The Russian Audit Chamber revealed instances of unreasonably
high costs and inefficiency of the OJSC "Resorts of the North
Caucasus" (CSC), auditor Sergei Agaptsov announced today.
The Chamber has questions about the agreement with the company
"Rosengineering" for 1.1 billion rubles. "We have thoroughly analyzed
the whole contract and realized that it is almost impossible to
understand it," Agaptsov noted, explaining that the documents had
repeatedly been reapproved and many points were corrected. "The question
is how justified is the mediation between the two companies?" he
asked, quoted by ITAR-TASS.
In addition, Sergei Agaptsov complained that the concept of the
Northern Tourist Cluster, for the development of which 277 million
rubles were allocated in 2011-2012, has been rewritten five times, but
has not yet been approved by the Russian government.
Agaptsov pointed to the overstated costs of the project positioning
(176.4 million) and travel management (64.8 million).
The Court of Auditors is concerned with the legal status of land as part
of a special economic zone in the North Caucasus. "Implementation of
the commitments took place with a lag of one year. An inventory of the
property has not been performed. Unresolved issues of land use delayed
the start of work in these areas and have a negative impact on
attracting investment," Agaptsov told reporters.
In conclusion, the auditor noted that an audit of the CSC was planned,
and the results will be sent to the Federation Council, the FSB, the
Prosecutor General, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of
Economic Development. The Chamber sent a
letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which will outline the
situation of violations of "Resorts of the North Caucasus."
"I think there is prospect of work, of course. We believe that the project
should be developed, and defects should be eliminated," Agaptsov said. He
pointed out that the Chamber has previously analyzed the activities of the
CSC in the process of checking the effectiveness of the use of funds
for the creation of special economic zones in the years 2006-2011. "We
looked at the beginning, but then drew attention to
cost-effectiveness. Then the CSC directorate promptly responded to the comments
of the Chamber and took action the auditor said.
