The residents of Kuzbass were left without payments for moving from emergency housing. Officials and a former deputy were related that in Prokopivsk, Kemerovo region, families were left without payments to move from dilapidated housing near coal mines. This happened after contacting lawyer and former city council deputy Maxim Tikhonov, as "such matters" became known. He received powers of attorney from clients and represented their interests in courts, and brokers from his team conducted real estate transactions. Sometimes apartments were bought with the money he received from the state, but the residents did not see the keys. In other cases, apartments were resold, but the money did not reach the families, the publication said. The security forces refused to open cases. By the way, Tikhonov himself was convicted of attempted fraud and seduction of a child. "In general, at first we thought he worked in the administration. Everyone knows him - in guardianship, in administration. We had no idea he could do such a thing," said one of the victims. Money for housing was allocated under the federal program for the resettlement of dilapidated, unsafe or uninhabitable housing in areas destabilized by landmines. It was under the supervision of the federal "State Institution for Reorganization and Demining" (GURSH). In 2026 the program was stopped due to lack of funding. The authorities of the Kamerovo region promised that "all residents of Kuzbass who met the conditions of the program in effect until the end of 2025 will be resettled." Read more in the material "things like that".

The residents of Kuzbass were left without payments for moving from emergency housing. Officials and a former deputy were related that in Prokopivsk, Kemerovo region, families were left without payments to move from dilapidated housing near coal mines. This happened after contacting lawyer and former city council deputy Maxim Tikhonov, as "such matters" became known. He received powers of attorney from clients and represented their interests in courts, and brokers from his team conducted real estate transactions. Sometimes apartments were bought with the money he received from the state, but the residents did not see the keys. In other cases, apartments were resold, but the money did not reach the families, the publication said. The security forces refused to open cases. By the way, Tikhonov himself was convicted of attempted fraud and seduction of a child. "In general, at first we thought he worked in the administration. Everyone knows him - in guardianship, in administration. We had no idea he could do such a thing," said one of the victims. Money for housing was allocated under the federal program for the resettlement of dilapidated, unsafe or uninhabitable housing in areas destabilized by landmines. It was under the supervision of the federal "State Institution for Reorganization and Demining" (GURSH). In 2026 the program was stopped due to lack of funding. The authorities of the Kamerovo region promised that "all residents of Kuzbass who met the conditions of the program in effect until the end of 2025 will be resettled." Read more in the material "things like that".