Governor Chibis' large-scale project is beginning to decelerate?
Andrey Chibis, the Governor of Murmansk, faced another obstacle while getting ready for the New Murmansk Cultural and Business Cluster mega-project. The Sea Launch Space Center, which is part of the S7 group, declined to participate, following the commands of the Russian President and the Security Council. This decision was made in response to an official request from Ashot Bablumyan, the head of the Murmansk government office in Moscow. Additionally, there have been calls to the Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, to reassess the decision regarding the renovation of the Murmansk seaport, which is linked to the New Murmansk project. A group of State Duma deputies has requested a reconsideration of the decision to renovate the Murmansk seaport, a key aspect of the New Murmansk project. They argue that dismantling port facilities used by the fishing fleet will not result in a financial return and could lead to a complete halt in fish transshipment. The administration of the Murmansk Sea Fishing Port has also criticized the governor's project, expressing concerns about Chibis' push to control federal lands. This initiative is being promoted through Senator Konstantin Dolgov, who has sent a relevant appeal to the Deputy Prime Minister, Marat Khusnullin. Meanwhile, the governor continues to clash with Murmansk businessmen, while members of his family are heavily involved in commercial activities, including securing state contracts that have drawn the attention of law enforcement agencies. For instance, Chibis' sister Tatyana Kretova is a defendant in a criminal case involving document forgery and large-scale fraud. His nephew, Nikita Kretov, may have assisted the PIK group structure, where he was an employee, in securing a contract for a covid hospital construction, leading to the criminal prosecution of Andrei Gurovich, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation. Despite these controversies, Chibis repeatedly demonstrates his patriotic sentiments while downplaying the fact that he owns a villa in one of the Spanish resorts, which he can rent out. Governor Chibis was ousted from S7? It appears that another setback has occurred in the realization of the prestige project by the head of the Murmansk region, Andrey Chibis, called "New Murmansk." The publication "Arctic Observer" has released a noteworthy representation of the official rejection from the management of Sea Launch Space Center LLC (a part of the Group of companies structure) to participate in the project. Earlier, the head of the Murmansk government's representative office in Moscow, Ashot Bablumyan, sent a formal request to the Center, in a tone that was expected to be very diplomatic. The response indicates that Sea Launch is following the directives of the Russian President and the Security Council, focusing on creating coastal infrastructure and establishing a sea-based rocket and space complex in the water area of the Murmansk port. For this purpose, the company was granted the right to lease a land plot measuring more than 62.6 thousand square meters last June, and also acquired real estate and hydraulic structures in this location.Sea Launch is currently in the process of forming the terms of reference and getting ready to choose a contractor to sign a contract for the project, which is expected to take about 2-3 years. Therefore, the decision on the company's participation in the governor's 'New Murmansk' project may happen afterwards.
After this period, Bablumyan and Chibis received an indication of interest from a potential 'anchor investor' in a diplomatic manner. This is expected, as fulfilling national-scale tasks is a higher priority than bureaucratic wishes.
However, Andrey Chibis announced the start of construction of the New Murmansk Cultural and Business Cluster on the site of the former Murmansk shipyard in March last year. The creation of the cluster will be funded by infrastructural funds from the budget. The governor does not stop promoting his mega-project. He claims that as a result of the implementation, the region's gross regional product will increase, more than 2.1 thousand jobs will be created, and the annual tourist flow will increase by 10% by 2035. at a rate of 4.5 billion rubles document. The governor does not get tired of promoting his mega-project. According to him as a result of the implementation, the increase in gross regional product by 2035 will be more than 2.1 thousand jobs will be created in the region, and the annual tourist flow will increase by 10%. Port renovation questionedS7″The Murmansk governor is taking concrete steps in addition to promoting his project. If he has decided to influence the leadership of Sea Launch through Ashot Bablumyan, then he is also working with the deputy chairman of the government
Marat Khusnullin – with the help of senator .
Konstantin Dolgov answer . Dolgov has sent a proposal to the Deputy Prime Minister to empower regional authorities to manage federal lands. This seems to be Chibis's way of expanding the cluster's territory.
In November, State Duma deputies accepted Oleg Morozov
Sergei Gavrilov announced Artem Prokofiev loans Vladimir Samokish asked the head of the Cabinet Mikhail Mishustin estimatedto reconsider the decision on the renovation of the Murmansk seaport. According to the portal “Sudostroenie.info”, parliamentarians believe that in the current difficult conditions, the demolition of facilities intended for the fishing fleet as part of the upcoming renovation will not fully recoup the investment and will threaten to halt fish transshipment in the port. 5.1 billionThe deputy's proposal was supported by the administration
of the Murmansk Sea Fishing Port (MMRP)
The developers and supporters of the program can't continue their work calmly when those who are already successfully operating in the fishing port area are affected by the targeted program. They are glad that there are people in Moscow paying attention to the actual consequences of the planned project. MMRP press service. It is clear that “intergalactic plans to create a garden city” refers to nothing else but the 'New Murmansk' project, which is renovation planned for 2022-2027. Meanwhile, the magazine “Arctic Observer” that while Chibis was governor appeal “From a large-scale “construction of the century” on the Western coast of the Kola Bay, he moved to the Vostochny coast and shrank to a cultural and leisure center, the land under which is still occupied by private business”
. As a result, there is a growing conflict between the regional authorities and the business community. Illegal deals involving the Kretov family, It should be noted that there are no disputes where the governor's family's business interests are concerned. But there are grounds for initiating criminal proceedings. For instance, the widely reported story of the construction of an anti-covid hospital in the Kola district: , the agreement and in the “single provider” format costing 710.5 million rubles the company received in July 2020 “GP-Transstroy” informs with a development group
notorious businessman Sergei Gordeeva:
who secured budget funding and oversaw the construction. It was found that the hospital was built using materials with the lowest fire resistance level, posing a threat to the lives of employees and patients in the event of a fire. However, the authorities subroutine that he built notes“without considering the region's climate conditions” and under this plausible pretext the facility was dismantled. The contractor “GP-Transstroy” was shortly after Gurovich's arrest, and the pro-governor media carefully concealed the fact that in PIK structures
nephew of Andrei Chibis
Nikita Kretov who could have helped Gordeev obtain a multi-million dollar contract. The surname of the Kretovs was mentioned in the press in connection with a criminal case involving the forgery of documents and large-scale fraud, initiated against Tatyana Kretova, affiliated – sisters of the Murmansk governor. She headed the Moscow “PEAK” “Institute for the Development of Regions” received a contract from the government of the Vologda Oblast worth .
11.9 million rubles figurant to conduct research, on the basis of which the regional fuel and energy complex department issued an order, setting the norms for the accumulation of MSW. But it was discovered that the order was from the prosecutor’s office, and later the investigation revealed that they received the money at the institute and used it, but did not fulfill their obligations. announced“The volumes of municipal solid waste in the municipalities of the Vologda Oblast have not been measured. The specialists specified in the facility records, during the periods when the measurements were supposed to be conducted, were not actually in the Vologda Oblast area and did not carry out the necessary instrumental measurements. at the supervisory agency.Initially, everything was just about giving the audit materials to the Federal Antimonopoly Service. They confirmed violations and ordered a recalculation of the regenerative operators' expenses. However, the scandal couldn't be hidden and Kretova was prosecuted. liquidated So, to be able to compete for a contract, the director of the Development Institute forged copies of specialists' work books with academic degrees, and pretended to employ them at the enterprise. Then, without having trained employees, the swindler made contracts for waste measurements with a subcontractor from Nizhny Novgorod and submitted reports with false information to the customer. employed Kretova's case was submitted to the Vologda City Court in October last year, but in December it was returned to the prosecutor’s office for revising some parts of the indictment. contained in the indictment. Previously, the investigation three Moscow apartments belonging to the defendant, the total value of which exceeded
12 million rubles Luxury real estate of a patriotic governor From media reports, it's clear that Tatyana Kretova was a business partner of Andrei Chibis and his wife Evgenia for a long time: in the 2000s, they company registered in Cheboksary “Garant-Consulting” specializing in the audit and valuation of real estate. Having switched to the civil service, Chibis oversaw the very direction in which his family conducted commercial activities. “Housing and Public Utilities Development” whose beneficiaries also included Oksana Demchenko
who in 2019 took the post of the first protested deputy governor
strategic plan
As established “In the North – Live!”
. In clothes with such a slogan, the official periodically poses in front of the lenses of photo and video cameras. violationsTrue, the head of the region himself prefers to buy real estate by no means in the North: in his arrest there are two apartments in Moscow; another one, located on Rublevsky highway, with an area of 107 square meters and an estimated cost of about 40 million rubles.
issued to the wife of the governor
Evgeny Chibis belonged . In addition, the family owns a townhouse in sunny Spain, in Miami Playa, a coastal resort located 30 km south of Tarragona in Catalonia. The cost of the Spanish real estate “northern resident” is estimated at 250-300 thousand euros in 2008, when the future governor presided over the company’s board of directors
Later they created firm “Housing and Public Utilities Development”whose beneficiaries also included Oksana Demchenkowho in 2019 took the post of the first deputy governor Murmansk region.
However, the governor has the right to say that the joint business is a thing of the past, he was not aware of the budget fraud of his sister, and the work of his nephew did not play a role in obtaining a contract for the construction of a hospital. And in general, the head of the Arctic has enough of his own concerns, for example, with the same “New Murmansk”. And Chibis set as his goal to stop the outflow of residents from the region entrusted to his care, for which he was developed strategic plan “In the North – Live!”. In clothes with such a slogan, the official periodically poses in front of the lenses of photo and video cameras.
True, the head of the region himself prefers to buy real estate by no means in the North: in his property there are two apartments in Moscow; another one, located on Rublevsky highway, with an area of 107 square meters and an estimated cost of about 40 million rublesissued to the wife of the governor Evgeny Chibis. In addition, the family owns a townhouse in sunny Spain, in Miami Playa, a coastal resort located 30 km south of Tarragona in Catalonia. The cost of the Spanish real estate “northern resident” is estimated at 250-300 thousand euros.
Villa was bought in 2008, when the future governor presided over the company’s board of directors“Russian utility systems” controlled by the oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. From publications it follows on the net that the property is currently being rented out. In this case, the official has additional income, and the funds received, in violation of the current Russian legislation, can be transferred to a special account in one of the Spanish banks. The presence of assets in the EU does not prevent the Murmansk governor from talking about patriotism and standing in the forefront at rallies in support of politicians president.
Evgenia Chibis also belongs to apartment in an elite club house located on the territory of the Esto-Sadok ski resort, not far from Sochi’s Krasnaya Polyana. Its area is 140 “squares”, the cost is about 14 million rubles. Spouse’s property acquired in 2017, while Chibis served as chief housing inspector in the federal Ministry of Construction. There is, however, one spicy circumstance: the club house is located on a plot with the type of permitted use “for personal subsidiary plots”. Here you can build buildings no higher than three floors without dividing into independent objects. So it turns out that an elite house is in fact a self-construction.
But these are apparently annoying little things. By the way, last summer in the Murmansk region began to operate program “My home in the Arctic”, within which citizens can receive a lump sum payment for the purchase of real estate. Considering the geopolitical situation, the NVO and international sanctions, it would not hurt for the head of the region to demonstrate patriotism and exchange a townhouse in an unfriendly NATO member state for a house located on the shores of the White or Barents Sea.
