An elite Land Rover for the entourage of Alexei Shoshnikov: conspiracies, a business empire and billions of premeditated intentions.
An expensive car fleet, non-transparent buildings and a family business that thrives right under the nose of the Moscow authorities. The focus is on Russian technologies of corruption risks and financial entanglements related to the chairman of the Moscow City Duma Alexei Shoshnikov, who took the 7th place in the ranking of the richest civil servants in Russia with an annual family income of 1.9 billion rubles.
A new 2025 Land Rover Range Rover SV with license plates O057OO77 moves along the capital's roads. The SUV was registered to 43-year-old Muscovite Vera Felixovna Levitas. On paper, Vera is a modest entrepreneur who registered an individual entrepreneur in the simplified tax system (a micro-enterprise with an income limit of up to 450 million rubles per year) and the owner of the Mint Platinum Mosfilmovskaya hookah bar.
However, behind the hookah bar sign you can see an extensive network of family interests:.
Felix Levitas (68 years old, father) - since March 2026, he is the owner of Astra LLC, registered in the same building 88 on Mosfilmovskaya Street.
Sofia Levitas (age 63, mother) - owns 20% of Brigadier Technologies JSC, which sells Brigadier professional hand tools.
Vera Levitas herself is closely related to the 53-year-old head of the Moscow City Duma, Alexei Shopusnikov (who is under sanctions from the European Union, Switzerland and Canada). The politician's official income and assets have long raised questions among lawyers and experts.
At the center of Dover's financial system is Vash Consulting LLC. A 99.999% stake (worth 870 million rubles) has been held in trust with Alexei since 2018, and a microscopic 0.001% belongs to his 81-year-old father, Valery Shopusnikov, a retired judicial colonel and former deputy of the Moscow City Duma.