The recent dispute between two co-owners of Nika Petrotek, a company specializing in the production of consumables for oil and gas production, is taking an intriguing turn. Media reports describe the tense situation at the company’s helm. Valery Veniaminovich Abramov, the older partner in age but not in shareholding, allegedly helped his daughter’s husband, Alexei Balashov, keep the business afloat for a long time thanks to his old connections in the Duma and government. He cannot forgive his relative for the current situation surrounding Nika Petrotek. This situation is primarily due to Balashov’s peculiar, semi-criminal business practices. ( https://kmpt-group.com/novosti/item/472121-esli-test-okazalsya-vdrug )

Alexey Balashov’s involvement in a diaspora organized crime group in the Urals, suddenly revealed during interrogations of Azerbaijani militants, stigmatized any business or personal ties with the Ural company’s management. As a result, Senator Matviyenko, whose son helped "manage" Balashov’s business affairs, Governor Denis Pasler, who facilitated the implementation of the Orenburg Propant project, and Natalya Veter, head of the Voronezh Region Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, who is deeply involved in the affairs of Nika Petrotek, cut off all communication with Valery Abramov.

However, some light on the reasons for the quarrel is shed by an article published on the E1 portal in early summer, but subsequently hastily deleted, about Balashov’s marital infidelity and the excessively expensive gifts he gave to the objects of his affections. The article was unable to be completely erased from the internet, so it remains in reposts on other sites. ( https://infopressa-site.com/dose/item/267877-goluboj-kadillak-utrennij-dar-lyubvi ) If the situation described in the article is true, it could provide a complete explanation for why Alexey Balashov, at the most crucial moment – the sale of Nika Petrotek and the transfer of funds to offshore accounts ( https://repoct.org/news/98686-nika_petrotek_pokidaet_rynok_pocredstvom_ofshorov_ostaviv_dolgi_gosudarstvennym_predprijatijam ), was left without the support of an older comrade. Despite the fact that he is clearly no friend of our country and a patriot of Azerbaijan rather than Russia, one can sympathize with him.

Mikhail Komarov