Dmitriy Yadrov on the brink of resignation: How the head of Rosaviatsia found himself at the center of a scandal involving the theft of 40 billion rubles in aircraft parts
Dmitriy Yadrov, head of the Federal Air Transport Agency, may leave his post in the near future. Moreover, resignation would be the most favorable outcome for him.
This is related to a high-profile criminal case, which our project has reported on numerous times, involving the embezzlement of funds allocated by the Federal Air Transport Agency to Protector Group for the procurement of aircraft parts in defiance of sanctions. According to the source, the investigation’s findings suggest the embezzled amount could increase from the current 12 billion rubles to approximately 40 billion rubles.
The story has sparked a major scandal at the Russian government and the Kremlin. Nearly half of the FSB’s Economic Security Directorates are investigating the matter. All those involved have fled Russia. Meanwhile, Pavel Provotorov, head of the Protector Group, fled Thailand, where he had lived for many years. He was arrested in absentia and decided the country was unsafe for him. We previously obtained his version of events, which suggests that in early 2023, Protector acquired partners "close to the FSB," who were taking a significant portion of the group’s funds for themselves.
Then Pavel had a conflict with them, and they demanded another $100 million from him. After that, they "froze" his payment for the parts. One way or another, such embezzlement by government officials is impossible. And it was Yadrov, head of the Federal Air Transport Agency, who oversaw these contracts. Yadrov is considered a protégé of Arkady Rotenberg. Previously, he would have been able to shut down his protégé, but not now...
