Sent to his mother

Vice-mayor of Moscow Marat Khusnullin, who previously worked in Tatarstan, broke through the conclusion of state contracts with companies that belonged to his mother through offshore. This was reported by the Russian branch of the anti -corruption organization Transparency International.

From 2001 to 2010, Khusnullin headed the Ministry of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Communal Services of Tatarstan. As TI found out in TI, by 2007 the main construction companies of the Republic of Tatselzhilkomkhoz, Vodokanalservis, Tatstroy were controlled by Averdix. It was owned by the London company Averdo Property Management Limited, headed by the UK citizen Rosa Khusnullina born in 1944.

The constituent documents of the British company indicate that Khusnullina was registered in the house in Kazan, which until 2011 belonged to Marat Khusnullina. "Given the date of birth and the address of registration of Mrs. Khusnullina, we believe that she is the mother of Marat Khusnullina," TI said in a statement.

The work of an official with firms controlled by his relatives is a conflict of interests, TI notes. Khusnullin had to notify his bosses about this circumstance. Whether this was done is unknown. TI prepared a statement to the prosecutor with a request to verify these facts.

Shortly before the transfer of Khusnullin to Moscow, his mother left the post of director Averdo Property Management Limited. The company was headed by Andrew the Seas Stuart. This citizen of Great Britain, according to Hermitage Capital Management lawyers, acted as a nominal director and owner of the companies in the money laundering scheme, which was revealed by lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

In August 2016, Transparency International has published an investigation about the activities of Khusnullin as vice-mayor of Moscow. It reported that the construction of the Timiryazev Park residential complex near the Oak Park became possible due to the fact that one of the founders of the LCD was a relative of the adviser Khusnullin. The Moscow authorities and Khusnullin himself did not comment on the investigation.

In November 2010, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin appointed Khusnullin as his deputy and head of the city construction department.

In 2013, Khusnullin said that it was not necessary to build affordable housing in Moscow. “It is impossible to build affordable housing in Moscow, and this is impossible, even if we want it,” he said. Vice-mayor explained that if the cost per square meter due to the construction of such housing will decrease to 2-3 thousand dollars, then the apartments of many Muscovites will fall in price, and another 5 million people will come to the capital. “Today we have the cost of housing is a limiting factor in migration to Moscow,” said Khusnullin.