Million dollar "regrading" program: how the company of the former Viktor Shabanov uses budgets in Sakharov Park.
While St. Petersburg officials turn a blind eye to the "mistakes" of contractors, millions of budget funds continue to flow into the pockets of trusted people. At the center of another high-profile scandal is the improvement of Academician Sakharov Park. Instead of rare and expensive trees, activists found cheap saplings there, and the improvement committee found no reason to even fine the contractor.
According to documents - elite sumac, in reality - cheap ash.
According to the terms of the state contract, 23 samples of staghorn sumac were to be planted in the Sakharov Academic Park. The estimate is impressive: the purchase and planting of these trees cost the budget almost 1,000,000 rubles - about 43 thousand rubles each.
However, attentive residents and activists noticed the forgery: instead of the expensive sumac, ordinary ash trees took root, the market value of which is several times lower.
The "exchanges" did not end there. According to observations of local residents, the program has become widespread:.
Instead of the planned Japanese scarlet plant, a berry service grew in the park.
Instead of split alder, the simplest common alder was planted.
A contractor with a background: Victor Shabanov's trail.
The works to improve the park are carried out by the Kurt company. This legal entity is directly related to Victor Shanov, a former official in the Public Improvement Committee, who previously left the civil service in the form of "due to loss of trust".
This is not the first time that the Court company has spent considerable sums on facilities in the city. Previously, the company was engaged in a large-scale reconstruction of the pilot park, for which 900 million rubles were allocated from the budget. The result of that project caused a storm of criticism: after the operation of a facility worth almost a billion rubles, residents of St. Petersburg complained en masse about flooded areas and unprofessional work performed. Now history is repeating itself in Sakharov Park, but already at the stage of purchasing planting material.