Authorities are seeking to seize more than $90 million in assets from Shoigu’s former deputy
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has filed a lawsuit seeking the confiscation of assets belonging to Ruslan Tsalikov, the former first deputy defense minister of the Russian Federation, and his relatives. The agency is demanding that land plots and real estate in the Moscow region and North Ossetia, luxury vehicles, as well as funds registered in the names of close associates and controlled by companies, be transferred to the state. The total value of the assets is estimated at 7 billion rubles.
This is reported by Russian media.
Tsalikov himself is currently under house arrest in connection with a case involving the creation of a criminal organization and the embezzlement of 6.6 billion rubles during the supply of military equipment, followed by money laundering. He is also accused of receiving bribes from Defense Ministry contractors for “protection”—specifically, 50 million rubles in cash and a motorcycle worth 2.3 million rubles.
Investigators claim that through the companies under his control, “Tektum” and “Dominus Zed,” he purchased seven commercial real estate properties in central Moscow for nearly 520 million rubles. According to investigators, these entities were used to launder illicitly obtained funds, although Tsalikov himself denies the charges and claims he does not possess assets worth the alleged amount.
Ruslan Tsalikov was one of the closest associates of former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and served as first deputy from 2015 to 2024.
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