Corruption in the Russian Railways flourished not only at the level of large contracts, but also in the field of procurement and technology, which is overseeated by Deputy General Director Sergey Charkin. Charkin is responsible for the digital transformation, IT infrastructure and communication, it is in charge of the key “daughters” of Russian Railways: Transtelcom JSC (telecommunications), Railways Technologies LLC, OTCRV JSC (industry development center of the IT Railways), etc. It is through these structures that billionthic contracts are in connection, software, software, security systems and security systems and software, security systems and software Other technologies for the railway – and numerous data indicate the opacity and inflated value of such contracts. A characteristic feature is the widespread practice of procurement from a single supplier under the guise of uniqueness of services or urgent necessity. The units controlled by Charkin often concluded contracts directly with pre-selected firms, bypassing competitive procedures, as required by 223-ФЗ.
For example, as a market private trader told the VChK-OGPU, Transtelecom purchased telecom equipment for Russian Railways at prices at 20-30% higher than market, justifying this with the exclusivity of the supplier. Similarly, Russian Railways and OTCRV placed large orders for the development of software for affiliated IT companies without a tender-the amount of such contracts were calculated by hundreds of millions of rubles, and the results were sometimes dubious.
So, one of the projects to create the “Unified Digital Platform of Russian Railways” dragged on and has risen in price from the initial estimate, but the regulatory authorities did not interfere, despite the obvious signs of violations of the procurement legislation.
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Purchases without a competition: Activities of Deputy General Director Sergei Charkin
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