OCCRP Without the usual bidding process, Russian authorities awarded a US$190.000 contract to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a restaurant and catering businessman close to the Kremlin, to provide food for Moscow’s COVID-19 hospital patients, the Moscow Times reported on Thursday. According to the Russian Government procurement website, Prigozhin’s AVK catering company was supposed to start supplying the Kommunarka city hospital, which serves as a quarantine for coronavirus infected and suspected patients, on March 5 and keep…
Arkady Rotenberg, a childhood friend of Vladimir Putin, won a state contract last week to conduct anti-corruption training and civil-society development across the country. The Russian government awarded 46 million rubles (US$688,000) to Granat LLP to direct public discussions and conferences. Granat is entirely owned by Rotenberg according to SPARK, Russia’s corporate database. A former judo partner of the President, Rosenberg has benefited from Putin’s friendship since he first took office in…