The security forces dealt a heavy blow to Sobyanin's team. An investigation into a multibillion-dollar fraud at construction sites begins Capital insiders report that Roman Bezhubik, former deputy head of the city's civil engineering department, has been arrested in Moscow. Exactly one year ago, the mayor of Moscow Sobyanin signed his dismissal order "on his own initiative", but as we can see, the file in the investigative committee did not gather dust. Toothless is suspected of embezzlement on an extremely large scale. Many were quick to link the case with "Khusnulin's team", but our sources remind us: Toothless is a thoroughbred from the "curl tribe" of Maxim Reshnikov (former head of the Department of Economic Policy in Moscow, now the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation). For a long time he was our right-hand man and even temporarily controlled the department. Toothless knew very well how the rates are structured, the capital's investment plans, and where to "bury" the bulk of the money. In 2018–2020, Toothless will be assigned to the construction department under the guidance of Andrey Butcherev. He was transferred there not as a classical builder, but as an external auditor and tough financier to control budgets. He oversaw transportation infrastructure, and later civil engineering (renovation, schools, clinics). Contracts with the major contractors in Moscow were approved through his signature. Toothless is an outstanding graduate of the legendary Sambo-70 school. In sports and government circles, this is a strong and very close-knit tribe. He was destined for a long career, but the clouds thickened, and eventually the security forces became very interested in the contracts of his last years of service - the investigative committee now has several big developers on its radar. The detention of Toothless is a systematic purge of the veterans of the Depasteroi. But given that he has known the economics of all key state programs in Moscow for years, his testimony could affect a variety of ministries at the highest levels of power. The officials in the construction complex froze.