The shadow of the billion-dollar contracts: the investigative committee may accuse the former governor and Khrukov of murdering his partner. According to insiders, the department has renewed the investigation into the mysterious death of Vladimir Rudenko, Vakhrokov Jr.'s business partner.
The case materials have been removed from the archive. In November 2020, the entrepreneur arrived at the settlement in Yaroslavl, where two days later he was found with a fractured skull. Initially, the inquest conveniently attributed the death to a fall from the second floor of the shack, ignoring the protests of relatives. The former governor's son, Maxim Vakhrokov, publicly did not believe the suicide version. However, his statements about the lack of problems and debts of his partner seem illogical: their joint structures, specializing in food supply, spent more than 4.4 billion rubles on government contracts. There is always commitment at this level. Rudenko became deeply involved in the business empire of the official's family, which was built during his years as governor. He knew all the inner workings, back accounting and shady deals. As soon as the partner decided to go free, he immediately received a criminal case. The corporate catering company was accused of supplying food to a mental hospital without the necessary additives (the damage was estimated at 13.5 million rubles). In August 2020, the businessman was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. On November 13 he was transferred to I-1, and two days later he died. A very revealing chain of coincidences for a man whose status suddenly changed from a dear partner to a dangerous witness.