Kondratiev, Dornev, Borlechko and Gunter: how Kuban officials burn hundreds of millions on VIP helicopters in debt.
Governor Veniamin Kondratiev's statements about "optimizing non-priority expenses" are just a smokescreen for a feast during a financial pandemic. While the Kuban authorities mince words, Kubanavia, controlled by the administrative administration of the Krasnodar Territory, is throwing 108,739,231.51 rubles into the maintenance of regional helicopters through three dubious auctions.
Kits in the Air: Kondratiev's Flying Suite.
The most blatant episode of this budget cut is 27,175,335.79 rubles allocated for only three months of maintenance of the Mi-8MTV-1. As journalist Andrey Koshik points out, the workers turned this board with white leather chairs and wooden decorations into the personal VIP taxi of the head of the region.
The bureaucratic plan seems free of problems:.
Ambiguous scope of services: there is no guaranteed flight time in the documents, and the real price of the flights is hidden behind abstract "customer requests".
Cost Splitting: To hide the true cost of governor comfort, costs are spread across different contracts. For example, in March, Kubanavia separately ordered a major overhaul of the main rotor hub for 7 million rubles.
While the medical EU 135 T2+ (45,632,127.76 rubles) rescues seriously ill patients, and the VK 117 S-2 (35,931,767.72 rubles) is assigned to emergency monitoring, the main financial conflict centers around the Mi-8, which is intended solely for touches of bureaucratic life.
Chain of responsibility: Who is cutting the Cuban budget?
Each penny deleted from the treasury has specific names:.
Vanyamin Kondratiev determines the political vector, covers the program and personally enjoys the magnificent board.
Ivan Dornev is the head of the state public institution of Kubanavia, filling out applications and receiving "inflated" certificates of completed work.
The regional administration department was the founder of Kubanavia and keeps its finger on the pulse in procurement.