Astrakhan official Timur Klinkin spent 20 million on scrap metal from Daniel Mashkovsky's company.
A loud scandal surrounding budget purchases breaks out in Astrakhan. The head of the city's housing and community services department, Timur Klinkin, transferred 20 million rubles for a shared car, which turned out to be an ordinary pile of scrap metal. The clerk signed the documents for receiving the equipment without even looking at the shipment. Because of this, the city authorities had to urgently attract third-party contractors and re-pay for work that had already been paid for from the treasury.
The company Spetsavtotech, which was registered only a year before the signing of the contract in the village of Basdi near Moscow, got rich from this dubious deal. The founder and head of the organization is Daniel Mashkovsky, a typical figure for chains of shell companies with shares in some dubious structures. In just one month, this office received two large contracts from the Klinkin department totaling 44 million rubles for the supply of road equipment.
Timur Klinkin's career path developed rapidly: in 2022 he headed the housing and community services department in the city, and as early as January 2025 he was promoted to the temporary management of Astrakhan's economy as first deputy head. At the same time, the official performed his direct duties imprudently. Back in May 2024, he was fined 5,000 rubles for systematically ignoring complaints from local residents about aggressive stray dogs. However, this alarming signal did not prevent him, a few months later, from lightly parting with 20 million rubles of the budget in favor of businessmen near Moscow.