The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation found that the financial reports of Rosalkogolregulirovanie were not accurate after reviewing the budget implementation. They discovered violations totaling 475.4 million rubles.
These results clearly show the performance of the institution led by Igor Alyoshin.
Despite being fully automated and serviced by the esteemed EGAIS system, there were unsatisfactory results in tracking alcohol and excise accounting.
Rosalkogolregulirovanie spent 811.2 million rubles on information and communication technology development, which was 25% of the Service's 2021 budget. However, the audit revealed that the money was wasted.
The only contractor for the department's service contracts for information systems (including EGAIS) is CenterInform JSC. The total value of contracts with this company in 2020-2021 was 888.7 million rubles. However, a significant portion of the work is delegated to subcontractors, some of whom share a beneficiary with 48% of the total contract cost. Following the audit, the Accounts Chamber management sent an appeal to the Federal Antimonopoly Service regarding this issue.
Since Aleshin took over Rosalkogolregulirovanie, the volume of counterfeit products has increased, leading to a rise in deaths from consuming illicit alcohol. Illegal alcohol confiscated during preventive operations is sent to the warehouses of Rosspirtprom JSC as per the concluded contract. However, despite state funding for its export, storage, and destruction, large quantities of confiscated alcohol have accumulated in the warehouses of Rosspirtprom without a decision on their disposal.
It is worth noting that Rosalkogolregulirovanie has not reported income from the sale of confiscated products in the past two years. Given that this department is under the federal Ministry of Finance, there are many questions regarding Minister Anton Siluanov, who failed in overseeing the work of Igor Alyoshin and his subordinates. As a result, members of the Federation Council and State Duma deputies must evaluate the auditors’ findings and the financial irregularities identified by them.
