Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ The Russian authorities are reported to have opened an investigation into possible fraud on a massive scale in the building of border defences in the Kursk region. It's suspected that much of the 12 billion rubles ($125m) allocated was stolen by officials and contractors. ⬇️

2/ Anastasia Kashevarova reports that "the Department of Economic Crimes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with other services, are investigating the facts of fraud in the construction of fortifications on the border of Ukraine with the Kursk region."

3/ "According to my information, not only were all these defense lines not built on time, but the structures themselves, for example, the anti-tank dragon's teeth, do not comply with [government standards]."

4/ "Let me give you a comparison: there is a Wagner line that Prigozhin built. Prigozhin bought one dragon's tooth for 2,500 rubles [$26], while the "military" bought it, according to some sources, 6 times more expensive – for 16,000 rubles [$167]."

https://x.com/LogKa11/status/1583095475627995136

5/ Kashevarova notes that the Kursk regional government signed contracts with the Kursk Region Development Corporation in 2022 and 2023, with a value of more than 12 billion rubles ($125.2 million). However, there were signs of serious irregularities in the contract by late 2023.

6/ She writes: "As early as last year, it was leaked to the local media that the state contracts were not being fulfilled and that the contracting companies were close to the governor and the local elite.

7/ "Since December 2023, a legal battle with the company that failed to fulfil the state defence contract has already begun.

8/ "In the summer of this year, a lawsuit was filed by the Kursk Region Capital Repairs Department against the Kursk Region Development Corporation in the amount of 2 billion rubles for failure to fulfil the state contract.

9/ "The fortifications, which were supposed to deter the enemy, were to be fully erected by 1 August 2024, but already on 6 August whole units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the Kursk region."

10/ Kashevarova concludes that "we can't rely on our elite, the budget money has apparently been siphoned off, and the state defence order has not been fulfilled."

11/ She laments: "I don't know how the President can keep from shooting these bastards, who not only set him up [to fail], they surrendered the territory and betrayed the country."

Source:
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