Stepashin will check where the fabulous price of the stadium in St. Petersburg came from

The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation begins to verify the situation around the construction of the stadium in St. Petersburg for the flagship of St. Petersburg football - the Zenit club.

“Today we signed an agreement with the Accounts Chamber of St. Petersburg, we begin a joint check of financing for the construction of a football stadium in the city,” the head of the County Chamber of the Russian Federation Sergey Stepashin told Interfax .

“We want to check where 16 billion rubles have already gone and where the fabulous price of the stadium came from - almost 43 billion rubles,” Stepashin added.

The Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko recently stated that the money was not plundered , although the slow pace of construction is still associated with the unscrupulous use of the allocated funds.

"To believe that something was stolen, I personally do not have. The problems arose not through the fault of those who made a decision. The Japanese architect Kisa Kurokawa died during the implementation of the project, and other people had to bring it to the final stage," Poltavchenko reminded. "When everything was approved, we won the 2018 World Cup. In the sense, the right to carry out the project. stadium to increase its capacity from 62,000 to 68,000 spectators. "

The authorities of St. Petersburg have already spent 14 billion rubles from the city budget for the construction of the Zenit Arena stadium. As part of the targeted investment program, the costs of the stadium in 2013 and 2014 are provided for 5 billion rubles.

In connection with the unbearable estimate, the city authorities found a very original solution to problems with the construction of the arena - they intend to turn to the population for voluntary help in its construction.