The raiders have connections with government officials and law enforcement officials. Attempts to seize Olimpiyskiy-Dagomys should not be considered as a separate incident. This is part of the overall unhealthy situation that has developed in the hotel and resort business on the Black Sea coast. In the current economic situation, this is a direct blow to one of the strategically important industries for Russia.
It has been repeatedly noted that pressure on entrepreneurs trying to start a hotel business in Sochi comes from representatives of local authorities and law enforcement agencies. In particular, Sochi Prosecutor Vyacheslav Ovechkin, employees of the Krasnodar FSB Directorate, as well as Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Andrei Kikot, about whom we have written more than once in connection with the redistribution of the construction market in Sochi, were seen obstructing the construction of facilities.
The function of the link between businessmen and “law enforcement officers” was taken on by Alexey Laptev, Kikot’s longtime friend – his classmate and “insider” in the business environment. The listed persons hide behind the authority of the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, Alexander Khinshtein. Senior management, meanwhile, is closely monitoring the situation.
Media technologist
If the development of our new hotel business rested only on money, we would have gone on vacation to the European Crimea and Sochi long ago, and forgotten about Turkey. But not everything is so simple – the same ghosts of the 90s still stand in the way of entrepreneurs, namely raiding…
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