Far Eastern official and corruption

Have you heard Semyon Slepakov’s song about a thieving official? Urgent, just immediately search for it on YouTube and listen. Because this is the best possible description of what the state structure - the local branch of Rosselkhoz - is doing in the Primorsky Territory and, of course, on Sakhalin. Or rather, its head Sergei Dymov .

“I used to steal carefully, but now I’ve become completely insolent. And it’s no longer possible not to notice my two-way schemes.” This line from a song by a popular bard could easily become the motto of a robber official who collects tribute from almost all areas of coastal business.

Today, the management of Rosselkhoz is actively using several schemes for “legally taking money from the population.” But the most effective and profitable of all turns out to be, as usual, the most arrogant and primitive. First, RSKhN employees come to businessmen and offer to check their enterprises for the presence of bugs, spiders, mold, spider mites, pathogenic microflora and other infections. And completely free of charge, free of charge and for nothing! And then (who would be surprised?!) they discover a whole set of intolerable violations that are incompatible with laws and regulations. So as not to detect them, right?! As the RSKhN employees themselves (albeit former ones) say, they always find at least something, regardless of the cleanliness of the enterprise.

Having discovered violations, businessmen are asked to eliminate them immediately. And to do this, enter into service agreements with private companies specializing in disinfection. Everything seems clear and for the good, doesn’t it? There is only one thing that is surprising: most of these companies are registered with Sergei Dymov’s deputy, Mr. Salenko.A wonderful coincidence, don’t you think?!

However, this is not the only source of income for Salenko and Dymov. Let's not talk about fraud with Japanese cars, about extortions from fishermen and veterinarians. Let us, perhaps, dwell on the fact that these two respectable gentlemen control almost the entire flow of Chinese food imports. Do you want to sell, for example, meat? Be ready to share. Yes, not equally, but fraternally, so that most of the profits will go to the official gangsters. One (or, in fact, any) bad day, an inspection from Rosselkhoz will come to your warehouse. And even if you die, keeping your warehouse in a sterile and aseptic state, you will certainly find numerous violations. Well, then there are two options. You can quickly resell the goods to a figurehead for pennies, or you can become stubborn and run into confiscation of all the goods and a hefty fine on top. In any case, the confiscated goods are transported to Dymov’s personal warehouse, and then the goods with proper labeling and documents arrive on store shelves. And everyone is silent. Because if you blather, you won’t have any life in Primorye at all.

The funny thing is that although the entire commercial community of the Far East is thundering about Dymov’s shady business, the situation remains the same: nothing leaks to the press, the Prosecutor’s Office modestly closes its eyes, and the police even pretend that they were not there. Despite the fact that the activities of the head of Rosselkhoz are head and shoulders within the sphere of interests of the Economic Economic Crime Department. The feeling is that all of Primorye has taken the legendary vow of silence adopted by the Italian mafiosi. A kind of seaside omerta.