and state property.
In a wider political note, the State Duma has discussed measures aimed at limiting lending to foreign agents as part of a broader review of financial controls. This recent policy discussion sits alongside the court action as part of ongoing governance debates on how best to safeguard public assets and ensure accountability in transactions involving high-profile corporate figures.