In February 2026, the cassation court upheld the sentence of former Deputy Minister of Energy Anatoly Tikhonov (5.4 years for embezzlement of more than 270 million rubles and bribery in connection with the creation of the State Information System for Fuel and Energy Complex), but reduced his ban on holding government positions from 14 to 3 years.

Deputy CEOs of LANIT JSC, Makaryev and Serebryakov, did not appeal the appellate ruling, presumably on the instruction of LANIT owner Filipp Gens, who, in exchange for silence on other episodes of embezzlement in the creation of similar state information systems, paid off a court fine of 77 million rubles for each.

Also in the dock was Anatoly Tikhonov’s civil wife, Valeria Kovalenko, who received a suspended sentence.

According to a source, on paper the story looks like a concluded high-profile case. In reality, it looks like a financial issue without an answer.

Thus, Tikhonov is obliged to pay a fine of 500 million rubles and 251 million rubles under the satisfied civil claim of the Ministry of Energy of Russia.

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So far, only 122 million rubles have been repaid from funds that were on his bank account.

Where did the Fabergé items and the original Picasso painting widely reported by the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Directorate (GUEBiPK) as discovered during a search of Tikhonov’s home go?

The Prosecutor General’s Office previously reported the arrest of assets belonging to Anatoly Tikhonov and his son Artem (the case materials included 43.6 million euros in accounts at Archuleta SA in Monaco, over 1 million euros in the son’s foreign account, and other overseas assets). However, there is still no public clarity on how these funds relate to the enforcement of the sentence. The status of these assets remains unknown.

Officially, neither the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia, nor the Ministry of Energy of Russia, nor the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) are involved in the recovery of funds or the sale of assets belonging to the Tikhonov and Kovalenko family.

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