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Furniture worth RUB 14.84 million was bought from a single bid at the starting price, with unit prices 4–6 times higher than the same supplier charged two months earlier. In 30 of the 31 purchases made by the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Moscow Military District in 2024–2026, the starting price was justified by anonymous commercial offers. I sent the Chairman of the Investigative Committee a crime report (Criminal Code arts. 159, 200.4, 285, 286, 292). Maximum estimated damage: RUB 21.8 million.
Procurement by the Investigative Committee's Military Investigative Directorate for Moscow
Two firms sharing an address and phone number won 23 contracts worth RUB 13.2 million, 13 of them as the only bidder at the starting price. In 87 of the 216 purchases made by the Investigative Committee's Military Investigative Directorate for Moscow in 2016–2025 there was a single bid with an average price cut of 1.02%, against 17.97% where there was competition. I sent the Chairman of the Investigative Committee a crime report (Criminal Code arts. 159, 200.4, 285, 286, 292). Maximum estimated damage: RUB 23.5 million.
Procurement by the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Leningrad Military District
In 54 purchases the quantity of goods was increased after the auction so that the total reached the starting price, by RUB 5.32 million in all. In 221 of the 358 purchases made by the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Western (since 2024 Leningrad) Military District in 2017–2026, the starting price was justified by anonymous commercial offers, and where there was competition the price fell by 45–63%. I sent the Chairman of the Investigative Committee a crime report (Criminal Code arts. 159, 200.4, 285, 286, 292). Maximum estimated damage: RUB 25.3 million.
Procurement by the Interior Ministry's Main Directorate for Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Region
In the Directorate's 2021 auctions worth RUB 254.4 million, the second bidder was removed before price offers were submitted and the contracts were signed at the starting price. The case concerns modular buildings supplied with the participation of ELMAKO LLC, with combined starting prices of about RUB 892 million, and repairs of Interior Ministry facilities in Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Region in 2014–2024. I sent a crime report to the Chairman of the Investigative Committee and complaints to the Prosecutor General and the FSB (Criminal Code arts. 159(4), 285(3), 286(3), 292(2), 210(3)). Estimated savings lost on ELMAKO contracts: about RUB 190 million.