‘The inquiry into affairs of IrtyshHydroSpetsStroy (part of Noviy Grad, the developer) is still going on,’ said Vladimir Chechkan, officer of Administration of Internal Affairs of Khanty-Mansiyskiy Autonomous Region.

‘Right now, the criminal suit is at the investigation stage. The first results will probably be obtained within a month,’ he explained.

IrtyshHydroSpetsStroy (part of Noviy Grad) is accused of doing construction work without proper permissions and papers.

‘The violations mostly have to do with the lack of papers needed to do any construction work; the company, for example, has already started putting up its third building (that is, the socle is already there), yet they still have no design estimates. There was no building permission, either,’ Director of Federal Legislation Compliance Department of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region public prosecution body Larissa Artemieva said to UrBC representative.

IrtyshHydroSpetsStroy was run by Andrei Repeta, brother of the former GD of Noviy Grad Yuri Repeta. The corporate website also gives the name of IrtyshHydroSpetsStroy as one of their contractors.