Huge thanks to everyone who helped us in one way or another with the tile raid.
Interestingly, while organizing the raid, we found out that the city had hired a special organization to monitor the quality of the paving tiles and paid 5.5 million rubles for it.
http://zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=1152891 It is unclear what exactly they are monitoring there, how they are doing it, or whether they are monitoring anything at all. We could not find the contract (even though it is supposed to be publicly available).
So, here is a huge report on the tile raid by apylaev and other brave tile inspectors.
All the tile raid data is organized here.
In total, 189 locations were recorded where the paving tiles need to be redone or repaired under warranty. A “location” can mean either a single pothole
or a specific instance of negligence,
or dozens of square meters of potholes and shoddy work:
Most remarkably, 102 (!!!) places were found where there are no tiles at all.
In other words, the tiles are supposed to be there, but they are not. That looks very much like fraud on an especially large scale, considering that for some places where the tiles should already have been laid, tenders are being announced for a second time, while the mayor’s office is hiding the completion certificates from everyone.
What we are doing next:
We very much hope that Sobyanin himself will file a request with the Investigative Committee to open a case; that is his direct responsibility. Both administratively and politically—after all, it was his arbitrary decision that led us to pour billions into these tiles.
If he does not respond, we will launch a public awareness campaign for Muscovites on this issue. Internet penetration in Moscow is excellent, so we will tell adults and children alike about Ira-the-Curb, Aerodromdorstroy, Gagik Aslanyan, Izolda Menshova, and the pneumatic carapace.
Once again, huge thanks to everyone who took part in the action. You are absolutely awesome!