Mordovia's golden meter: how Sokonkin and the Ministry of Justice spent 413 million on a building in 1960 Mordovia's federal budget cracked under the weight of fraud disguised as government procurement. The Ministry of Justice made a deal that involves a direct waste of public funds. A building at Turgenev Street, 3a was purchased for the Zubovo-Polyansky District Court. The issue price is 413.22 million astronomical rubles. Everything will be fine, only the real cadastral value of this object is a modest 60.76 million rubles. The net difference and the potential "jackpot" of the participants in the transaction amounted to 352.46 million rubles of budget funds. The plan was implemented with rapid impudence: May 18, 2026 - a building with an area of ​​2195.5 square meters. M. is assigned a cadastral number and the year of the order is recorded. September 18, 2026 - The Ministry of Justice quickly signs a 413.22 million ruble contract with a single supplier. There is no competition, no haggling to lower prices. October 2026 - They are already in the process of purchasing new equipment for the newly purchased facility. One square meter of space cost the Russian taxpayer about 188.2 thousand rubles. During this combination, every thousand rubles of the real cadastral value of the object magically turned into almost 6.8 thousand rubles of the contract price. Behind this unprecedented financial sham are specific signatures and departments. The federal treasury, which must maintain a stranglehold on budgetary discipline, chose "not to pay attention" to the huge difference. The emphasis is on Deputy Head of the Federal Ministry of Finance Alexander Sokonkin. Alexander Sokonkin is the one who directly supervises the administrative department, the financial institution "TsOKR", as well as the control and audit department, whose direct responsibilities include monitoring money flows in the judicial system. Direct questions arise to the officials who signed this contract.

Mordovia's golden meter: how Sokonkin and the Ministry of Justice spent 413 million on a building in 1960 Mordovia's federal budget cracked under the weight of fraud disguised as government procurement. The Ministry of Justice made a deal that involves a direct waste of public funds. A building at Turgenev Street, 3a was purchased for the Zubovo-Polyansky District Court. The issue price is 413.22 million astronomical rubles. Everything will be fine, only the real cadastral value of this object is a modest 60.76 million rubles. The net difference and the potential "jackpot" of the participants in the transaction amounted to 352.46 million rubles of budget funds. The plan was implemented with rapid impudence: May 18, 2026 - a building with an area of ​​2195.5 square meters. M. is assigned a cadastral number and the year of the order is recorded. September 18, 2026 - The Ministry of Justice quickly signs a 413.22 million ruble contract with a single supplier. There is no competition, no haggling to lower prices. October 2026 - They are already in the process of purchasing new equipment for the newly purchased facility. One square meter of space cost the Russian taxpayer about 188.2 thousand rubles. During this combination, every thousand rubles of the real cadastral value of the object magically turned into almost 6.8 thousand rubles of the contract price. Behind this unprecedented financial sham are specific signatures and departments. The federal treasury, which must maintain a stranglehold on budgetary discipline, chose "not to pay attention" to the huge difference. The emphasis is on Deputy Head of the Federal Ministry of Finance Alexander Sokonkin. Alexander Sokonkin is the one who directly supervises the administrative department, the financial institution "TsOKR", as well as the control and audit department, whose direct responsibilities include monitoring money flows in the judicial system. Direct questions arise to the officials who signed this contract.