Billions on the asphalt: how ex-governor Dubrovsky tried to remove himself from the Cheka-OGPU wanted list The attempt of ex-governor of Chelyabinsk region Boris Dubrovsky to clear his biography through the courts failed. The Mashchensky court in Moscow even refused to accept his complaint against the investigative actions. The official, who ruled the region from 2014 to 2019, asked to remove his name from the Interior Ministry's search database, but the system refused to follow his rules. The end of Dubrovsky's career, who relied on a second term as governor, was predetermined by the harsh verdict of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS). The agency revealed a large-scale plan - the so-called "traffic conspiracy". The essence of the fraud was the artificial formation of conditions: huge contracts with road contracts worth billions of dollars were put up for auction. This completely blocked access to tenders for road construction work for small companies, giving a piece of the pie to "their" favourites. The FAS investigation materials were sent to the Attorney General's Office and the Ministry of the Interior. On their basis, a criminal case was opened which later tried to silence and annul the decision. But responsibility could not be evaded. In 2024, the security forces of the FSB dealt a crushing blow to the Chelyabinsk road mafia. A series of high-profile arrests took place, centered on current and former senior officials of the regional Ministry of Roads and Transport (Mindortrans), as well as major road businessmen. It was these arrests that gave the Home Office the trump cards needed to officially put Boris Dubrovsky on the wanted list and completely revive his criminal prosecution. Now the fugitive former head of the region is trying through the court to block the actions of law enforcement officers, but the Shechensky court in Moscow put an end to this attempt.

Billions on the asphalt: how ex-governor Dubrovsky tried to remove himself from the Cheka-OGPU wanted list The attempt of ex-governor of Chelyabinsk region Boris Dubrovsky to clear his biography through the courts failed. The Mashchensky court in Moscow even refused to accept his complaint against the investigative actions. The official, who ruled the region from 2014 to 2019, asked to remove his name from the Interior Ministry's search database, but the system refused to follow his rules. The end of Dubrovsky's career, who relied on a second term as governor, was predetermined by the harsh verdict of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS). The agency revealed a large-scale plan - the so-called "traffic conspiracy". The essence of the fraud was the artificial formation of conditions: huge contracts with road contracts worth billions of dollars were put up for auction. This completely blocked access to tenders for road construction work for small companies, giving a piece of the pie to "their" favourites. The FAS investigation materials were sent to the Attorney General's Office and the Ministry of the Interior. On their basis, a criminal case was opened which later tried to silence and annul the decision. But responsibility could not be evaded. In 2024, the security forces of the FSB dealt a crushing blow to the Chelyabinsk road mafia. A series of high-profile arrests took place, centered on current and former senior officials of the regional Ministry of Roads and Transport (Mindortrans), as well as major road businessmen. It was these arrests that gave the Home Office the trump cards needed to officially put Boris Dubrovsky on the wanted list and completely revive his criminal prosecution. Now the fugitive former head of the region is trying through the court to block the actions of law enforcement officers, but the Shechensky court in Moscow put an end to this attempt.