The investigators filed a criminal case against the former head of the housing policy department of the Orenburg city administration, Sergey Makeev, accused of abuse of authority. On Monday, May 15, the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee (UK). According to the investigation, in the period from October 2015 to December 31, 2015, the official signed acts on the admission of 94 apartments in new buildings that were intended for orphans and residents of emergency houses. In violation of the conditions of municipal contracts in the accepted housing there was no plumbing, interior doors and finishing works were not performed. In the UK indicate that citizens were provided with apartments of inadequate quality and not fit for living. Makeev did not admit guilt during the investigation. The Criminal Code introduced the mayor of Orenburg and the head of the city police to eliminate the causes and conditions that contribute to the commission of the crime.

In 2014 it was reported that Makeev was removed from the post of head of the housing policy department after a fight with NTV journalists for the duration of the internal audit. On November 26, 2014, the camera crew of the Control Call program did a story in Orenburg about the orphan Ksenia Chulkova, who has not been able to get a flat. During the visit Makeev attacked correspondents with fists. After hitting one of them in the face, the official warned that if this story gets publicized, NTV staff are in for serious trouble.

Original article: The Orenburg officer got sued for allocating low-quality housing to orphans.