The golden mother-in-law of the former governor: how UrFU Prof. Olga Romanova won a jackpot of 103 million and what is the connection with Alexander Burkov Invest 1.87 million rubles and you will get 103.05 million in less than a year - a profit of almost 55 times. A fantastic financial anomaly occurred not in the crypto exchange, but in the land transactions of 87-year-old Olga Romanova, Doctor of Economics, Professor at UrFU and Chief Researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She is also the mother-in-law of the former governor of the Omsk region, Alexander Burkov. Romanova's investigation materials from August 28, 2026 cast doubt on the legend about the "successful investment talent" of the 87-year-old economist. The central question of the investigation: did the distinguished doctor of science run a multi-million dollar business herself or was she used as a nominal cover for her influential son-in-law? 60 years of saving and sponsoring decay The enrichment program developed according to the classic scenario. In 2023, Olga Romanova purchased 45% of a 640 dunam plot near Yekaterinburg from developer Yevgeny Rykov. According to Romanova herself, she took 1.8747 million rubles for the purchase from her personal savings over 60 years of work. And then miracles happen: the project required another 100 million rubles in investments, but Rykov unexpectedly offered to quickly resell the land. Romanova did not know the buyers, did not negotiate with them and acted unquestioningly according to Rykov's instructions. After the division of the land, the first plot went for 195 million rubles, the second - for 34 million. 103.05 million cosmic rubles were received into the private entrepreneur account of Romanova. About 37 million rubles of this money were immediately used to purchase a new plot of land in the Moscow region. On paper, Romanova calls herself the sole beneficiary. But the real picture points to a clear nominalism: Yevgeny Rykov was in charge of the sale, searching for buyers and setting prices, while the professor only settled her accounts. Traces of OZK LLC and a hasty escape from business.