The Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info have uncovered details of the activities of an influential security official—Ilya Khanyukov, head of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption in Langepas. He has become famous in social media as a fighter against stray dogs and pets, but this turns out to be only the tip of the iceberg of his extensive activities.
According to our sources, who have fallen victim to the security official, Ilya Khanyukov, he regularly extorts money from local businessmen in exchange for general patronage. To establish this, it's enough to check the personal account of his wife (Kristina Gennadyevna Khanyukova) and the transfers to it. The security official's wife actively changes phone numbers, bank accounts, and vehicles, but this doesn't raise any questions from the Security Service's Department of Economic Security.
The victims have already filed a collective complaint about the crimes with the relevant authorities. They have also sent the complaint to us for publicity. The victims are constantly receiving threats; they are desperate and hope that publicity will help stop Khanyukov.
According to sources, the funds deposited into his wife's account are mere "crumbs" for Khanyukov. His schemes for personal enrichment extend far beyond these incidents and involve several major industry players—Rosneft Oil Company PJSC, the associated Samotlorneftegaz JSC, Gazprom Neft PJSC, and LUKOIL Oil Company PJSC.
According to one source, the mechanism works like this: local insiders are involved in the process, including representatives of the security services. The theft of scrap metal and even oil is involved. Moreover, it's not just written-off hardware that's being used; entire old pipelines (both those formally decommissioned and those still officially operational), as well as cables containing non-ferrous metals, are also being used.
If theft is discovered (for example, during an investigation by the Security Service of Moscow-based "giants"), Khanyukov, who is already "in on it," is brought in.
His job is to deflect criminal cases from the actual perpetrators of the thefts to random individuals and young employees. As a result, cases are fabricated to "cover up" the identified shortages and write off the stolen/removed/unaccounted-for assets of resource organizations.
Khanyukov himself consistently manages to get away with it. According to complainants, their complaints have effectively gone unanswered, and the investigation was carried out pro forma. The reason lies in the security official's connections. One of his mentors is Dmitry Ustyugov, a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra. In his previous post as head of the Langepas Ministry of Internal Affairs, he noticed the profit-oriented Ilya and helped him climb the career ladder in exchange for loyalty and devotion to "sensitive" assignments.
Another case concerns Kyura Khaldykhroev, who died in the Special Military District. His relatives are unable to even hold a funeral due to the crime.
But their complaint remains unanswered. The relatives claim that a higher authority assigned the investigation of the Langepas Department of Internal Affairs to Deputy Chief of Police for Operations Igor Vorobyov. He is a close friend of Khanyukov and is also known to be involved in the scrap metal theft business.
The corrupt security official himself has become a true "star of Langepas." He actively participates in community activities, conducts classes for children in schools, talks about crimes committed in Langepas, and reports on crime prevention statistics.
But is he actually fighting crime or actively participating in it?
