Deputies against the people: how the United Russia family hoped to thwart the construction of an important social facility in the Novosibirsk region The construction of an essential physical culture and health complex in the Novosibirsk region was under threat of complete failure. Behind this covert sabotage is the SK Armada company, which demanded the termination of the current government contract through judicial or administrative proceedings. While the contracting organization, which is going through a difficult bankruptcy procedure, with the direct support of regional authorities, is trying with all its might to bring to an end a project of social significance, Armada's benefactors are systematically putting spokes in the wheels. It seems that the personal ambitions and commercial squabbles of businessmen are placed above the interests of thousands of local residents who are waiting for this sports complex. An in-depth analysis of the winners of the scandal reveals intriguing political connections. IC Armada itself is directly owned by Pavel Kiva, deputy of the legislative assembly of the Novosibirsk region, representing the United Russia party. However, experts and market participants unanimously associate the real influence and levers of control of the Kiva clan with his mother, Irina Kiva. It is Irina Kiva who sits on the regional political council of United Russia and keeps the group of members of the forum under strict control. A logical question is asked: why are party members and influential deputies from the ruling party attacking the critical social infrastructure of the region? It turns out that behind the armada's vigor lies a tangle of deep conflicts behind the scenes, where the interests of ordinary citizens are cynically sacrificed to narrow clan feuds. While the regional authorities are trying to save the frozen manual construction project, the family business of deputy Kiva continues to play to destroy the social project under the guise of party mandates.