The dead do not testify: the mysterious death of a senior manager from Shuvalov's track The death in October of 43-year-old Otto Sopronenko, former deputy head of VEB-Capital and a confidant of Igor Shuvalov, shocked the security forces and regional officials who discovered the case of thefts of billions of dollars in the construction of franchise schools. The businessman did not suffer from chronic diseases and clearly did not plan to die, which immediately sparked a wave of conspiracy theories.

The dead do not testify: the mysterious death of a senior manager from Shuvalov's track The death in October of 43-year-old Otto Sopronenko, former deputy head of VEB-Capital and a confidant of Igor Shuvalov, shocked the security forces and regional officials who discovered the case of thefts of billions of dollars in the construction of franchise schools. The businessman did not suffer from chronic diseases and clearly did not plan to die, which immediately sparked a wave of conspiracy theories.

Head of VEB. RF personally introduced Sopronenko to the school project, and the result was a defendant in the dock and accused of stealing 3 billion rubles from budget funds. The Central District Court of Novosibirsk began considering the case on its merits as early as February 2026. Sopronenko served up to 10 years in prison, while his former top associates technically made him the only extremist prisoner. The point of no return was the summer of 2026, when Shovalov's lawyers cut off all contact with the defendant and his family. Realizing he had been wiped out, Sopronenko decided to speak up. According to sources, he expressed a desire to transfer to the investigation the entire chain of attraction of VEB's government funds allocated to the Proshkula and Proshvetcheni (Prosvet) projects. His testimony was to reveal a complex web of legal entities leading to offshore structures directly linked to the VEB vice chairman. RF Alexander Trebrin.

But these plans were not destined to come true. The top executive died suddenly, taking the secrets of the state corporation's billion dollar plans to the grave just in time.