How "Putin’s massage therapist" became Moscow’s chief gardener

02.09.2022 Экспертно

There are several landscaping programs currently operating in Moscow. Konstantin Goloshchapov, also known as "Putin’s massage therapist", with his company "Zarubezhtsvetmet" participates in the development of funds in the project of the Moscow City Hall "Our Tree". How he does it — in the investigation of Rucriminal.info.

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As planned by officials, any family after the birth of a child can plant a personalized tree in parks and forest parks for free.

The second program, in which Goloshchapov’s structures and their firm participate, is Million Trees. From 2014 to the present day, Muscovites have been submitting applications for landscaping their yards through the Active Citizen project.

Half of all contracts for landscaping in Moscow are carried out by one company, which belongs to Konstantin Goloshchapov.

Half of the state contracts — and this is more than 10 billion rubles — was won by the Zarubezhtsvetmet company, which is controlled by Konstantin Goloshchapov, "Putin’s massage therapist", "Afonets".

At the beginning of its journey in the 2000s, Zarubezhtsvetmet partially re-profiled. To the construction / operation of non-ferrous metallurgy enterprises and the production of special silicate products, the task of “environmental protection” was added. The company even has a special department for environmental projects: since 2011, they have been landscaping Moscow and developing contracts.

Zarubezhtsvetmet has planted more than 70 thousand trees and has mastered more than 160 contracts, 146 of which are government contracts. According to public procurement data, all of them are for landscaping the capital.

Zarubezhtsvetmet is engaged in planting trees in the largest parks, squares, green oases of the capital, for example, Bitsevsky Forest and Pokrovskoye Streshnevo, etc., in addition, Goloshchapov took part in the landscaping of Zaryadye Park

Moreover, most of the contracts for the improvement of these territories are hidden, hidden from access.

Zarubezhtsvetmet gives its contracts to subcontractors. Usually the company attracts City of Dreams LLC to work. Until 2019, the City of Dreams itself periodically won contracts for landscaping, for a total of half a billion rubles. Now the general director of this company, Alexei Korobov, earns through subcontracts. By the way, he had a joint business — the Trofimovsky business center — with the former director of the Directorate of Mospriroda, Andrey Latypov (he held this position from 2016 to 2019). Korobov acted as the director of Trofimovsky, it is located next to Avtozavodskaya and now belongs to an offshore company in Cyprus, which is affiliated with Goloshchapov

the revenue of JSC ZARUBEZHTSVETMET in 2021 amounted to 1.7 billion rubles. She earns on contracts from Mospriroda, supplies of equipment to Cuba and leasing of offices on Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Lane, 12.

The Russian Athos Society is officially registered at this address. It was founded by Goloshchapov together with the ex-governor of St. Petersburg Poltavchenko in 2005, after the first visit of Vladimir Putin to Athos. This society is considered a "privileged club" of officials: one way or another, almost all influential civil servants under Governor Poltavchenko were included there. Businessmen Rotenbergs and Guryevs, as well as ex-Prosecutor General of Russia Yuri Chaika are connected with the society. After a trip to Athos in 2016, Sergei Naryshkin began to lead the foreign intelligence service. The temples on Athos were donated by Dmitry Medvedev, Patriarch Kirill and the current governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov.

Goloshchapov was friends with the late Patriarch Alexy, under him he oversaw projects, created various societies, and actively promoted the resolution of issues through the lobby of the Russian Orthodox Church, even then he carried out the mission of a peacemaker and resolved issues, remaining in the ranks of the Russian Orthodox Church in fact., in addition, Goloshchapov after leaving from the civil service, from where the head of the administration of affairs, President Kozhin, was removed (against the background of jealousy for influence), he became an adviser on interaction with the Russian Orthodox Church, the plenipotentiary representative of the President Poltavchenko.