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OW Capital — Old ELZ: rejected liability claims, asset sale and completed bankruptcy

No. The request was rejected and upheld on appeal. The later asset sale, remuneration dispute and completed bankruptcy are separate events, with the courts’ favorable reasoning and creditor objections retained.

published
14 oct 2026
updated
15 oct 2026
records as of
10 oct 2026
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1The subsidiary-liability demand was rejected

analysisIn the bankruptcy of the original Engels Locomotive Plant JSC, a request sought RUB 27.293 billion of subsidiary liability from former controlling persons. The application was rejected on 28 November 2022, and that result was upheld on 14 February and 13 April 2023. The April judgment describes Rafelar Holdings and Volkam Trading each holding 42.55% of the voting shares from December 2013. It distinguishes Vnesheconombank’s participation in the June 2013 cooperation memorandum from VEB-Leasing’s direct loans to ELZ. ELZ in turn lent to First Locomotive Company for the Bombardier project.

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qualification
The amount sought is not an award against the defendants. The published court text redacts individual names; press identifications are separately attributed and do not authorize silently assigning every redacted finding to a named person. Loans of RUB 4.83 billion and RUB 300 million from ELZ to the project company are not, merely because related, an adjudicated diversion.
response
The defendants sought to uphold the rejection. The courts found that external market conditions, including loss of the Ukrainian customer market, affected the project. Management pursued Russian customers, prototypes and certification; VEB-Leasing knew and monitored the purposes of its project loans. Unlawful culpable actions sufficient for the claimed liability were not proved. In December 2024 the courts also invalidated creditor-committee decisions demanding renewed liability steps and withholding the trustee’s compensation because the committee exceeded its powers.
outcome
The favorable 2022–2023 liability outcome remains attached to the historic allegations. Invalidating the later committee decisions does not bar every possible future claim on different grounds.

2Industrial asset sale, fee dispute and completion of bankruptcy

analysisInter Cargo Company won the auction for the original ELZ industrial complex on 23 January 2023; a three-party purchase contract followed on 1 February. The reported RUB 2.85 billion price concerned the combined lot, while RUB 2.124 billion described the debtor’s pledged-property portion. The later fee litigation records different creditor-recovery percentages at different dates. The bankruptcy was completed by a 12 May 2026 order despite the creditors’ earlier opposition, and the company was subsequently recorded as liquidated on 15 July 2026.

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qualification
Acquiring industrial assets is not acquiring the old debtor’s shares or automatically owning every new company at the same site. The 2024 reversal in the fee dispute did not undo the entire bankruptcy or establish the liability request. Press claims of affiliation with the buyer are allegations, not substitutes for the court’s separate ownership and conduct findings.
response
Creditors disputed completion and compensation. In the later fee appeal the court reduced the trustee’s percentage remuneration to RUB 4,025,812.34 after accounting for the work and unpaid fee of the assisting organization, rather than reinstating the much larger earlier request.
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  11. Court record source · s-d264 identified by category only · Court record
  12. Media source · s-d399 identified by category only · Media

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