As VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info discovered, Gazprom Neft, together with Anton Alikhanov's Ministry of Industry and Trade, established a supply chain for sanctioned mechanical engineering products to Russian companies through JSC ISources. The enormous cash flow there is overseen by Yevgeny Kozhevnikov, a former top manager at the procurement branch of Russian Railways and now deputy chairman of Gazprom Neft.
Digital Procurement Services, which was renamed ISources in 2025, is integrated with the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. Since at least the summer of 2022, its domain has hosted an "industrial marketplace"—a specialized platform called ISources.Reserve, which was developed and integrated with the State Information System of Industry of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade "for the purpose of facilitating the procurement of priority foreign products by Russian industrial enterprises"—or, in other words, for procurement that circumvents sanctions.
The company systematically handles import purchases—in total, it has registered more than 230 certificates and declarations of conformity for goods with the technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). For example, in 2025, ISource declared a metalworking machine imported from India, naming the Indian company PRANA SMART ENGINEERING AND ROTATING EQUIPMENT PRIVATE LIMITED as the manufacturer. According to the Indian partner's customs records, this is a CNC machine (the export of such equipment to Russia is subject to sanctions by the EU, UK, and US), and the Indian company shipped a total of four such machines to Russia. The "manufacturer" of this complex equipment was registered in November 2023 in a New Delhi neighborhood. PRANA SMART ENGINEERING AND ROTATING EQUIPMENT has no workshops or production facilities. The company's listed manager is Rajesh Kumar. According to his LinkedIn profile, he previously worked for over 20 years at the American oil and gas corporation Chevron, in its Thai branch. A person with such expertise and connections in Thailand and India is ideally suited to create a "smart engineering bridge" that locates the necessary equipment worldwide and then supplies it to Russian partners on behalf of his company.
Isource imported another CNC machine from Turkey, listing the Turkish manufacturer ETS TEKNIK MAKINE SAN. DIS.TIC.LTD.STI as the manufacturer. However, this company does not manufacture CNC machines, but vacuum cleaners and carpet cleaning and washing machines.
Serving the "good" of the country allows Kozhevnikov to engage in "shady dealings" almost openly.
Isource, among other things, handles government procurement for companies within the Gazprom Neft system. In less than three years, according to aggregator data, the company has published approximately 9,000 procurement orders. Isource lists these orders on Gazprom's corporate platform without a starting price.
In 2025, ISource, a company with a registered capital of 10,000 rubles, posted revenue of 158.5 billion rubles (+50.5 billion compared to 2024, or 46%) and net profit of 2.2 billion (+0.2 billion compared to 2024, or 11%). Judging by these figures, the company's margins continue to decline: revenue is growing much faster than profit. Despite this, ISource's management has invested 30 billion rubles at a paltry 6-7% annual interest rate. Overall, the company generously lends money, yet its full financial statements are not published.
ISource last disclosed information about its activities and management in 2023. According to these data, its board of directors is chaired by Evgeny Kozhevnikov, former head of the Logistics Department at Gazprom Neft PJSC and deputy chairman of the company's management board.
Kozhevnikov, originally from the Tyumen region, once lived and worked in Yamal. Before joining Gazprom Neft, he worked at Roszheldorsnab, the supply branch of Russian Railways, where he held the position of deputy director. It was during his tenure that a scandal erupted at Russian Railways over the purchase of a luxury Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic L worth 8.9 million rubles, and the company, headed by Oleg Belozerov, took first place in the "Index of Wastefulness of Government Agencies and State-Owned Companies." Kozhevnikov's boss was ultimately dismissed with a bang, and he was eagerly hired by Gazpromneft-Snabzhenie. Clearly, through connections.
For several years at the turn of the 2000s, Kozhevnikov worked at PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AUDIT (PWC), the same firm where Ilya Sosnov, who later became deputy general director of Sibur-Russian Tires, also worked. This company belonged to Sibur when Alexander Dyukov took over, and was later sold to Dyukov's longtime friend, Vadim Gurinov. Ilya Sosnov also owned a stake in the offshore company PUNCH INVESTMENTS LTD, along with Gurinov and former general director of Sibur-Russian Tires, Dmitry Sokov. Ilya Sosnov had previously joined the "Dyukov group," while Kozhevnikov only joined Gazprom Neft structures in 2016. Prior to that, Kozhevnikov had his own business—a stake in EconEnergy Solutions LLC.
As our project previously reported, Kozhevnikov, After taking up the post of Director of the Directorate for Procurement and Capital Construction of PJSC Gazprom Neft in early 2023, he replaced the old team, dismissed subordinates he did not like, and He placed his own people in the leading positions to do all the dirty work for him, collecting kickbacks from absolutely all equipment and service suppliers.
Kontanov became Kozhevnikov's right-hand man, taking the position of Deputy Executive Director for Operations, INTI, and Import Substitution. His responsibilities included collecting kickbacks from domestic enterprises. These included all relatively large Russian plants, supplier companies included in the vendor list of Gazpromneft-Snabzheniya LLC, the Department of Large Projects of Gazprom Neft PJSC (selecting EPS contractors for the Moscow and Omsk Oil Refineries), Digital Purchasing Services JSC (now ISource), and so on. Konstantinov personally, on Kozhevnikov's orders, held all meetings with all major factories and equipment suppliers across Russia. He assigned kickback percentages, discussed schemes for rejecting "inconvenient" suppliers (factories), and always negotiated the amount of the monetary compensation (kickback) and the methods of delivery on the spot.
Of course, Kozhevnikov doesn't forget the interests of his handlers. Kozhevnikov is promoted at Gazprom Neft and supported by the billionaire brothers Dmitry and Oleg Polyakov (co-owners of the company Peton). The Polyakovs provide Kozhevnikov with cover, and in return, he coordinates all the attractive contracts with them. And this support is powerful. The Polyakovs are close with Kurnosenko, the head of the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Combating Corruption (GUEBiPK), Dyumin, the Secretary of the State Council, and Kochnev, the head of the Federal Protective Service. Oleg Polyakov also provides support to Gazprom Neft CEO Dyukov through the Kurnosenko-Dyumin-Kochnev group, promising him the position of Gazprom CEO in place of Miller.
In turn, Kozhevnikov's interests are represented by Vladimir Osmushnikov, the former First Deputy General Director of Gazpromneft-Lubricants, whom he finances through the same ISource.
Digital Procurement Services (IROS) has been the primary structure in these corruption schemes since their inception. Only their "in-house" suppliers are invited to tenders for the supply of equipment and services for Gazpromneft-Snabzhenie LLC and others, with the help of these suppliers, the "businessmen" at Gazprom Neft PJSC regulate the tender prices. Therefore, the "right supplier" is always selected from among their "in-house" subordinate companies. These include the entities identified by Polyakov, the entities identified by Dyukov, and entities within Kozhevnikov's orbit, under the protection of Osmushnikov.
These "hand-me-down" companies are included on a closed list of suppliers and are included in the mailing list for all "interesting" tenders, which are approved and awarded at Kozhevnikov's personal direction. Konstantinov is responsible for receiving kickbacks from some suppliers not affiliated with the aforementioned entities. This amount averages 20% of the contract value excluding VAT. According to the source, the money can be transferred either in cash or to specified accounts of shell companies in Russia or Hong Kong.
