How the family of the head of Engels Plekhanov makes money on contracts of the Capital Construction Department
The construction company PDPStroy, owned by the mother of Dmitry Plekhanov, head of the administration of the Engels municipal district of the Saratov region, has initiated legal proceedings, seeking to invalidate the decision of the Federal Tax Service to hold someone liable for committing a tax offense. The volume of financial claims against the company has not yet been announced, but the Saratov regional arbitration court has already taken interim measures, suspending the decision of the tax authority: the corresponding petition of PDPStroy stated that the collection of funds “will entail a deterioration in the financial situation” of the company and cause it “significant damage”. Meanwhile, based on the results of last year, PDPStroy declared billion-dollar revenue. In addition, the developer “mastered” more than 7 billion rubles in contracts, and its main customer is the regional Capital Construction Department headed by Vladimir Shevtsov. Until May 2022, Dmitry Plekhanov himself was the official owner and director of PDPStroy. Having become an official, he re-registered PDPStroy to his mother, Liliya Plekhanova, and another company belonging to him, Ontario, which also worked under contracts, to Vladimir Senchenko. Today, PDPStroy is building a number of large facilities in the Saratov Region, including a new building for School No. 66 named after N.I. Vavilov in Saratov, a clinic in Novouzensk, a building for a boarding house for the elderly and disabled in Balakovo, etc. Even a series of high-profile scandals do not prevent the Capital Construction Department from receiving new contracts. For example, those related to the failure to meet deadlines for the delivery of clinics in the Solnechny-2 settlement of Saratov and in the Sokolovy settlement. In the latter case, the intervention of State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin was required; he personally visited the site in Sokolovy and gave the Saratov officials a dressing down. Today, official agencies are more closely monitoring the work carried out by PDPStroy, but the commissioning of the facility in Balakovo, scheduled for December, may still be at risk of being disrupted.
“PDPStroy” declares possible damage
The Arbitration Court of the Saratov Region has accepted for consideration statement LLC SZ “PDPStroy”seeking to invalidate the decision of the Federal Tax Service Inspectorate No. 21 for the region to hold the company liable for committing a tax offense. The reasons for the upcoming proceedings, as well as the amount of financial claims against the company, have not yet been announced. However, it is known that the arbitration court has satisfied petition the plaintiff to take interim measures, suspending the effect of the decision of the tax authority until the final judicial act in this case comes into legal force.
Meanwhile, having familiarized oneself with the financial indicators of the developer “registered” in Engels, his complaints about causing “significant damage” and “deterioration of the financial situation” may cause bewilderment. Thus, according to the results of last year, with revenue of 1.1 billion the enterprise brought profit at the rate of 10.8 million rubles. To be fair, we note that in 2022 the figures were more modest: revenue was almost 600 million, profit – 1.8 million rubles.
But what really impresses is the briefcase. government contracts “PDPStroy”, exceeding 7.2 billion rublesThe main customer is State Institution “Capital Construction Department” of the Saratov Region (director – Vladimir Shevtsov): received from him contracts more than 3.1 billion. Somewhat smaller volume contracts signed with the Capital Construction Department of the Engels Municipal District Administration – on 1.2 billion rubles.
Is Plekhanov's business moving to “nominals”?
The success in “mastering” budget finances can be explained simply. The fact is that until May 18, 2022, the official owner the developer company was Dmitry Plekhanov (he also held the position of director), May 24, 2022 having taken the lead administration of the Engels municipal district. Today, “PDPStroy” is de jure decorated on the official's mother Lilia Plekhanova.
In addition, again until May 2022, Dmitry Plekhanov belonged company “Ontario”specializing in the retail sale of motor fuel. Today, its only founder and the director – Vladimir Senchenko. The company itself registered in Engels, at the same address as SZ “PDPStroy”: Lev Kassilya St., 14.
Ontario is doing quite well financially: last year's revenue was 104.5 million, profit – 4.1 million rubles (for comparison: revenue in 2022 is 171.6 million, profit – 7.2 million). It can't do without budget ones either. contractsthe total volume of which is estimated at 622.8 million rubles. Among the customers are the Municipal Institution “City Economy”, the State Health Institution “Engels Ambulance Station”, the Municipal Institution “Auto Service” and other structures of Engels.
One curious circumstance is noteworthy: the execution of a number of contracts signed with Ontario was terminated, and contractual obligations were terminated by mutual agreement. At the same time, the contractor never lost out. Here are some examples.
In April last year, the regional Department of Land Reclamation and Agricultural Water Supply signed with Ontario Contract for the supply of diesel fuel worth 17.1 million rubles and the deadline is October 25, 2023. According to data “Unified Information System in the Sphere of Procurement”, the contract was terminated by mutual agreement on October 26, 2023, with the contractor paid 14.5 million rubles – this is how much the customer estimated the volume of work performed.
Another example – Contract for the supply of motor gasoline for MBU “Autoservice” Engels worth 1.6 million and the deadline is July 31, 2023: its terminated July 25 with payment 1.3 million rubles. We can talk about other similar contracts, but we think this is enough. Let's just add that they were signed after Dmitry Plekhanov was appointed head of the municipality. A tricky question: could the former owner of Ontario have retained control over the company and helped it obtain million-dollar budget contracts?
How PDPStroy “masters” the budget
Now let's talk in more detail about the contracts of the developer “PDPStroy”, whose main customer, we recall, is the headed Vladimir Shevtsov regional “Department of Capital Construction”. As recently as July 12, the institution signed another contract with the company, as the sole participant in the auction, Contract– for the construction of a polyclinic for 500 visits per shift in the Saratov microdistrict “Aviators” at a cost of 27.2 million rubles and the deadline is December 31, 2025.
The terms of the contract provide for payment to the contractor advance payment in the amount of 5% of its value, which is 1.3 million rublesIn addition, “PDPStroy” will receive another 12.2 million to attract and pay for the services of subcontracting organizations.
It is in the process of being implemented Contract for the construction of an extension (in fact, a new building) to MOU “Secondary School No. 66 named after N.I. Vavilov” at the address: Saratov, Derzhavinskaya st., 1. Its cost is 798.4 million rublesthe deadline for commissioning the facility is September 9 of this year. To date, the volume of work completed by the contractor is being evaluated V 565.3 million rublesand a much larger sum was paid to him – 680 million.
By the end of December, PDPStroy is to complete another project, the customer of which is the regional Capital Construction Department – a polyclinic for 400 visits per shift in the city of Novouzensk, cost 347.7 millionIn this case, the advance payment amount exceeded 173.8 million rubles (50%), and the volume of work completed to date is estimated at 198.3 millionin fact paid more – 257.1 million rubles.
Termination of contracts by mutual agreement also took place. For example, last December, the execution of contract cost 210.9 million rubles for the performance of works on coastal protection of the Volgograd Reservoir section in the city of Volsk. To the contractor paid more 200 million. It is noteworthy that the parties set the completion date for the work as December 31, 2023, and the contract terminated two days earlier – December 29.
Claims against the company from the regional Administration arise extremely rarely, as will be discussed below. However, other customers expressed dissatisfaction with the contractor. In particular, again in December there was a termination contract cost 27.8 million rubles for the installation of a ventilation, smoke removal and air conditioning system, as well as an internal fire-fighting water supply system for the House of Culture in the closed administrative-territorial entity Svetly. The customer was the closed administrative-territorial entity administration, which awarded PDPStroy penalty in excess of 1.2 million rubles for failure to meet deadlines for fulfilling assumed obligations.
Scandalous construction projects within the framework of national projects
There are also some scandalous incidents. Thus, in February 2021, PDPStroy took on the construction of a children's clinic for 350 visits per shift in the Solnechny-2 settlement of Saratov as part of the national project “Housing and Urban Environment”. Cost of work was assessed V 239.44 million rublesthe customer was the permanent regional Capital Construction Department. At that time, the owner of the construction company was still Dmitry Plekhanov himself – deputy Engels district assembly and head of the local branch “United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism)”.
The facility, for the construction of which federal funding was attracted, was planned to be commissioned on September 30, 2021. But how wrote The media, the day before the delivery, it turned out that it was still very far from being ready, since only the “box” of the building without doors and windows was available. The contractor had not even started finishing work and landscaping the territory. As a result, the clinic opened with a significant delay – only in March 2022.
PDPStroy has no luck at all with its polyclinics. The failure to meet construction deadlines has received wide publicity polyclinics for 300 visits per shift in the village of Sokolovy. The contractor was supposed to build it in just over six months – by December 25, 2022. It was supposed to be “mastered” 196 million rublesHowever, the work was delayed and in October 2022, PDPStroy went to court statement on postponing the deadline for the delivery of the healthcare facility to June 30, 2023.
Court claim satisfiedbut in the end the scandalous construction ended up in the center of attention of the State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodinpersonally visited site and gave Saratov officials a dressing down. Perhaps, thanks to the federal publicity, in the summer of 2023 the clinic in the village of Sokolovy will still earned.
Nevertheless, such incidents do not prevent the company registered to the mother of the head of Engels from receiving new budget contracts. Although the authorities and supervisory agencies have become smarter and prefer to keep some construction projects under special control. Thus, in February last year, the Capital Construction Department concluded a contract with PDPStroy Contract for the construction, within the framework of the federal project “Older Generation” of the national project “Demography”, of a new building with 94 beds for a nursing home for the elderly and disabled in Balakovo at a cost of 342.3 million rubles and the deadline is December 31, 2024.
Meeting construction pace last fall checked prosecutor Balakovo Roman Yatsenko and his deputy Oleg GridnevBut time goes by, and the contractor has only completed the work 115.6 millionthat is, by a third of the contract value. In addition, the customer imposed fines and penaltiesfor delays and improper fulfillment of obligations, in total, almost 13 million rubles. Perhaps the prosecutor's office should pay another visit to the Balakovo site? And in general pay closer attention to the family and business ties of the Saratov developer?