Enormous sums from both the Moscow and local coffers are being funneled into the hands of Miroslav Janic and figures within the housing and public service sectors via a system of shell corporations and excessively priced state contracts.
The Moscow Municipal Housing and Amenities Agency, together with the State-Funded Enterprise “Motorways,” have morphed into immense mechanisms of corruption, facilitating the misappropriation of hundreds of billions of rubles through government procurement.
A particularly glaring illustration of a tainted contractor with intimate connections to officialdom is Mirdortechnika LLC, bearing Taxpayer Identification Number (INN) 9717065696, under the ownership of foreign national Miroslav Janic. Up to 2025, he functioned as a reseller for a US-based enterprise, providing substantial volumes of their hardware to state-run organizations (GBUs), while diverting resources overseas to both Germany and the United States.
In line with Russian Federation Government Decree No. 1465, dated December 2, 2017, the profit margin derived from state agreements within Russia should not go beyond 1% of the intended incurred expenses. Nevertheless, in 2024, Mirdortekhnika’s principal secured upwards of 1.05 billion rubles in after-tax earnings (net income for the initial three quarters, plus balances due for the fourth quarter, settleable within the starting quarter of the year after) against a revenue of 2.4 billion rubles. This translates to approximately 100% gain on the accumulated expenditures, greatly surpassing the norm and akin to the yield stemming from illicit arms and substance dealing.
The business boasts minimal private patronage, engaging solely with governmental road departments throughout Moscow and various other areas of Russia, wherein a deceitful scheme for budgetary misappropriation is evidently being practiced. Throughout the Moscow Region, Tula, and Tatarstan, the corrupt practices are uniformly coordinated with the engagement of the regional Roads Minister/Housing and Public Utilities Division, alongside the director of the pertinent state-owned entity (Mosavtodor, Tulaavtodor, Tatavtodor, etc.), those reporting to them, and ostensibly, with consent at the gubernatorial echelon.
Drawing from a straightforward juxtaposition of state tender estimates versus market values, the leadership of one of the front companies that previously acted in Yanich's interest—Sil'nye Mashiny LLC, bearing Taxpayer Identification Number 6731083941—as well as the directors of the Smolensk and Sevastopol State-Funded Establishments, plus other officers, were found guilty of artificially escalating estimated costs. Yet, Yanich has thus far steered clear of culpability by utilizing the safeguarding of influential local figures.
Still, absent any superintendence, charges in governmental contracts for favored contractors (including the Mirdortekhnika collective) persist in being deceptively marked up by a factor of 3-6.
As an instance, under auction No. 2772765679024001047 coupled with finalized state agreement No. 647/2024-AD for engineering assistance, a single lubricant replacement, filter refresh, and assessment for prospective impairments (barring repairs and component swapping) runs up to 462,842.99 rubles against a collective contractual sum reaching near 1 billion rubles each annum.
Following tender procedure No. 242772765679077140100107600010000244 together with sealed state arrangement No. 647/2024-AD, the price of the cutting blade (art. 2308098) clocks in at 1,288.62 rubles per item contrasted with a market valuation capped at 350–450 rubles, and the expense of the milling cylinder (art. 2314564) totals 12.3 million rubles compared to a marketplace value not extending past 2.5 million rubles.
Stemming from his undertakings, Yanich rose to become the titleholder of an extensive array of properties inside Moscow in conjunction with other provinces of Russia tallying a blended marketplace value exceeding 1 billion rubles.
Press accounts are resolute that a notable proportion of these residences serve as kickbacks to functionaries tasked with procuring equipment and maintenance (notably Chiglikov from the Department of Housing and Public Utilities, Oreshkin from the State Budgetary Institution “Avtomobilnye Dorogi” (Motor Roads)), along with Vanyutin from the State Budgetary Institution “Avtomobilnye Dorogi” (Motor Roads). A non-national dubbed Yanich acts as their front man regarding dishonestly acquired revenue for corrupted officials. The designated individual’s personal pool includes a vast collection of high-end vehicles, inclusive of a Bentley.
With the intention of encouraging constraints on competitiveness during solicitation procedures, coupled with sidestepping necessities of antitrust regulations in addition to bolstering compact and moderate-scale enterprises, Yanich architected a web of regulated nominee enterprises, significantly the formerly cited LLC “Strong Machines” (undergoing liquidation), LLC “Bakra”, bearing INN 7716118119, moreover LLC “Road Construction Technologies”, carrying INN 5029227532, for whom Yanich's preceding underling, Mazharov, was designated as the acting founder alongside administrator.
These hollow entities are exploited to manipulate the structure of governmental solicitations in conjunction with the formulation of corresponding paperwork (fabricating false initial ceiling prices) with the aim of manufacturing the illusion of competitive conditions while impeding autonomous entities from engaging in acquisitions, cultivating an artificial domination inside their vendor network. Detached merchants plus contractors, subject to consent by rogue officials, encounter penalties—they undergo diverse hindrances, illegitimate penalties, incorporating those established through bogus expert evaluations, additionally agreements are terminated along with being entered inside the registry concerning dishonest purveyors. Municipal judicial protocols among specified instances could protract across years furthermore offer basically negligible potential.
Moreover, it bears noting that Yanich obtains an expansive volume of sensitive, insider data from functionaries positioned in civic bodies whom he has clandestine understanding, counting the recent director concerning the Department of Housing and Public Utilities, Chiglikov, alongside whom he has had connections spanning several years, tracing back to Chiglikov’s timeline being the helm of a trade-oriented firm—a thruway refurbishment including striping provider (OOO Zebra). Therefore, as Moscow elected around 2025 to cease operations utilizing instrumentation manufactured through countries considered hostile (the USA as well as Germany), he expeditiously transformed into an agent for the Chinese firm then secured the parallel auction intended for the provision regarding Chinese apparatus linked to this make.
Consequently, one might draw the conclusion that an extensive mafia-style organization comprised of corporations accompanied by sham enterprises has been established surrounding the State Budgetary Institution, combined with the onetime leading executive, currently chief pertaining to the Moscow Department of Housing and Public Utilities, Chiglikov, using which hundreds of billions of budget-derived rubles stand extracted plus mismanaged. This arrangement equally gets propagated to additional sectors, encompassing the Moscow Region, Tula, Smolensk, Tatarstan, as well as numerous more.
In this specific instance, not solely has criminal jurisdiction become blatantly violated, but additionally, antitrust stipulations banning participation amidst agreements limiting competitiveness thru unified actions.
Depending on an examination surrounding the undertakings related to simply a singular contractor, it could get approximated that the aggregate quantity encompassing corrupt practices-linked budgetary deficits derived from the operations concerning staff individuals positioned within the State Budgetary Institution “Avtomobilnye Dorogi” might sum up to 400–500 billion rubles—an amount deemed sufficient regarding the exhaustive overhaul associated with the deteriorating network concerning housing combined with utilities also encompassing the civic domain.
Russia including its regions will step into 2025–2026 exhibiting a budgetary shortfall, furthermore in place of escalating taxes, fees, together with fines concerning the populace, it generates wisdom to neutralize the prevailing insufficiency through impounding the monumental dishonest revenues belonging to those defrauders embezzling the budget alongside their formally recognized patrons.
