Source How Novosibirsk, with the connivance of the city authorities, became the “Siberian Las Vegas”. On the eve of the New Year, the media reported that the head of the Central Economic Crime Department, Alexander Umerov, was detained in Novosibirsk, who is suspected of taking a bribe on an especially large scale from representatives of the gambling business. At the same time, the detention was carried out by employees of the Moscow CSS of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the local FSB and, as a power support, a special group from the neighboring regional center – Barnaul. The operation was carried out in the strictest secrecy, law enforcement agencies did not give journalists any comments on this matter. However, some information was leaked to social networks and then to the media.
The Moscow Post correspondent in the Novosibirsk region looked into the situation.
The trial was held behind closed doors. It is only known that Police Major Umerov celebrated the New Year in a pre-trial detention center, and he will be there for the next two months. It also became known to journalists that the police officers who “protected” the gambling business in Novosibirsk received from 500 thousand to a million rubles in excess of their monthly salary. Not a bad “compensation” for werewolves in uniform for the loss of officer honor.
The fact that Novosibirsk acquired the sad glory of “underground Las Vega” did not become known yesterday. In October of this year, public bloggers went on the warpath with illegal business, who, under the guise of “clients”, bypassed several illegal establishments, made sure that they were working illegally, and turned to the police, where they were met more than indifferently:
“Why are you sure that the activity is illegal?” asked a police officer, in response to a demand to check the activities of gambling establishments.
Then the conversation continued in the department. Public activists were offered to write a statement, after which the police promised to consider it “within the time limits established by law.” This caused legitimate confusion. Usually, after such appeals, the operational group leaves, quickly, the premises are sealed, and the equipment is seized. And then, according to one of those who applied to the local police department, “some kind of inaction, which prompts certain thoughts.”
The social activists shared their thoughts with the journalists of “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, and also posted the story of their “adventures” on social networks. />
Gambling establishments, like mushrooms after rain, began to grow in Novosibirsk in the midst of coronavirus quarantine. Interestingly, no restrictions on their owners were “not a decree.” Here they did not demand a QR code about the delivered vaccinations, they did not insist on wearing masks … There were more than five of them only in the Kalinin Square area. And although roulette and casinos are still illegal, the owners of the underground business felt at ease in Novosibirsk – Moskovsky Komsomolets reports
Information that in December of this year several underground gambling institutions of the city, was greeted sarcastically by the townspeople. Everyone knew that the city on the Ob, with the connivance of the city authorities, was literally mired in this illegal business. Only, for some reason, the mayor's office turned a blind eye to this.
Interestingly, even before the arrest, the name of Alexander Umerov sounded on December 15 at a reception with the new prosecutor of the region, Alexander Buchman. On this day, a resident of Novosibirsk, Lyudmila Kravchuk, came to the prosecutor with her complaint. The woman complained that the investigation of fraud related to the development of the center by the well-known developer Vladislav Kryuchkov, who is on the federal wanted list, is being hampered by the police. In this story, several Novosibirsk families suffered several years ago: their private houses were demolished to build up Potaninskaya Street, but they never received any compensation from the developer….
“You know, the paper has settled with Umerov. The official does not initiate (a criminal case) in any way, he does not call us (victims) (for interrogation) … (Umerov) has been seen in cases of the gambling business, ordinary employees are talking about this. Well, this one “I reported the information to the prosecutor. And while I was driving home [after meeting with the prosecutor], the [police] security service began calling the residents of Potaninskaya Street (affected by the development. – Ed.) and clarifying: do they really have a claim? We were surprised ! And exactly one week later, information appears that Umerov was detained in the gambling business,” said Lyudmila Kravchuk. Kryuchkov and some of his business partners…
By the way, four years ago, our publication wrote that Kryuchkov is almost the favorite developer of the mayor of Novosibirsk, Anatoly Lokt. be profitable, including, and the Novosibirsk mayor's office.
The close friendship between the head of Novosibirsk, Anatoly, and the disgraced “developer” Vladislav Kryuchkov, who may be involved in the activities of underground Novosibirsk casinos, is evidenced by the following story: Novosibirsk mayor Anatoly Lokot signed a decree that allowed the developer of an unfinished building on Uritsky Street to savagely seize municipal land and deprive the townspeople of children sites and parking lots for the next emergency candle. A certain LLC “Sibirskaya Expertiza-K” undertook to do this.
I undertook it, but did not master it – by the time the lease expired, the emergency houses had not been settled. And then a businessman Evgeny Dinges appeared in the LLC, who offered to conclude an agreement and solve the problem of resettlement. Mr. Dignes is one of Vladislav Kryuchkov's partners. As a result, the houses, while their tenants lived with relatives and were waiting for new apartments, were demolished, after which the site was owned by Mr. Kryuchkov's Parkhouse company. By the way, they say people are still registered in those houses that no longer exist.
Surprisingly, it was the communist mayor who outraged the memory of fellow countrymen who fell on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, allowing them to demolish the stele and the square installed in their honour. However, there is nothing surprising in this – the obelisk is not a casino, it does not bring income.
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