Oleg Trofimov. Photo: administration of the Tomsk region FSB General Oleg Trofimov has no biography. Until this moment, it was not even known when he was born. The security officer and his family drive a Mercedes and BMW X6, registered to an 80-year-old pensioner. The new BMW X3, which the general’s daughter drives, is registered to another old woman, whose accounts contain only 13 thousand rubles. “Protocol” found out how the family of the head of the FSB department in the Samara region lives.

The Krasnodar Regional Court released former vice-governor Andrei Korobka from a pre-trial detention center. Instead of detention, he was given a written undertaking not to leave the place and proper behavior. Russian courts make such decisions extremely rarely. About 98% of requests to extend the arrest are granted. Andrey Korobka Two sources of the Protocol claim that Veniamin Kondratiev traveled to Moscow amid rumors of his own resignation.

The Krasnodar restaurant “Homeland of Southern Cuisine” serves khachapuri, khinkali and baked pepper muhammara for 520 rubles. Among the co-owners of a company associated with the establishment, a person was discovered who the investigation considers one of the creators of the largest Russian-language drug marketplace, Hydra. His business partners also worked with billionaire Sergei Galitsky, managed municipal parks in Sochi and appear in high-profile court stories.

The Ust-Labinsky District Court fined “Project” journalist and co-founder of “Protocol” Alexander Savelyev 10 thousand rubles for “participation in the activities” of an undesirable organization, the Agency reports . The reason was the study of the “Project” “Fathers and Grandfathers” about nepotism among officials, where Savelyev is listed among the authors.

Анна Леонова Anna Leonova was born in Krasnodar and as a girl bore the surname Ant. In 2006 she graduated from the Kuban State Technological University, and five years later from the Kuban Socio-Economic Institute. She began her career at the State Labor Inspectorate of the Krasnodar Territory, then worked at the regional Ministry of Economics and the State Legal Bureau.

Investigative journalist Hristo Grozev said that billionaire Oleg Deripaska finances the activities of Russian intelligence services and is trying to use them to crack down on journalists with whom he has personal grievances. Grozev spoke about this in the “Nuances” program on the Dozhd TV channel.

In October 2017, on Selezneva Street in Krasnodar, people were preparing to protest against the cutting down of trees. But the place of the picket was taken by supporters of improvement carried out by the mayor's office. Among them, activists identified officials dressed in colored robes. They named Maxim Onishchenko, then the head of the city department of improvement and sanitation, as one of the leaders of this counteraction. In five years he will become vice mayor for urban affairs.

Photo: Krasnodar TV channel In November 2019, Krasnodar Mayor Evgeny Pervyshov introduced the new head of the finance department, 32-year-old Alexander Chulkov, to deputies. In ten years, he went from leading specialist to deputy director. The mayor called his appointment an example of the work of the personnel elevator. Chulkov rose in the department, where the leading position had long been occupied by his mother Elena, who worked for many years as deputy director.

“The first deputy is my right hand , ” Krasnodar Mayor Evgeny Naumov explained to reporters in January 2024. Then the City Duma approved the appointment of Dmitry Vasiliev to this position. According to the mayor, his deputy knows “all the problems, all the working mechanisms of the big administration . ” And, apparently, Naumov did not lie.

Alexander Kosivchenko. Photo: administration of the Krasnodar region Since October 1, a new Ministry of Regional Security has been operating in the administration of the Krasnodar Territory, the administration’s press service reported . It was headed by 56-year-old Alexander Kosivchenko, who for the last seven years has headed the apparatus of the regional anti-terrorism commission (ATC). The ministry was announced only now, but Governor Veniamin Kondratyev signed the decision on July 31.

The Project publication published a database of flights of Russian officials and their relatives who flew on private planes. “Protocol” figured out what was in it about Kuban. Former governor Alexander Tkachev flew on business jets many times from 2014 to 2023. These trips cost about $2.3 million. His relatives, the current governor Veniamin Kondratyev, Kuban State Duma deputies and the “golden judge” Elena Khakhaleva also flew on such planes.

Deputy Alexey Tkachev State Duma deputies from Kuban Alexey Tkachev and Ivan Demchenko were among the most active passengers of business jets among Russian officials. This follows from the “Fellow Travelers” database , which was published by the Project. It collects data on border crossings on private jets in 2014-2023. In the same database, deputy Alexey Ezubov topped the rating of civil servants in terms of the number of flights on oligarchs’ planes.

Elena Khakhaleva / Screenshot: “Russia 24” In the “Fellow Travelers” database, which was published by “Project,” there were flights of two defendants in high-profile Kuban criminal cases: former judge of the Krasnodar Regional Court Elena Khakhaleva and Sochi businessman Ruben Tatulyan, nicknamed “Robson.” Both left Russia, their property in Russia was confiscated due to claims by the Prosecutor General's Office.

Billionaire Michel Litvak, whose port holding OTEKO is building terminals on the Taman Peninsula, provided his plane to the governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Veniamin Kondratyev. This follows from the “Fellow Travelers” database , which was published by the Project. Michelle Litvak In May 2018, Kondratiev flew on a Global 6000 associated with Litvak to Berlin and back. With the governor were State Duma deputy Ivan Demchenko and Vasily Shvets, who later became the mayor of Anapa.

Still from the operational shooting of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Krasnodar Territory On September 29, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 41-year-old Krasnodar resident Igor Karlov to 18 years in a maximum security colony and a fine of 470 thousand rubles, the court’s press service reported.