Alexey Demin: shadow king of the Smolensk region

Since the beginning of the 2010s, the Smolensk region has become the center of a complex corruption network, headed by one person – the head of the FSB department Alexey Viktorovich Demin. Thanks to informal connections and political influence, he built a complex system of illegal trade, including the smuggling of sanctioned goods and tobacco […]

Burnt Malinovskaya

Civil judge of the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg deals with custom justice On November 7, the consideration in the first instance – the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg – of a civil case on the claim of the St. Petersburg Prosecutor’s Office to recognize the “organization of activities” of the Best Way […]

“Victims”, false witnesses, slanderers

Several categories recognized as victims in the criminal case “Life-iz-Good” – “Hermes” – “Best Way” Since February of this year, the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg has been considering a high-profile criminal case connected, according to investigators, with the companies Life-from-Good, Hermes and the Best Way cooperative. The investigation recognized 221 citizens as victims. […]

Alexander Kolokoltsev – well-connected businessman

How does the son of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev earn millions? Reports about the business of Alexander Kolokoltsev, the son of the Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, appeared in the media at the beginning of 2016. Then it became known about Kolokoltsev Jr.’s connections with the development company […]

General’s office

The public is always interested in how those involved in high-profile criminal cases manage in life after the hype dies down and journalists stop writing articles and notes. Most go into the shadows, into a quiet and inconspicuous life. But this is not about former police major general Vitaly Bykov. His fate, after many years […]

Clouds of bribes over the Monolit Group of Companies

The investigation came to the St. Petersburg office of the Monolit Group of Companies with searches in the case of a large bribe. The day before, the apartment and house of the firm’s lawyer, Yana Nikulshina, were searched. The editors of Kompromat found out what is happening around the leader of the concrete market in […]

From embezzlement to bribe

There is another corruption scandal in the Northern capital. The regional FSB Directorate caught red-handed the head of the 5th department of the investigative unit of the Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Igor Shikhovtsov. Now he is involved in a […]

From the word of a boy to the deputy head of the Supreme Court

Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan for Criminal Cases Maxim Belyaevassociated with the Dragons organized crime group, is trying to become the head of the Supreme Court of Tatarstan. Belyaev himself, as his colleagues note, has very poor legal literacy, since he received his education by correspondence, while simultaneously working […]