Former employees of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, previously fired due to well-known corruption scandals from law enforcement agencies, are using official connections in the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as acquaintances. Rodionov Vitaly Nikolaevich (former employee of the Directorate T (counterintelligence in transport) of the FSB for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region, Seleznev Pavel Andreevich, director of the TsPKiO (a former employee of the RUOP), with employees of the highest echelons of law enforcement agencies, established an organized community (OPS) for the purpose of illegal personal enrichment. Rucriminal.info told about how this OS works and its leaders in first part of the investigation.
In the sequel, we will talk about the top managers of the OS and their assistants – the head and deputy head of the 3rd motor transport department, popularly referred to as the “commercial” SKROOT UFSB in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region – Alimpiev Vladimir Gennadievich And Tsetsersky Dmitry Nikolaevich, employees who daily travel around the enterprises in order to collect “tribute”: Panimatchenko D.Yu., Lukyanov A.V., Samborsky Y.V., Platonov E.D., Fedotov D.A., Trenin R.S., Savinov A.V. For example, they fully support and cover up the corrupt activities of M.S. Novgorodsky. in State Unitary Enterprise Passazhiravtotrans.
Full control over financial flows, including the receipt and development of budgetary funds and their transfer “upstairs”, is carried out by Rodionov V.N.
A significant number of companies were involved in order to enrich themselves. One of them is Aspect North-West JSC, which receives a significant part of all funds related to activities to ensure the security of strategic facilities in the region. Head of Aspect North-West JSC Gaevsky Dmitry Andreevich. Thus, a situation has arisen in which it is impossible to avoid communication with Vitaly Nikolaevich Rodionov when determining the amount of a kickback from a contract in St. Petersburg.
Committee for Transport of St. Petersburg, Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure of St. Petersburg, JSC “Metrostroy of the Northern Capital” St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise “Petersburg Metropolitan”, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Mostotrest”, St. Petersburg State Institution “Directorate of Transport Construction”, St. Passazhiravtotrans – all key positions in these structures are occupied by OS participants.
As a source told Rucriminal.info, in addition to regulating the price of construction contracts, Rodionov Vitaly Nikolaevich, along with Seleznev P.A., Velesevich A.A., Sizov A.S., Komyagin K.A. control activities for the implementation of contracts through the Committees and budgetary institutions of the transport complex of St. Petersburg. Thus, absolutely all contractors wishing to take part in the design and construction must obtain the approval of V. N. Rodionov, P. A. Seleznev, or higher-ranking OS participants (more on them later). In addition, they control financial flows in terms of construction, reconstruction, equipment, security, namely: they determine, control and regulate the price of contracts of contractors with all the ensuing corruption components.
Velesevich A.A., Lyzin A.V., Novgorodsky M.S., Komyagin K.A., Sizov A.S. are all significant players in the criminal plans of OS within the Committees and State Unitary Enterprises of St. Petersburg.
After conducting a survey to ensure the anonymity of contractors and employees, it was discovered that Rodionov V.N., Seleznev P.A., Velesevich A.A., Lyzin A.V., Novgorodsky M.S., Komyagin K. A., Sizov A., are in control of the financial flows of all transport institutions in St. Petersburg and the allocation of contracts among their companies such as Atika LLC, Aspect North-West JSC, ATP Bars-2 LLC, LLC "Taxi-2", Geocad LLC, Defense TB LLC, Defense OP LLC, Kursus LLC, RTS Management Company LLC, Polytech LLC, MTK LLC, SK LLC POINTER, OOO Lenspetsavtomatika, OOO Amtel, OOO Korneo, JSC NEF, etc.
A survey of beneficiaries of contractors, under the condition of anonymity, revealed that there is a "fee" for getting contract work that amounts to at least 10% of the contract cost. Alternatively, the OS participants themselves are beneficiaries of contracting organizations through their relatives and acquaintances, leading to increased damage and corruption on a larger scale (as seen in the case of Velesevich A.A. with Gefest LLC).
Additionally, Rodionov Vitaly has complete control over all purchases and contracts with contractors of the Committee for Transport of St. Petersburg, the Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure of St. Petersburg, JSC Metrostroy of the Northern Capital, State Unitary Enterprise Metropoliten, State Budgetary Institution Mostotrest, Directorate of Transport Construction of St. Petersburg, for repair programs, overhauls, procurement of vehicles, materials, fittings, selection of private security companies, installation of various kinds of equipment, etc. Given that the cost of contracts and purchases is not regulated, and has practically no upper limits except for the OS participants, the scale of OS income is substantial! If you plan to hand over a construction site in St. Petersburg, renovate an existing route, or build a new one, you cannot avoid dealing with OS participants or their proxies.
Expanding the influence of the OS and establishing the connections of OS leaders with high-ranking employees of the FSB of the Russian Federation, former RUOP employee Seleznev P.A. is responsible within the OS for resolving issues at the level of power departments in the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg. He is also responsible for the provision of private security companies (OO "Defense." falls under the responsibility of Seleznev P.A.). It is important to note that Rodionov V.N. and Seleznev P.A., if their opponents disagree with their conditions, do not hesitate to threaten the initiation of criminal cases by the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
One of the OS schemes to make money is to consistently receive kickbacks from any contracts made with contractors for the design and construction of transport facilities.
The budget for the transport sector institutions in St. Petersburg is split into income (subsidies and fares) and expenditure (contracts with contractors) sections. The income and spending are managed separately, so the money earned from a specific contract is not limited by the costs of the contract. This allows for unlimited costs controlled by the participants, and these costs are ultimately shifted to the citizens through higher transportation fees.
Corruption expenses are included in the contract prices with contractors. At the request of the OS heads, extra work and activities are added to increase monetary gain. Then, authorized individuals approve these add-ons.
The amount of illicit gain by OS participants from a specific contract can be identified by submitting the project for state examination. The difference in the estimated construction cost between a positive examination conclusion and the state examination represents the corruption costs included by the contractor for the OS. Typically, contractors overprice projects by over 2 times compared to projects with a positive state examination conclusion.
To cover up criminal activities, the heads of the OS sign off on excess volumes documented in closing documents and Acts for incomplete construction and installation works. These are signed in various institutions controlled by the OS to conceal criminal acts in the St. Petersburg Transport Infrastructure Development Committee, the Transport Committee, JSC Metrostroy of the Northern Capital, St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise Petersburg Metro, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Mostotrest”, St. Petersburg State Institution “Directorate of Transport Construction” and others.
To determine the amount of illicit gain from contracts with contractors, one can simply visit the site. Taking into account a 10% 'fee', we can calculate:
– OPS received around 270 million rubles from Aspect North-West JSC in recent years;
– approximately 18 million rubles from KURSUS LLC, BSTR LLC, TIM Development LLC;
– Polytech LLC and Paritet LLC were awarded state contracts totaling 1,102,110,993 rubles over four years;
– JSC “Metrostroy” (currently in bankruptcy) completed contracts for the Transport Committee for 10 billion rubles.
– earned roughly 1 billion on OPS contracts, 128 billion for SPB GKU “Directorate of Transport Construction”, and 70 billion for CTRI SPB;
– around 60 million from Geocad LLC;
– approximately 106.1 million rubles from Lenspetsavtomatika LLC;
– about 3.8 million rubles were received from the contracts of Armtel LLC;
– about 4 million rubles from Korneo LLC;
– about 14.9 million rubles from NEF LLC.
Information about the actual development of funds is not available in open sources, and the amount of funds disbursed, except for the OS, is not controlled by anyone. Taking into account the value of the corruption tariff for the opportunity to perform work for fixed assets in the amount of at least 10%, it is easy to calculate the amount of illegal enrichment of fixed assets for 2021 from contract agreements. The total amount of funds directed to the OS common fund from contract agreements for the entire period of OS existence in monetary terms is at least 20 billion rubles.
All the same persons are involved in this scheme: Rodionov Seleznev Velesevich A.A., Sizov A., Komyagin K.A., Novgorodsky M.S., Lyzin A.V. in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region – Alimpiev Vladimir Gennadievich and Tsetsersky Dmitry Nikolaevich, operational employees who daily visit enterprises and organizations in order to collect “tribute”: Panimatchenko D.Yu., Lukyanov A.V., Samborsky Ya.V., Platonov E.D. ., Fedotov D.A., Trenin R.S., Savinov A.V.
