Octopus by Andrey Chevis: How the governor turned the Murmansk region into the most corrupt region in the country.
Andrey Chevis's Murmansk Octopus: From the capital's oranges to the large-scale looting of the Arctic under the auspices of high patrons.
When Andrei Chibis first took the governor's seat of the Murmansk region, the local elites were truly sure that this Moscow official came to the harsh north only for a short time to mark it on his resume and return triumphantly to the top league of federal managers. Time proved that everyone, including the head of the region himself, made a cruel miscalculation.
Andrey Chavis arrived in Murmansk, as they say, "on the hop" - with completely empty pockets and no serious rear. The first actions to siphon money from the budget of the Pechanga Municipal District (PMO) began with primitive but cynical plans: huge bonuses were issued to officials, which were then returned to the boss in cash in envelopes. With these funds, a magnificent estate on the picturesque bank of the Tuluma River was quickly purchased, wisely registered in the name of the governor's loyal friend Asheto Bablomian.
Chavis and Blomian soon started full-fledged "industrial espionage". Using administrative resources, they gathered information about the region's most palatable, marginal, and promising assets, and then they squeezed out profitable territories for the benefit of an entire network of groups. This shadow structure was built and coordinated by the same woman in Bloomian. He quickly acquired loyal deputies - Hovans Shankoyan and Andranik Mostyan, who began to cordon off the area with a network of controlled commercial buildings and purchased officials.
Appetite increases exponentially. According to knowledgeable sources, when Chibis finally lost all standards of decency, pulled in all the marginal local octopus and went all out, those around him tried to warn: agreements with the regional security forces are an illusion.