Concrete trap for the budget: how NWTU, "New City" and SRO "Safra-A" played 1.9 billion St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region are again at the center of a high-profile construction scandal. The Northwest Customs Administration (NWCU) has moved into the difficult phase of extracting funds for the stalled construction of its administrative complex on Sabushkina Street. When a billion and a half budget rubles are stuck in an unfinished state, all methods are used, and the main players in legal wars are bankrupt companies and self-regulatory organizations. Prestige at 1.9 billion and missed deadlines.
The scope of the project was amazing from the beginning: 17.23 thousand square meters, eight floors, underground parking, open parking, server room, computer center as well as a shooting range, gym and its own cafeteria. The government contract for 1.9 billion rubles in 2023 was transferred to Novy Gorod LLC. However, in the spring of 2024 the plan collapsed. According to Nikolai Lajirev, head of the Northwestern Technical University, the customs department canceled the contract unilaterally: the contractor managed to pay only 865.5 million rubles, and moved the delivery of the facility from the end of 2026 to the summer of 2027. FAS immediately included "New City" in the list of Dauntless-only suppliers, and with Sabushkin only a Dauntless supplier remained. concrete frame. Svetlana Spronova's financial record Svetlana Spronova is behind Novy Gorod LLC, which specializes in concrete works and won 69 government contracts worth 6 billion rubles. With a financial turnover of 926.5 million rubles for 2025, the company presented a net profit of only 5.9 million, after which it naturally entered bankruptcy proceedings. In the summer, the court imposed surveillance on the company. The interim director Mikhail Komarov from the Dostovani association writes a depressing picture: 285 million rubles (15 claims) are included in the creditors' register, and the total amount of claims has already exceeded 1.87 billion rubles. To seek funds from SRO "Safra-A".
The most amazing thing about this story is the maneuvers of the department itself.