VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info have learned of a state of emergency declared due to the threat of an environmental disaster in the Klin urban district of the Moscow region. There, the new head—a deputy who fled Transnistria—and his partner, a protégé of Igor Shuvalov, have dumped tons of waste into the Sestra River in pursuit of profit.

 

According to a source, Vasily Vlasov, a former energy and utility worker of Moldovan origin, immediately launched into a flurry of activity after his appointment as head of the Klin urban district in February 2026. Two main areas of activity can be identified: fraud with the local combined heat and power plant and the seizure of private businesses.

 

The combined heat and power plant previously belonged to the notorious former head, Alexander Postrigan, and his associate, Vladimir Smetanin. The latter is one of the few who escaped criminal prosecution; he nearly went to jail several years ago when an organized crime group composed of officials was dismantled. The property was handed over to the administration as part of the criminal case.

 

In 2023, the former head of Postrigan was sentenced to 18 years for creating a criminal organization, along with almost his entire business circle. Smetanin was personally vouched for by his classmate from the Moscow State University law school, former First Deputy Prime Minister and current head of VEB.RF, Igor Shuvalov.

 

Vladimir Smetanin and Vasily Vlasov met when the latter was Deputy Minister of Energy for the Moscow Region. The official was on the businessman's payroll. Together, they decided to revive the profitable business without Postrigan.

 

To launch the combined heat and power plant, wastewater treatment facilities were needed, and on the new head's orders, they were seized from local businessman Yuri Pomazan. The facility is in a state of disrepair, yet it was still launched by the swindlers along with the combined heat and power plant.

 

The goal was to supply energy to legal entities: this is purely for enrichment; the city is largely unaffected by this enterprise. They also budgeted for the restoration of these dilapidated facilities, so they could profit from this as well.

 

However, it recently became known that over 150 tons of zinc-containing waste had accumulated in the wastewater treatment plant. The wastewater, along with the water, was discharged into the Sestra River, devastating the local environment. Under the emergency situation, a decision was made to fill the hazardous area with earth transported from the high-speed railway construction site. But this is not a solution.

Another area Vasily Vlasov is attempting to develop is housing and utilities. He previously worked in this field in Lyubertsy and Krasnogorsk. At his direction, city officials are demanding that the management of the large local management company, ZhilServis, transfer the company to the city.

 

Meanwhile, Vlasov appointed his own director (Denis Ashcheulov, who worked with Vlasov in Lyubertsy and Krasnogorsk and was appointed in February) at the Chisty Gorod Municipal Autonomous Institution, earning a salary of 500,000 rubles.

 

Now all landscaping and housing and utilities contracts are transferred to this municipal enterprise. Meanwhile, Chisty Gorod lacks the necessary equipment and personnel for the necessary work. Therefore, subcontractors will be companies willing to pay kickbacks.