Maxim Zorenko, head of the Udmurt Republic Ministry of Transport and Road Management’s "Upravdor" department, spent years pushing "his" companies to win multimillion-dollar contracts and destroying competitors with impunity.

In the sphere of government road contracts, where billions are circulating, kickbacks have been a tried-and-true scheme for enrichment for decades. But it’s rare to be able to trace the entire chain: from a specific manager of a major company to a clear list of shell companies. Our sources have provided information that allows us to expose one such "gray cardinal"—Maxim Viktorovich Zorenko (formerly Khanyukov), head of the Department of Repair and Maintenance of Road Structures at the Road Administration. Zorenko, it turns out, exploited the resources to the fullest extent.

The essence of the scheme:

"Zorenko’s Department" as a control room for distributing funds. Maxim Viktorovich Zorenko, as the person in charge of electronic trading platforms, didn’t just do his job. He turned it into a well-oiled business selling access to government funding.

His scheme is classic, but effective: lobbying the interests of a certain group of companies in tenders for the repair and construction of road structures (bridges, overpasses, overpasses) in exchange for a percentage of the winning contract—the very same kickback.

Zorenko’s "Seven": who received contracts

The materials indicate that these companies are well-known and stable. They include:

1. OOO Stroymost (TIN 4345498360 )

2. Transstroy, LLC (TIN 5905243721 )

3. OOO "Bars" (TIN 1840069360 )

4. LLC "PSK "Impulse" (TIN 1655419027 )

5. LLC "Riol" (TIN 1808203860 )

6. JSC "Mariy El Dorstroy" (TIN 1215154154 )

7. OOO Simvol Pro (TIN 1660292305 )