It is very regrettable that RosPil has to be distracted not only by crooks rigging government contracts, but also by certain representatives of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), who, instead of going after those crooks, operate on the principle of "better safe than sorry." Our relationship with the Moscow branch of the FAS is really deteriorating.
They recently appointed Rachik Ashotovich Petrosyan as head, and he apparently believes his job is to shield Moscow officials from trouble. We are extremely dissatisfied: Based on RosPil's complaints, Moscow antimonopoly officials issued legal assessments of the actions of government bodies purchasing goods and services with public funds in nearly a hundred procurement cases. In most instances, we proved that officials representing the Customer (a Department, Prefecture, etc.) had violated the law. Establishing such facts means, among other things, that the officials responsible should be held administratively liable. Were they held accountable? No. Rachik Ashotovich does not consider it necessary. RosPil disagrees with Rachik Ashotovich and filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office demanding that administrative cases be opened against all sorts of crooks (which is what the FAS should have done), and that the actions (or inaction) of officials and staff of the Moscow branch of the FAS be assessed as well. And here is the response we received:
the fact of unlawful inaction by the antimonopoly officials was confirmed (their failure to take measures to hold the responsible parties accountable); a formal submission was issued to the head of the Moscow branch of the FAS to prevent such violations in the future; the prosecutor's office independently opened cases against some of the contracting authorities. Dear Rachik Ashotovich, be a little bolder in doing your job. Following your official duties is not scary at all. And if it is scary, then why work in a place like that? Update: A response from the FAS