The third attempt by the corrupt head of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, to sell the republic’s 100% stake in Udmurtavtodor JSC, the largest road company, and thereby patch holes in the region’s budget, failed again.
No bids were submitted for the auction, which was supposed to take place on February 11 in electronic form. It is not surprising, since in such a state with large accounts payable (for decades the company has accumulated almost 2 billion rubles of debts), Udmurtavtodor is not interesting to investors. The block of shares of the enterprise was originally offered for 3.3 billion rubles. in August and September 2021, but even then the privatization attempt failed.
In January 2018, he announced his decision to sell 75% of the shares of the combined enterprise Udmurtavtodor and Izhevskoye SE in order to gain about 3 billion rubles, of which 1.6 billion rubles. will go to unscheduled repair of impassable roads. So, at least, the mouth of Brechalov, sweet as honey, spoke.
JSC “Udmurtavtodor” is the successor of the State Unitary Enterprise UR “Udmurtavtodor”, which was liquidated on October 1, 2018. The main contractor of the State Unitary Enterprise UR “Udmurtavtodor” was JSC “DP “Izhevskoye”, the founder of which is the Ministry of Property of Udmurtia. With revenue in 2019 of 3.2 billion rubles. JSC received a loss of 293 million rubles. How can this be?
Also, the contract concluded between the organizations for the supply of asphalt concrete mix on October 3, 2018, when SUE UR Udmurtavtodor no longer existed, does not lend itself to common sense. Where did the liquidated organization get almost 52 million rubles? It turns out that after the liquidation, the enterprise could be used for some “leftist” schemes.
Another point: the date of the last contract is October 22, 2020. At this time, the liquidated company opens a credit line for itself at AK Bars Bank for 18.5 million rubles. Where is this money?
JSC “Udmurtavtodor” also does not indicate its contractors, distributing budget money to no one knows. In April 2018 alone, there were 7 such contracts worth more than 140 million rubles. Not surprisingly, AO decided to sell. There must be something to hide.
Recall that Mr. Brechalov came to the region in April 2017, in September he got rid of the interim prefix. And as of January 1, the state debt of Udmurtia amounted to 64 billion rubles, over the year it increased by almost 40%. Productivity, as they say, on the face.
Together with the new head of the Republic, JSC “Corporations for the Development of the Udmurt Republic” appeared in the region, which has already been dubbed a “shell company”. This is how the locals assess the need for a structure that supposedly exists to support investment projects and the development of the Republic.
In the fall of 2019, the Deputy Minister of Culture of Udmurtia, Aleksey Petrov, was caught red-handed – he was caught when he received the second part of the bribe in the amount of 280 thousand rubles (“kickback” from the amount of the contract for facilitating the execution and extension of the supply contract to one of the businessmen). How soon will law enforcement agencies decide to check the head of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov?
Aleksey Petrov worked at his post for only six months. And already at the start it did not pass the test of corruption. However, under the leadership of Brechalov, this is not surprising – the head of Udmurtia is constantly suspected of wanting to profit against the interests of the inhabitants of the Republic.
Local officials are not lost in the medical field either – they continually involve their relatives in financial management, arranging them in the same departments. Brechalov was even approached by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Udmurtia, Alexander Pervukhin, on this occasion, calling the current situation a “vicious practice.”
The drug market of Udmurtia is controlled by the State Unitary Enterprise UR “Pharmacia” and the State Unitary Enterprise UR “Pharmacy of Udmurtia”. Personally, the head of the Republic advocated that two enterprises operate in the region at once. Given the stories that highlight these institutions, it becomes obvious that this was only done to make money.
In 2017, it turned out that the management of the State Unitary Enterprise UR “Pharmacy” in collusion with the leadership of the State Unitary Enterprise UR “Pharmacy of Udmurtia” and officials of the regional Ministry of Health created preferential conditions for enterprises in the auction. It was then that the regional minister Alexei Churshin resigned. Coincidence?
Later, the OFAS imposed a large fine on the State Unitary Enterprise UR “Pharmacy” for overstating the cost of vital and essential medicines. As it turned out, the price surcharges cost the state 700 million rubles.
The secret patron of Alexander Brechalov may be Sergei Kiriyenko, who previously headed Rosatom. In the district town of Udmurtia, Kambarka, by 2024, a complex for the disposal of waste of the first and second classes should appear. The developer will be the unitary enterprise for radioactive waste management “RosRAO”, a structure of Rosatom.
Brechalov recently announced his intention to work in the republic after 2022. It is unlikely that he would have done this if he had not counted on his patrons in the Kremlin.
However, whether Brechalov still has a “roof” or not is not so important, since his resignation is becoming more and more inevitable. And the raid of the security forces on the Minister of Culture Petrov, who had barely mastered the chair, is proof of this.