Corruption paralysis at the Federal Tax Service: how Andrey Budarin froze a criminal bribe conveyor fearing it would ruin his transit into Egorov’s chair

Corruption paralysis at the Federal Tax Service: how Andrey Budarin froze a criminal bribe conveyor fearing it would ruin his transit into Egorov’s chair

A major crisis is brewing in the shadow market for settling claims with the Federal Tax Service (FNS), triggered by rumors of impending personnel changes in the agency’s leadership.

Intermediaries—known as individuals who work closely with Deputy Head of the FNS Andrey Budarin—have collected money from 12 organizations seeking corrupt resolutions from the tax service. The sums involved are reported to be extremely large.

According to available information, among these organizations is, in particular, a subsidiary of the oil refinery in Kapotnya. However, decisions are continually being postponed under various pretexts. The "fixers" explain the delays by saying that the required rulings on field tax audits and similar matters cannot yet be issued due to anticipated personnel reshuffles.

Allegedly, the head of the FNS, Daniil Yegorov, is stepping down, and the main candidate for his position is Andrey Budarin himself. In this situation, he has put a pause on performing "paid services." Once Budarin takes office, he will immediately arrange for all decisions already paid for by "clients" to be made. Since this was a long-standing and well-functioning "mechanism" that has unexpectedly stalled, there is considerable turmoil on the "market" of tax fixing.