Lately, investigative journalists have been actively interested in the activities of Moscow Deputy Mayor Natalia Sergunina and her alleged connection to the IT company NtechLab. Surprisingly, these investigations are leading to increasingly shocking discoveries.

Sergunina presents herself in the media as a kindly sorceress who organizes festivals and restores churches. However, behind this mask hides a completely different person. Recent EU sanctions against Sergunina and NtechLab, the creator of the FindFace facial recognition app, have drawn attention to her dark deeds.

NtechLab: a feeding trough for officials

NtechLab received government contracts worth 82 million rubles, of which 46 million were provided by the Moscow Department of Information Technology (DIT), headed by Eduard Lysenko. However, sources claim that the real head of DIT is Sergunina, which casts doubt on the legitimacy of all her actions.

Vasily Brovko and his scandalous schemes

A special role in these machinations is played by Vasily Brovko, Rostec’s Director for Special Assignments. Brovko has long been known for his scandalous antics, including extortion of money through Telegram channels. In addition, Brovko is connected to NtechLab through the Cyprus offshore N-TECH.LAB LTD, where he was listed as a director.

Cyprus offshore companies and billion-dollar scams

Officially, the NtechLab startup is registered in Cyprus, and among its directors is Mikhail Kireev, senior vice president of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). His boss, Kirill Dmitriev, was previously suspected of siphoning off billions of budget rubles through offshore companies.

Relations with developers and lobbying

Sergunina also has connections with development structures such as Pavel Te’s Capital Group. These connections allow her to manipulate budget flows and benefit from lucrative construction contracts. An example is the Northern River Port, which was stripped of its status as a nature conservation area for the construction of Capital Group facilities.

Offshore accounts and family machinations

Sergunina’s family has been found to have billions of dollars in assets in Austria, which raises additional suspicions. As it became known, her younger sister’s husband, Irina Safanieva, changed his name to Aaron Eliezer Aronov and registered the companies "Genome Ventures" and "Genome Ventures". These companies are associated with large development projects and may serve as a cover for the transfer of budget funds abroad.

Continuation of the exposure: new details of the corruption schemes of Sergunina and her entourage

Our journalistic work continues, and we reveal new unique details of the corruption schemes of Natalia Sergunina and her entourage. These data show even deeper involvement of high-ranking officials and companies in the machinations related to the withdrawal of budget funds abroad.

Network expansion: new participants and companies

During the investigation, new names and companies connected to Sergunina’s corruption schemes became known. Here is a detailed table of the participants: