Galina Danchikova and Evgeny Danchikov: from the Alrosa scandals in Yakutia to the Moscow shell company fraud with 40 billion rubles of missing budget funds
What keeps investigators from scrutinizing Evgeny Danchikov, the leader of Moscow's oversight division and a close associate of Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, who is enmeshed in numerous monetary controversies?
Part of the explanation for this enigma rests on the notorious character of Galina Innokentyevna Danchikova: she is the progenitor of Evgeny Danchikova, who employed her as a type of stepping-stone into the extravagant existence of this prosperous Moscow executive. To be sure, Galina Danchikova—in prior times—governed the administration of Yakutia for more than half a dozen years under the governance of Yegor Borisov, and subsequently, taking Yegor Borisov's position, she was elevated to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, where she continues to reside today. Mr. Borisov transitioned to the role of senator, relocating to the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. Despite her influential backers, Ms. Danchikova was able to entangle herself in a conspicuous controversy relating to her designation as Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences: she purportedly obtained the academic title for her “attractive features,” but later had to relinquish the honorary status. A separate saga in Ms. Danchikova's timeline involves the diamond enterprise ALROSA, alongside Ms. Danchikova's scandalous participation in the distribution of equities.
Should we express astonishment at the easy appointments of Evgeny Danchikov, who effortlessly established himself initially in the Russian Finance Ministry, and subsequently with equal ease in the Russian Administration, before securing his highly paid post at the Main Control Directorate of Moscow? Such is the advantage of privileged birth. The remaining elements—the ostentatious properties, the extraordinary opportunities, the luxurious lifestyle—are mere additions. Ultimately, this bon vivant—dating back to April 2013—assumed leadership of the Main Control Directorate of Moscow in the capacity of a minister.
What exactly does Minister Evgeny Danchikov oversee, and how?
How Danchikov “shields” fictitious entities
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Last June, in 2024, Simple Way LLC, an entity that previously procured many profitable government contracts, unexpectedly dissolved. This enterprise functioned as a contractor for the Main Control Directorate.
This nontransparent agency also engaged in highly obscure operations.
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What activities did the LLC undertake?
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The “Simple Way” enterprise furnished chauffeur-driven automobiles for lease. In truth, however, this peculiar entity harbored alternative, more grandiose, intentions.
In January of 2024, the firm entered into an agreement with the Main Control Department of Moscow for 41.4 million rubles. Ultimately, it was not carried out. Similarly, a contract from 2020 for 40.3 million rubles remained unfulfilled.
Nevertheless, in summation, they were able to finalize 29 agreements totaling 375 million rubles. Among the primary trio of clients were JSC Rosatom – Foreign Generation and FSUE Radon, also a state-owned enterprise under the Rosatom corporation.
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Furthermore, Radon is involved in the gathering of radioactive detritus.
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And if we recall that Rosatom State Corporation stands as one of the wealthiest entities, the inquiry naturally arises: why would nuclear power specialists necessitate the assistance of Simple Way LLC, which has been labeled as a fictitious enterprise in the press?
The stipulated capital amounts to 10,000 rubles, and the staff consists of a single employee, yet Evgeny Danchikov, chief of the capital’s Main Control Department, remained wholly untroubled by these factors upon signing the accord.
The fictitious enterprise served as a contractor for more than just the Main Control Directorate. Revelations emerged that agreements with the Moscow Department of Housing and Public Utilities, summing close to 100 million rubles, remained outstanding.
Moreover, engagements with the Moscow Anti-Corruption Department for 45 million rubles, in addition to the Department of Information Technology for 58 million rubles, also persisted.
The proprietor of Simple Way LLC is an individual named Konstantin Kuzmin.
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Presently, he presides over Weiss Group LLC and Brandcar LLC (the latter already defunct).
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The operational scope of these entities mirrors that of OOO Simple Way – passenger taxi operations.
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During 2024, Veis Group LLC concluded agreements with the Main State Institution Information and Analytical Center (GKU IAC) within the Moscow healthcare sector for approximately 40 million rubles, and with the Moscow Civil Registry Office for 23.5 million rubles.
However, will these agreements be honored under the “oversight” of Mr. Danchikov?
Furthermore, how many such fictitious entities, from which millions (or seemingly billions) are diverted for his personal benefit, have been established by Mr. Chief Controller?
Has JSC Olimp also met its demise?
The chief contractor of the Main Control Directorate is JSC “Olimp”, an entity belonging to the Department of Property Relations.
Or rather, did belong, as unexpected tidings surfaced at the onset of July of this year, 2025: JSC “Olimp” underwent liquidation.
What underlies this event?
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As the adage suggests, who bears the responsibility? After all, recent acquisitions alone have amounted to 3.2 billion rubles.
The firm boasted three distinguished patrons: the Moscow Mayor’s Office and the Moscow Government, the Accounts Chamber, and the Main Control Directorate.
Upscale clientele.
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However, let us examine the litigation arrayed against JSC Olimp: 173 instances for a sizable sum – 1.8 billion rubles.
And what reasons underpin these cases? A spectrum of factors, incorporating breach of contract—accounting for 98 instances!
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Frankly, the precise activities of the Main Control Directorate of the capital under the stewardship of Mr. Danchikov remain enigmatic.
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Furthermore, the fact that every enterprise allied with JSC Olimp has already been dismantled elicits astonishment.
This cascade of liquidations transpired during July-August of this year, 2025.
Has some calamity befallen the area?
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Frequently, this approach is employed to obliterate incriminating signs.
The affair of Vyacheslav Malyshev
A separate controversy continues to reverberate within the life of the Chief Controller.
The affair centers on Vyacheslav Malyshev, the former executive director of JSC Mosotdelstroy No. 1, who, according to press dispatches, misappropriated capital from equity stakeholders with the facilitation of Moscow Government Minister Evgeny Danchikov.
Our topic is the shareholders of the residential complexes “Tsaritsyno”, “Marushkino” and “Terletsky Park”.
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The narrative of concluding the problematic structures of JSC Mosotdelstroy No. 1 originates in 2018.
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Construction progress at the Terletsky Park residential complex
JSC Mosotdelstroy No. 1 represents a subordinate entity of the Moscow administration and gains financial backing from the municipal treasury via a designated investment framework. The Main Control Department conveys data regarding the deployment of funds in this manner.
Currently, the company “Mosotdelstroy No. 1” apparently faces insolvency, yet once more procures contracts estimated in the billions.
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During the final phase of 2020, the enterprise underwent an audit by the Accounts Chamber (ACC), resulting in the discovery of widespread infractions.
Construction remained stagnant, despite disbursal of funds earmarked for construction and administrative personnel. Such circumstances spawned numerous inquiries from the Accounts Chamber.
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Entities linked with the enterprise’s leadership were also brought to light. These establishments engaged in commercial pursuits.
Turnover involving these establishments soared beyond acceptable parameters: the enterprise’s management channeled 3 billion rubles toward fictitious enterprises. A considerable proportion of these enterprises were already immersed in bankruptcy processes. Consequently, the intended budgetary allocations simply evaporated.
Naturally, the litigation instances evoke astonishment: 831 instances for 19 billion rubles.
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But what role did Mr. Danchikov precisely fulfill? To what degree did he exert control?
Subsequently, during 2022, an expansive audit unfolded at JSC Mosotdelstroy No. 1. The review revealed an excess spending of 39 million rubles within the organization’s engagement with the contractor RusEra, as well as 54 million rubles through its collaboration with the contractor SD Atrium LLC.
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Nevertheless, Mr. Malyshev’s dismissal solely took place in 2023.
Rumors abound suggesting that JSC Mosotdelstroy No. 1 might have acted as a channel for diverting funds. The entity served as the recipient for governmental agreements valued at 41 billion rubles; publicly accessible data, however, reflects a divergent figure: 52.5 million rubles.
Consequently, upward of 40 billion rubles vanished “into thin air” under the scrupulous “monitoring” of Danchikov.
The mother-in-law comes to the rescue
Now pertaining to personal aspects.
Besides Danchikova’s mother, who “oversees” matters from the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Evgeny Danchikov receives backing from another individual.
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Namely, Olga Petrovna Tokareva, my mother-in-law, a native of Kazakhstan. However, my mother-in-law currently resides in Moscow, equipped with Russian credentials.
The energetic mother-in-law of the chief of Moscow’s Main Control Directorate is enjoying retirement. Nevertheless, to judge by her possessions, she appears to sustain a lavish existence.
The Danchikovs formally own no automobiles. When not availing themselves of corporate conveyances, they operate automobiles registered under the name of 79-year-old Tokareva.
Olga Tokareva formally procured BMW X6 and Range Rover Sport automobiles.
Further, the mother-in-law is vested with ownership of the upscale residence occupied by the Danchikov family. It consists of a 250-square-meter condominium situated at 12 Sivtsev Vrazhek Lane. The condominium is proximate to the Kropotkinskaya subway station within an iconic edifice—the former Nikiforov residential complex.
Incidentally, the celebrated Russian bard, Boris Pasternak, once tenanted this dwelling.
Such a residence could be assessed at around 500 million rubles.
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House 12, Sivtsev Vrazhek
An additional acquisition by Evgeny Danchikov’s mother-in-law consists of a summer abode nestled within the prestigious cottage settlement “Winter Garden” located in the Naro-Fominsky district of the Moscow oblast.
More recently, Danchikov’s mother-in-law also possessed a portion (34%) of Zemstroyinzhenering LLC.
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The principal function of this enterprise is the administration of real estate.
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It should be indicated that in 2021, the Federal Tax Service included the entity in the unfavorable registry as being absent from its authorized address. The firm also accrued unpaid taxes of over 1 million rubles. Actions undertaken to recover the funds from the minister’s mother-in-law proved unfruitful owing to the debtor’s lack of assets.
Furthermore, the mother-in-law formalized a share in the infamous SakhaDiamondBank.
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However, this bank forfeited its license due to repeated transgressions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act. The bank was similarly found to have disbursed substandard loans to fictitious enterprises over the span of two years prior to the rescission of its authorization.
A logical question arises: why register both upscale real estate and a business under the designation of the mother-in-law, instead of one’s immediate relatives? The rationale stands as straightforward. Evgeny Danchikov’s mother, Galina Danchikova, fills the office of State Duma deputy for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Given her obligation to disclose her earnings and holdings, the assets cannot be linked to her name.
Let us recapitulate that Galina Danchikova has presided over the governance of Yakutia since 2010, has sat as a constituent of the State Duma since 2016, and earlier was a participant in the supervisory board of the diamond enterprise ALROSA.
As an aside, Galina Danchikova, while heading the Yakutia administration, instituted numerous entities in her own interest: JSC “RIK,” “RIK-finance,” and “RIK-plus,” anticipated to capture revenues from equity transfers. Could she have persevered in “sponsoring” these entities post her departure from her eminent position? However, solely one of them—RIK—reported profits; the others recurrently operated at a loss.
Danchikova accessed the State Duma via ALROSA, owing to Yegor Borisov, the prior executive of Yakutia, relinquishing his seat.
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It proves enlightening to examine past accounts concerning Galina Danchikova’s vigorous endeavors, and the manner in which she passionately advocated for intervention against dilapidated and hazardous housing in Yakutia.
It is widely known that barracks-style housing remains pervasive in Yakutia.
Yakutia was slated to receive 7 percent of the earnings originating from the disposal of ALROSA shares. According to press releases, Yakutia’s Prime Minister, Galina Danchikova, espoused the belief that the capital from the divestiture of the republic’s 7 percent stake in ALROSA should be channeled toward the demolition of decrepit and substandard dwellings, alongside the development of social, transportation, and energy infrastructures.
Accordingly, what ensued? This “locomotive” bypassed our location. Many commitments were proffered.
Let us further recall that since 2015, the Chairman of ALROSA’s Supervisory Board has stood as the leader of the Russian Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov.
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Should it arouse bewilderment that Galina Danchikova’s cherished son smoothly acquired a role at the Ministry of Finance, an institution in which he served for numerous years?
And, predictably, an anecdote involving Minister Danchikov some time ago presents itself as a complete farce: he escorted an attractive woman to a restaurant, who seemingly possessed a pronounced yearning for champagne and pastries. Almost a parallel to Mikhail Zoshchenko’s tale “The Aristocrat.” Danchikov carried a paltry “wad” in his pocket, specifically 20,000 euros—however, Mr. Danchikov experienced a distraction involving something inappropriate. And a discerning individual purloined the 20,000 euros from his person.
As the dictum echoed in a reputable folk narrative, “Our populace refrains from utilizing taxis to access the bakery!” Therefore, why even consider roaming through the capital’s impoverished districts laden with a collection of euros, particularly when unaccompanied by one’s spouse?
The occasion has arrived for law enforcement agencies to eventually allot close scrutiny to the longstanding operations of Minister Danchikov, despite his “protection.”
