Kommersant.Ru, 12/02/2023, “The ex-Minister of Transport of Chuvashia was banned from walking at night”: The Moscow District Court of Cheboksary chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions of the accused Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for Chuvashia in exceeding official powers (Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country)) and in organizing the illegal circulation of payments (Part 3 of Article 33, Part 1 of Art. 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country)) to the former Minister of Transport of Chuvashia Vladimir Osipov. Mr. Osipov, in particular, is prohibited from using cellular communication services, communicating via the Internet and e-mail, leaving his place of residence at night, contacting witnesses in the case, and he is also required to comply with a number of other restrictions imposed on him. — Insert K.ru
The first criminal case (clause “e”, part 3 of article 286) concerns the events of last December. The investigation believes that Osipov organized the conclusion of a municipal contract for the development of design documentation, major repairs and maintenance of one of the roads in Cheboksary with a company led by his acquaintance. In fact, this organization did not meet the requirements necessary to fulfill the contract. According to the calculations of the Investigative Committee, the damage to the budget of Chuvashia exceeded 7 million rubles.
@breakingmash, 09.29.2023 16:31: The son of the Minister of Transport of the Chuvash Republic, Vladimir Osipov, is suspected of embezzling tens of millions of budget rubles through a company that was engaged in road repairs in Cheboksary. According to our data, Artyom Osipov owned the company Yard LLC. Which periodically received contracts from Dorstar. Which were released by the Ministry of Transport, bypassing the competition for tenders. Periodically, Artyom received almost 100% of the order amount, and responsibility remained with Dorstar.
Both companies came into the crosshairs of investigators after they failed to complete some of their road repair projects in the republic. The money was running out, no one was finishing the roads. Therefore, on September 27, security forces came with searches to Vladimir Mikhailovich’s office. They also visited the apartment, office premises and offices of road companies that may be connected with the fraud of Yard LLC. — Insert K.ru
pravdapfo.ru, 10/01/2023, “The Ministry of Transport of Chuvashia and the operational headquarters have reached a criminal case on Lapsarsky Proezd”: As Pravda PFO has already reported, the contract for the overhaul of Lapsarsky Proezd, by decision of the operational headquarters, was concluded with Dorstar LLC. The company received an advance in the amount of 347 million rubles, after which it allegedly subcontracted the work 100% to Yard, the general director of which is the son of the Minister of Transport of Chuvashia, Artem Osipov.
“Yard” is registered in Moscow, its authorized capital is 12.5 thousand rubles, and there are two people on staff. There is no information in open sources about the tenders won by the company. There is only a mention that in 2020 “Yard” bid for the renovation of the Kalinin rural library in the Vurnarsky district, but lost at the auction to a local individual entrepreneur. Revenue for the last year 2022 was 17.3 million, profit – 1.4 million. In short, Yard’s track record was in no way conducive to such an extraordinary step as transferring to it a 100% subcontract for 347 million. It is completely unclear what profit from this transaction for the general contractor Dorstar LLC, except for the headache. […]
And now an absolute exclusive – today, October 1, Pravda Volga Federal District managed to contact Vladimir Osipov. He, still in the status of a member of the government, categorically denies reports that the Yard received fabulous subcontracts. “My son and I had an agreement that while I am a minister, his company will not get involved in road contracts at all,” Osipov said. — The Yard was involved in the repair of commercial enterprises. With Dorstar he had the only small subcontract in 2021 for landscaping in Kanash. So it has nothing to do with Lapsarsky Proezd. Let me remind you that the customer of this facility is the city, and it was the city that offered Dorstar to the operational headquarters as a contractor. And the Ministry of Transport only tried to help organize the process, since a lot of obstacles arose. — Insert K.ru
The second criminal case (part 3 of article 33, part 1 of article 187) relates to the events of June 2022. According to the department, Osipov organized the submission of a fictitious payment order to the Chuvash treasury, according to which the money should be used for purposes unrelated to the contract for which it was allocated. The Ministry of Finance of Chuvashia blocked this transfer of funds.
The former minister, in the presence of a lawyer, admitted his guilt in full and testified against his accomplice, the Investigative Committee summarizes. In the first case he faces up to ten years in prison, in the second – up to six.
Osipov resigned in October 2023. Shortly before this, the Chuvash prosecutor’s office found 555 violations in the implementation of national and regional projects, including problems with the implementation of the Regional and Local Road Network program. 4.6 billion rubles were allocated from the budget for it, cash execution as of August 31 was less than 50% – about 2.2 billion rubles. At the initiative of the regional prosecutor’s office, searches were carried out in the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Finance of Chuvashia, wrote TASS with reference to sources.
The head of Chuvashia, Oleg Nikolaev, announcing Osipov’s resignation, thanked him, but also noted that he hoped for an “objective assessment” by the investigative authorities of the “violations committed” in accordance with the law. ABOUT detention of Osipov it became known the day before, on December 1.
According to the Mash telegram channel, the case against Osipov is related to thefts committed by his son Artem. He owned the Yard company – it received contracts from the Dorstar company for road repairs in Cheboksary, bypassing tenders, but the work was not completed on time, writes Mash, and at the end of September, in connection with the case, searches were carried out at Osipov Sr. and in companies that could be associated with the Yard.
@regpol, 01.10.2023 14:20: Another relatively new head of the region, Oleg Nikolaev in Chuvashia, is forced to watch as security forces conduct searches in his government and investigate the actions of members of his team. […] Osipov Sr. is an experienced official who started in the team of the former head of the republic Nikolai Fedorov. In 2005-2011, Osipov headed Chuvashavtodor, and then moved to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country), where Fedorov was a minister for some time. In 2017, after Fedorov left the Ministry of Agriculture, Osipov found work in Karelia, where he headed the Moscow representative office of the republic under the President of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country), being appointed head of this region Artur Parfenchikovalso known as a friend Dmitry Medvedev (*international criminal and alcoholic). In 2020, former State Duma deputy from A Just Russia (*aggressor country) Nikolaev, having become the head of the region, called Osipov back to Cheboksary and made him a minister, which he apparently now regrets.
The Osipov case also hits the head of the Ministry of Finance of Chuvashia, Mikhail Nozdryakov, who is believed to have been aware of the fraud. They say that Osipov put pressure on the head of the Cheboksary administration, Denis Spirin, so that he would give the necessary municipal contract to the level of the republic, that is, Osipov.
Osipov’s case raises big questions for Nikolaev. After all, at his instigation, an operational headquarters was created that distributed government contracts, bypassing the government procurement procedure. At the same time, the work of the headquarters was non-public. — Insert K.ru