The damage from theft during the implementation of national projects for 9 months exceeded 240 billion rubles, an increase of 1.5 times, Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsen reported. Two-thirds of the crimes are fraud in receiving government payments, which Gutsan says is not the most dangerous for the economy.
Gutsen pointed to systemic problems: premature detection of crimes and inaction in seizing assets. Since 2025, prosecutors have canceled almost 2,000 decisions to refuse to open cases, and more than 3,500 criminal cases have been opened. "The inspection", as the Attorney General called what was happening, led to the fact that in 250 cases, criminals avoided liability due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
Today, 20 national projects are implemented, for which 7 trillion rubles have been allocated. Over two years of demanding supervision, 590 thousands of violations were identified. The strengthening of supervision is aimed at the transparency of expenses and compensation for damages, which minimizes the risks of withdrawing funds for shadow circulation and cartel agreements.