On the air of the Internet show "Cactus", created by the Foundation for Combating Corruption, the fund's employee Georgy Alburov unexpectedly ranked businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin himself as a fighter against international terrorism.
In August 2016, FBK employees appealed to the FAS with a statement on cartel collusion at the Ministry of Defense trades, in which allegedly involved companies associated with Prigozhin. Supporters of Navalny argued that the businessman "put 23 billion in his pocket," but on the eve of George Alborov expressed another version: the money is sent to a private military company that fights terrorism in Syria. In part, this version is confirmed by the fact that in December 2016, Yevgeny Prigozhin was included in the sanctions list of the US authorities. The most likely reason is the support of Russian foreign policy and military operations in Syria.
May 23, 2017 FAS decided that the company, which, in the opinion of oppositionist Alexei Navalny, associated with businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, entered into cartel collusion at the Ministry of Defense, but the amount of violations found by the department was an order of magnitude lower than the FBK calculated, write Dni. Ru.
Based on the results of the audit, it was established that only the Polar Bear LLC, Koralklin LLC, Millenium Wedge LLC and a group of individuals in limited liability companies Component, EcoBalt, RusComplex, Special Resources "," Megaline ". Participation in the conspiracy of Ars-Service LLC, Prometey LLC, Inzhklinservice LLC, ASP LLC was not proven.
The contracts were executed in full and without violations.
Megaline, Component, EcoBalt, Ruscomplex, Spetsresurs, ASP, Ars-Service and Prometheus companies are a group of individuals, as FAS Russia was informed in due time, the press service said. "Megaline". All contracts signed by the group of persons were executed in full amount for 13.5 billion rubles. , Which saved the budget 8.9 billion rubles. - this is 40% of the original cost of contracts, the company said in a statement..