Not even count. Why kickbacks are still scarce and the wages are not always

 

“Газета.Ru”

Illustration Alex Fevralev

In a situation when money in the budget is becoming less usual non-transparent scheme of realization of state orders begins to fail. Simply put, kickbacks and bonus money more scarce and the salaries have not always. In the end, workers are increasingly protesting, and construction — and the priority, from Baikonur East to the stadiums for the world Cup, require all new financial injections.

 

On Thursday it became known that to complete the construction of the first stage of the cosmodrome ” East “Spetsstroy” again, not enough money — this time about 7 billion rubles. And although “Roskosmos” hastened to declare that on building a dedicated all the necessary resources and additional trenches will not, we have to admit that in the news East falls not only with space but also with semi-criminal news about embezzlement, about the delayed salaries.

At the spring “straight line” the President instructed to resolve the issue with delays in wages for the builders of the spaceport, which he called “the main building of the country”. And the builders of the East again July 8, nearly went on strike — barely persuaded them to wait, once again promising full payment.

There is a fear, as if the East did not repeat the fate of the infamous “Zenit-Arena” on Krestovsky island in St. Petersburg, the construction of which is also listed under the control of the President. Despite this, the stadium is arguably the most expensive in the world (the total value of unfinished approached $1.5 billion), although it is still not completed.

A few days ago after workers staged a rally at the site, demanding payment of salaries, administration of St.-Petersburg has terminated the contract with the contractor for the construction of the arena. According to officials, the firm appealed to the administration with a request to once again increase the estimate, but there are unable to explain what happened previously allocated funds. “It seems that the problem of the solvency of the contractor associated with inefficient financial management and unreasonable diversion of funds from object”, — stated in the message of the city authorities.

Considering that the first stone of this building was laid in 2008, there are serious concerns not only in the fact that the stadium after the change of the General contractor time to finish the confederations Cup 2017, but that he, as planned, will be the main venue of the world championship on football — 2018.

 

Especially considering the fact that extra money in the country today, there and speed up the construction of the construction of the century through the “Golden rain”, as it was on the eve of the Olympic games in Sochi, probably, will not work.

As it became known “Газете.Ru” the Ministry of Finance in trying to save the budget proposes to transfer in the “waiting list” of 15 billion rubles. expenses that the program identified in the Russian 2018 world Cup. In particular, to save some 3 billion rubles for the construction of the stadiums. The total cost of the championship is already 166,8 billion. Moreover, the peak should be funding it next year.

In Russia there is a widespread view that corruption is a necessary grease that the economic mechanism that we have in the country is built. When most of the economy revolves around the budget and public contracts, otherwise, they say, does not work. Moreover, corruption is so widespread and so deeply rooted that it can already be considered one of the national scrapie, without which disrupted long-established the entire and all more or less satisfactory order.

While petrodollars in the country enough of all really satisfied with everything: part of the funding was spent through intermediary firms on account of, or otherwise affiliated with government officials, some were sawn, not very conscientious contractors, but remained on wages for those who directly performed the work.

In the context of a serious economic downturn, when money in the budget is less and I think they are more thorough, the existing balance has been disturbed: generally speaking, kickbacks and bonuses more scarce and the salaries have not.

 

The choice, in fact, is small: it is necessary or to seriously limit the appetite of those saws budgets, or reduce wages for those who work. The second is fraught with serious social dissatisfaction with the salaries in our country and so, to put it mildly, is small, and they are always delayed. According to Rosstat, the debts under the salary in the country last year grew by almost 15%, and “grey” sector of economy in the official statistics does not get. Delays in payment of wages are likely to occur in construction, as well as in industry and agriculture.

But to save myself accustomed to living is not widely used. In the spring report of the Prosecutor General says the country’s growing number of established facts of receiving bribes, almost half of corruption crimes in the country is bribing an official. In the end of construction fever, and even the priority of the state and under the personal supervision of top officials.

Based on the experience of the Olympics in Sochi and traditional practice drills, all necessary, at least for the 2018 world Cup, for sure will finish. Despite all the problems with financing and the sabotage of the contractors. But this does not mean that will complete well and that you do not need to spend money on dodeljivanje and remodel.

 

 

In the same Olympic Sochi today are forced to rebuild a hastily constructed building where as the builders, just “not enough time and money” for necessary work.

In the extreme case there is always the option to hire extremely cheap unskilled migrant workers, but then who can guarantee that the missile will fly from the East where it is necessary, and the stadium will fall on the heads of fans of the world Cup?

The problem is actually broader. The usual scheme, and the chain ceases to work not only in construction, a large construction sight and your little one a changing view raise questions. Much harder to track and understand why all of a sudden disappears markings on the roads, not loading a site with public services and in a children’s camp, where the city sends orphaned children, not enough beds.