Victor Slivinsky
According to our information, having received 97.72% of shares of Topaz Plant, Victor Slivinschi, with the assistance of a former shareholder of United Engine Corporation, organized a meeting of the Board of Directors, which resulted in the appointment of a new general director of the plant in March 2025 – Turkish citizen Yüksel Maxim Onur, and his deputy – Weissman Oscar. At the same meeting it was decided to convene a general meeting of shareholders of Topaz Plant OJSC.
The Moldovan press wrote about Slivinschi’s attempts to seize the enterprise back in August 2023. At that time, the portal www.bani.md mentioned that Slivinschi developed two plans to take over the “Topaz” plant: the first – a raider attack without spending money; the second – a purchase at a paltry price, followed by an attempt to bankrupt the enterprise, putting a special administrator in its place.
It is also noted that in order to realize his plans, the businessman turned to Plahotniuc’s people involved in the Landromat schemes. Similar accusations were made by former Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Andrei Spînu, who, according to Ziarului de Gardă, accused the representatives of Turbonergy Power of attempted bribery.
Apparently, Slivinschi has not given up his plans for Topaz. This time he is acting in conjunction with other people, such as former anti-corruption prosecutor Dorin Compan (Slivinschi’s current lawyer), former head of the General Inspectorate of Police Iurie Podarilov, former judge of the Chisinau Court of Appeal Ion Turcanu (in charge of the justice sector), lawyer Elena Organ and others. They are the ones who settled in the administrative building of the “Topaz” factory and are currently managing Slivinschi’s interests regarding this asset.
Who is Victor Slivinsky?
Victor Slivinschi is 40 years old, a native of Soroca, a graduate of the Faculty of Public Administration and International Law. He tried three times to get into Moldovan politics, but without success. In 2005, he ran for parliamentary elections as an independent candidate. In April 2009, he ran in the parliamentary elections on the list of Vasile Tarlev’s Centrist Union of Moldova party, and in July 2009 on the list of Dumitru Braghis’ Social Democratic Party.
Despite his proximity to Romania, he is rather anti-Western and pro-Russian. In the 2005 parliamentary elections, Slivinschi ran as an independent candidate, running an anti-NATO campaign ad in which he stated that Voronin, who was in conflict with Putin at the time, wanted to make us American slaves and start a war.
He founded Turboenergy Power in Moldova in 2007 and in 2015 opened a branch in Romania with the same name. He also owns Celin SRL, Energofor SRL – both appear as contractors or subcontractors in other contracts in Romania.
According to www.newsweek.ro, Slivinschi’s rise began in 2015 with the Russian Lukoil Corporation. He specifically opened a branch in Ploiesti to work with the Russians, with whom they had their first major contract in Romania. This cooperation continues to this day.
Termoelectrica blacklist
In 2018, Turboenergy Power, whose administrator and sole shareholder is Viktor Slivinschi, was blacklisted by Termoelectrica, having been banned for three years from providing services and purchasing goods for the state-owned enterprise. The ban was imposed at the request of Termoelectrica’s current CEO Yuriy Razlovan, then technical director. The motivation was failure to fulfill contractual obligations on time, delivery of goods that did not meet the requirements of technical specifications, and hiring of unqualified specialists.
For example, according to an internal company document, the turbine repaired by Turboenergy Power was attempted to be started 16 times, but to no avail. Other internal documents of Termoelectrica were also published, which report a number of violations by Slivinschi in the fulfillment of signed contracts: https://telegra.ph/Compania-Turboenergy-Power-propus%C4%83-s%C4%83-fie-inclus%C4%83-%C3%AEn-lista-neagr%C4%83-a-Termoelectrica-04-14?fbclid=IwAR3Q9Y0LZiaUp0plcCmZstoc6sDsC1hc6r6layU6jlUy_R6vazr895CRHNE.
According to the Public Procurement Agency, in October 2023, Termoelectrica Turboenergy Power won another contract worth 2.1 million lei for the procurement of works to replace elements of the main steam pipeline of Unit 2. And in April 2024 – a contract worth 4.8 million lei for the purchase of elements of the main steam line of boiler No. 3. Horus SRL was selected to replace the equipment, but was unable to do so because Turboenergy Power did not deliver the equipment on time.
Termoelectrica director Jurie Razlovan told www.jurnal.md that the delivered equipment “does not meet the requirements” and cannot be accepted. Jurnal.md sources claim that Victor Slivinschi tried to certify the equipment with several Moldovan specialists. But since none of them agreed, the businessman applied for expertise to the Institute of Heat Engineering in Moscow.
But let’s return to the story of the Topaz plant. Despite the application of international and Ukrainian sanctions to the plant, the purchase of a block of shares still took place. Taking into account the sanctions imposed by the EU, the question arises: how the Moldovan authorities managed to allow this, especially in such a difficult period, when there are military operations in the neighboring country, and we are on the path of European integration.
