Biography of Evgenia VASILEVA
Vasilyeva Evgenia Nikolaevna is a Russian civil servant and businesswoman, ex-head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, member of the Board of Directors of the commercial organization Oboronservis, controlled by the Ministry of Defense. She became notorious to the general public at the end of 2012 due to possible involvement in facts of multi-million dollar thefts discovered in the Ministry of Defense. Because of the scandal and taking into account the current situation around the military department, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov was dismissed on November 6 of the same year.
Biography
Evgenia Vasilyeva is a Russian civil servant and business entrepreneur, from 2011 to 2012 she served as head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. As a member of the Board of Directors of the Oboronservis holding, she became a notorious person and the main defendant in a high-profile corruption criminal case regarding the Russian defense department.
Evgenia Vasilyeva
The businesswoman won the burning interest of society in her own person thanks to her lifestyle - while already under house arrest, the woman began to get involved in music and painting, and without a higher art education she entered the most prestigious International Art Foundation in the world and spent many millions of rubles in the capital's boutiques .
The youth of Evgenia VASILEVA
The future high-ranking defendant in the high-profile case was born on February 20, 1979.
She was the only child in the family of a Russian multimillionaire. Her father, Nikolai Anatolyevich, was a co-owner of OKS 01, which specialized in the production of protective plastic pipes for laying advanced fiber-optic data lines and the optical cable itself. Since childhood, Evgenia did not need anything, she could freely do any business she liked, lived in abundance, surrounded by loving family.
Evgenia Vasilyeva has made a fast career
After school, I entered St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Law, and studied well. In 2001, she graduated with honors.
After that, she worked in the real estate market as a realtor and legal adviser, gaining experience in mediating transactions.
Childhood and youth
Evgenia Nikolaevna Vasilyeva was born on February 20, 1979 in the cultural capital of Russia in the family of Russian multimillionaire entrepreneur Nikolai Vasiliev. She was the only child in a rich family, so from childhood she lived in luxury and prosperity. For Lyudmila Iosifovna’s mother and loving father, her daughter was a real princess, into whom they tried to invest all the best.
Evgenia Vasilyeva in childhood (right)
As a child, Vasilyeva was an ordinary child - she studied at school, walked in the yard with her friends, and attended creative clubs. She was surrounded by the love of her family and friends, which allowed her to do whatever she liked.
After graduating from high school, the future chief of staff of the Russian Ministry of Defense entered the St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Law. At the university, the girl studied with the daughter of former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yulia Zubkova and ex-Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Anatoly Serdyukov, whose life paths were closely intertwined in the future.
Evgenia Vasilyeva in her youth
In 2001, Evgenia graduated from the university with honors, after which her career rapidly climbed up - starting from working in several real estate offices, the future defendant in the Oboronservis case literally in 5 months became the general director of a branch of the largest construction company.
Career development of Evgenia Vasilyeva
In 2006, the girl moved to the capital, where she worked for 5 months as a lawyer in one of the largest construction companies. In 2007, she already headed the St. Petersburg branch of the Moscow construction and development company, while simultaneously acting as head of the St. Petersburg construction and repair company Baltikstroy and holding the position of adviser to the first deputy mayor and head of the urban planning complex of Moscow, Vladimir Resin. Evgenia met him earlier in Cannes at the prestigious International Real Estate and Investment Exhibition MIPIM.
Vasiliev in the capital
Upon arrival in the capital, Vasilyeva purchased a luxury Mercedes-Benz S500 car and settled in an elite house on Molochny Lane, where the cost of apartments started from 250 million rubles and more.
Successfully moving up the career ladder, in 2009 Evgenia became an adviser to Alexander Beglov, deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation. Starting next year, she went to work at the Ministry of Defense as an adviser - chief of staff to the Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov, and in 2011 - to the position of head of the Department of Property Relations, remaining in this position until the summer of 2012. Serdyukov was her housemate, and Vasilyeva later confirmed her close relationship with him.
Jewelry that was found in Evgenia Vasilyeva’s apartment
By decree of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2012, Evgenia Vasilyeva was awarded a state award - the Order of Honor.
Evgenia Vasilyeva - Svetlana Medvedeva's sister?
Many concerned people are trying to discover the secret of career growth and happy release from custody. For example, Anatoly Kresik, the leader of the military sailors, in a post on his page made the assumption that Svetlana Medvedeva, the wife of former President Dmitry Medvedev, is related - they are cousins. He focused everyone's attention on the external similarity of the two women. And also to a rapid ascent up the career ladder and a lenient punishment for a serious crime.
If you think sensibly, how could a university graduate become the director of a construction company in St. Petersburg and, at the same time, an adviser to the deputy mayor of Moscow? And then she rose to the rank of adviser to the deputy head of the presidential administration? Why did Dmitry Medvedev award Vasilyeva the Order of Honor back in 2012? How was a single woman able to acquire fabulous wealth in the form of a 13-room apartment in Moscow and huge bank accounts?
According to the same Kresik, only Evgenia Vasilyeva was not afraid of Anatoly Serdyukov’s tough character and she had special approaches to him with which she could put pressure on him. It’s no secret that Serdyukov loves noble women from high society, but who would refuse to become related to the president himself? It has not been officially proven that Evgenia is Svetlana Medvedeva’s sister – these are just rumors and gossip, but as the old Russian saying goes, there is no smoke without fire.
Yes, the fact of relationship between Evgenia Vasilyeva and Svetlana Medvedeva has not been officially confirmed. Although the older sister did hint that she might have a sister, which the media might not know about.
Search in the apartment of Evgenia Vasilyeva
On the morning of October 25, 2012, in the case of Oboronservis, whose employees are suspected of fraud in the sale of military assets, Vasilyeva’s place of residence was searched by employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
When representatives of the investigative body arrived, Defense Minister Serdyukov was also in the apartment. During the inspection of Evgenia’s four-room home, documents of interest for solving the case were seized, about three and a half million rubles, antiques of significant value, collections of paintings, watches of famous brands and one and a half thousand jewelry with a total value of about 130 million rubles. Vasilyeva herself was relieved from her position in the Ministry of Defense for the duration of the investigation.
The former head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Serdyukov married his former subordinate Evgenia Vasilyeva
The former head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Anatoly Serdyukov, married his former subordinate Evgenia Vasilyeva, who was found guilty of embezzling more than 640 million rubles.
Andrei Malakhov, TV presenter and editor-in-chief of the StarHit publication, said that he was worried about the marriage of Serdyukov and Vasilyeva, because after an interview with Evgenia, he forgot a brown tie at her house. Malakhov added that if Anatoly Serdyukov finds this item of his wardrobe among the Chanel bags, he should not worry.
Coverage of the scandalous case in the media
In November, on the Rossiya-1 channel, TV journalist Arkady Mamontov presented his documentary film “Corruption,” in which he told the public about financial scams in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In particular, it was announced that Vasilyeva’s salary as head of the department was five million rubles, not counting the two million bonuses that she received from the illegal sale of land, real estate and other state property. According to the author of the film, the military millionaire is the owner of a 13-room apartment in the elite Golden Mile district of Moscow, the cost of which is $10 million. Later in his interview, the official’s father Nikolai Vasiliev claimed that his daughter lives not in a 13-room apartment, but in a 4-room apartment, the living area of which occupies about 119 square meters. According to data from the publicly available information resource of the Unified State Register of Enterprises, the total area of the apartment is 192 square meters.
Now Evgenia Vasilyeva paints pictures
The Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper wrote that, according to insiders, more than 50 thousand precious stones and 19 kilograms of gold were seized during a search in Vasilyeva’s apartment.
According to media reports, Vasilyeva’s career growth was greatly facilitated by her intimate relationship with former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov. It was suggested that it was she who was the reason why his wife Yulia, the daughter of statesman Viktor Zubkov, filed for divorce.
Dimensions of Evgenia Nikolaevna’s property
Vasilyeva’s income, which she entered into her tax return in 2011 (based on the results of 2010), reached 6.2 million rubles.
The government official owned three apartments (192, 170 and 107 square meters), a land plot of 170 square meters, a residential building, space in non-residential premises, a garage and a luxury car Mercedes-Benz S500.
The investigation seized Vasilyeva’s property in the amount of 450 million rubles, including 6 real estate properties, bank accounts, collections of paintings and jewelry.
Personal life of Evgenia Vasilyeva
Evgenia is not married.
According to her father, she lost a child from Serdyukov. But a new man awaits the ex-official, whose name he did not name. On November 23, 2014, the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow placed Evgenia under house arrest. She was accused of selling liquid Oboronservis assets at reduced prices, resulting in damage to the state amounting to more than 3 billion rubles. The defendant does not admit her guilt. She is accused of 12 counts - under articles of fraud on an especially large scale, legalization of funds acquired by criminal means, abuse of official powers and their excess. Based on the totality of charges, Evgenia faces up to 12 years in prison.
While under investigation, Evgenia demonstrated her creative abilities as a poet, artist and musician. She developed her own collection of jewelry, opened a jewelry salon in the capital and. She released a poetry collection of love lyrics, then, setting the poems to music, she created several videos.
Vasilyeva became interested in painting and painted several portraits of famous people. In April last year, her personal exhibition “Flowers from Captivity” was held at the Moscow gallery “Expo-88”. On January 27, 2015, an exhibition of her graphic works entitled “Eve in Wonderland” opened in Moscow.
