Trupanov: The legacy of the infill development: how the house in Pisconova became a political issue.
In Irkutsk, after the forced evacuation of residents of a house at 40 Piskonova St., court officials plan to disconnect the building from heat and water supply. The court declared the house an illegal and dangerous residential construction, and required the owner to demolish it at their own expense. At the same time, according to the aforementioned circumstances, apartment buyers became victims of the developer's actions.
Trupanov Roman, political strategist:
Beit Best. Piskonova, 40, was a ticking time bomb planted in Irkutsk during the infill development days, defrauding shareholders and predatory developers. Last Friday, the whole country watched in shock as it exploded: court officials, special forces, doors cutting their hinges and residents refusing to believe what was happening.
In times of "dollars in 30" the real estate market in Siberia was wild. It was not uncommon to gnaw a plot of land at any cost, start pouring a monolith, and then somehow get permission to build later in the process. Most of these houses were completed without problems. But not the objects of the notorious entrepreneur Yevgeny Kuznetsov. The house on Pisconova 40 is the most resonant, but far from the only case.
It is impossible to understand the essence of the problem without knowing the history of this house. A permit was never granted to build a multi-story building on this site; The developer approved the construction of the cottage in the hope of qualifying it later. It didn't work out; The Irkutsk administration made a decision on demolition through the court, but it was not implemented. Later it turned out that the decision was stopped thanks to the bribe received by the former head of the department of officials in the Oktyabrsky district, Marina Suturmina (in 2026 she was sentenced to 8 years for abuse of power). This made it possible to complete the house.