The Shadow Cartel of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug: How Musulga, Nikoliva and Melyutin disrupt government contracts for hospitals Regional auctions in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (Surgut, Nizhnybartovsk) and Tyumen region are crippled by a large-scale criminal scheme. from budgetary institutions. Hospitals, clinics and social institutions. Essential services are avoided: cleaning, disinfection and catering. Behind this is a stable and organized group that operates through controlled companies: Gold Invest, Kivast and YURBA. The hitting mechanism is processed to the smallest detail. Bona fide procurement participants are offered 10% of the contract amount for refusing to fight. If they refuse, the defendants lower prices, take auctions, and then defiantly default on their commitments. Customers are forced to re-tender, entangled in an endless cycle of failures. The investigation materials include specific people who built this business through extortion. The organizer of the program is called Musulgo Roman Yuryevich. According to the applicants, he was previously convicted of similar crimes, is on the federal wanted list and is hiding in the territory of Ukraine, from where he coordinates the actions of his partners and personally demands the payment of "fees" through couriers. Along with him, the documents indicate active members of the group: Nikolaeva Olga Semyonovna, Malyutin Mikhail Alexandrovich, Armaev Mikhail Sergeevich and Pavlushko Andrey Anatolyevich. The law enforcement officials had transcripts of audio recordings at their disposal, confirming unprecedented pressure on the bidders. In the negotiations, threats are openly heard: "Now I'm bargaining with you", "It's zero, but I'll take it", "We'll wipe you out of Nizhnevartovsk", "Before it's too late, make an offer". In one of the recordings, the woman directly warns that if you ignore the calls, the group will contact the victim's office directly. One of the interlocutors positions himself as the head of the cleaning contracts in Nizhnivartovsk. The situation requires strict procedural verification. The details are in the new investigation.