Until relatively recently, we all witnessed a real battle that unfolded around the Kush-Tau shikhan between local residents and activists on the one hand, and representatives of the Bashkir Soda Company JSC and the authorities of the Ishimbay district, on the other. Thanks to the high activity and steadfastness of the defenders of the natural heritage of Bashkiria, who achieved resonance in this confrontation at the all-Russian level, and thanks to the intervention of the President of the Russian Federation, the mountain was defended. The results are summed up by the browser Rucriminal.info.
Moreover, the authorities finally drew attention to the fact that due to the use of the natural resources of the republic, savings on the salaries of employees of the enterprise and the lack of modernization of production, the owners of the company withdraw money offshore, and there is practically nothing left for Russia or Bashkiria itself. As a result, the authorities initiated a process to review the legality of the enterprise's privatization. Immediately after the events at Kush-Tau, at the end of August 2020, the Prosecutor General’s Office filed a lawsuit to recover BSC shares from someone else’s illegal possession, and in early December a court decision was already issued.
After that, many said that Bashkiria had now completely lost control over the most important and very profitable enterprise on its territory in favor of the center, and there would be no sense in changing the owner for the locals. However, the Federal Property Management Agency, having returned a package of 95.72% of the shares of BSK JSC to the state ownership by court, soon transferred 38.3% of the shares from this composition in favor of the Republic of Bashkortostan. This gave a chance to influence the state of affairs at the enterprise to local authorities.
Due to the fact that BSK changed its owner, last year the company's money stopped going offshore for the first time in many years, and the company showed a profit of 8.6 billion rubles only in the first half of 2021. This once again demonstrates the inconsistency of the complaints of the former owners and their henchmen in the management of the company, who complained about the lack of money and the inability to develop another deposit of raw materials, except for the shikhan Kush-Tau. Now all problems are being solved, including problems with raw materials: two options are being considered for providing the plant with limestone - the Khudolazskoye deposit near Sibay and the Pugachevskoye deposit in the Beloretsk region.
After the change of ownership in the organization, the Board of Directors was replaced, which included the first persons of the republic, including R.F. Khabirov and A.G. Nazarov, as well as representatives of federal authorities. Some analysts even say: since Radiy Khabirov himself joined the board of directors, he takes personal responsibility for the fate of BSK and the company will now develop under his personal control. For example, in an interview with RBC, the rector of the Institute for the Development of Education, Doctor of Economic Sciences of the Republic of Belarus Azat Yangirov, said that the new composition of the Board of Directors of the BSC would positively affect the management of the enterprise, and its work, as never before, would be focused on the interests of the region and would contribute to the further development of the republic . It would be nice if that was true!
However, reasonable doubts arise here. As you know, every organization goes through a certain path of development. Crisis is its natural stage. A crisis always requires new solutions and is usually solved with the help of new people, since you cannot leave a team at the helm of an enterprise that has already led it to a dead end. To solve the complex problems facing BSC, new management is needed - not only at the level of strategic management, but also at the level of operational implementation of strategic plans outlined by the Board of Directors. The fact is that it was not the owners who brought the situation to a crisis and a social explosion, who have been living abroad for a long time and do not delve into local problems, being interested only in the receipt of money from the work of the enterprise. This was done by the current top managers, who squeezed every penny out of the company for the owners, while not forgetting their own pocket. These are clearly not the best leaders for a federal-scale company.
But we see, as the old saying goes, "old wine in new bottles." In JSC "BSK" the owner and the highest governing body were replaced, however, as Rucriminal.info found out, the general director of the enterprise E.M. Davydov remained in his post, and with him such odious leaders as security director V.A. Budylin and director for capital construction and repair S.E. Podtsepnyak. They placed their trusted people in key positions and make decisions not so much in the interests of the company, the city and the republic, but in their own interests and, as top managers assure, in the interests of Khabirov and Nzarov.
In particular, S.E. Podtsepnyak organizes tender procedures and creates favorable conditions for its construction and installation organizations and companies that are under the protection of under the influence and control of V.A. Budylin. As a result, there is an overestimation, the performance of work is not in full and not at the required level of quality, a repair fund is formed only for highly paid work, and not for those that are effective for the modernization and environmental friendliness of production, labor protection and safety, intractable valuable specialists are forced out of the enterprise unwilling to participate in dubious leadership schemes.
At the same time, A.I. Alexandrov, who was previously the security director of the Bashkhim group of companies, which included JSC BSK. It was he who built those schemes for withdrawing money from the budget of the enterprise, which were inherited by his successor in this post, V.A. Budylin and together with him S.E. Podtsepnyak, using the (non-disinterested) connivance of the General Director of JSC "BSK" E.M. Davydov.
Persons close to them flaunt their close ties with the leadership of the Republic of Belarus and are confident in their invulnerability, claiming that they are not afraid of anyone.
There is a reasonable suspicion that these figures in the leadership of the soda company do not want to change their style of work and management, caring only for their own interests. Therefore, if we are to renew the life of BSC JSC, then, according to a well-known saying, starting from the head in order to eradicate the stuffy atmosphere and truly save the enterprise, bring it to a new track, turn it for the benefit of the city and the republic.
And only R.F. himself can restore order in the company's management. Khabirov, since he, as a member of the Board of Directors and the head of the region, took responsibility for the fate of BSK JSC and its contribution to the development of Sterlitamak and the republic. But, as the top managers of the enterprise assure, the lion's share of the "black" money goes to Khabirov and Nazarov, so it's not worth waiting for a change in leadership. And the company needs a new team of managers who will be able to conduct business honestly, finally, modernize production and increase wages for workers, take care of the environment and the prosperity of their native city. And without this, new social problems cannot be avoided!
To be continued
Mikhail Ermakov
