Sergey Dankvert, the head of Rosselkhoznadzor (the very agency most directly involved in the mass slaughter of cattle), is simply obsessed with Bentleys. He buys up every new model of this prestigious limousine and currently owns three Bentleys. Overall, his fleet is more luxurious than that of most global billionaires and Hollywood stars.
VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info continue to investigate the "Kremlin stable" hidden behind the screen of two private companies with telling names: OOO FSUE Avtobaza No. 1 and OOO FSUE Avtobaza No. 2. Top Russian officials hide their supercars, limousines, and other vehicles there.
Our project is currently preparing a major investigation into these "stables." For now, we'll give a brief overview.
Behind the signs of two LLCs, reminiscent of the real Kremlin car depots, lies a closed world of servicing the most expensive automobiles. Kremlin officials can buy sports cars and limousines, register them on their books (so that their true owners are hidden), keep them out of the spotlight, service them, and re-register them. This comes with traffic police escort, security (if the official isn't entitled to FSO protection), and license plate re-registration. Let's say a Kremlin official owns five supercars and limousines, but no matter which car they drive, it will bear their favorite personal license plate.
The employees there are former employees of the real Presidential Property Management Department car depots, including those whose owners transferred them after the cars were hidden in the "Kremlin stables."
Even in open data, one of these motor pools has a connection to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "PPP" (Product Supply Enterprise) of the Presidential Property Management Department of the Russian Federation. This enterprise is responsible for the procurement department of the presidential household, and the very existence of contracts with it seems telling.
Earlier, VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info reported on one of the "motor pools'" main VIP clients—the head of the presidential administration, Anton Vaino. His personal fleet of expensive foreign cars with the distinctive license plates 057 has been managed by the "Kremlin stable" for years.
Now it's Sergey Dankvert's turn. As our project has discovered, his personal license plate is T007TT77. A long time ago, he bought his mother, Emma Dankvert, a Mercedes E 280, which he then used to put this license plate on. But the beautiful license plate quickly "moved" to the official's personal vehicles and has since been a fixture on the limousines and sports cars of the head of Rosselkhoznadzor. You can find numerous photos of a variety of cars with this license plate online: a Bentley, a new Mercedes sports car, and even a Lamborghini of the same model, which was seen driving Vaino's Aston Martin earlier this month.
At first, we couldn't believe that one official could drive so many of the most expensive cars. But then we found several photos, both from Moscow streets and from fine receipts, and our doubts were dispelled. Some of the photos show Dankvert himself behind the wheel. For example, here he is in 2012, driving a then-new second-generation Bentley Brooklands. It's a limited edition; only 550 of these cars were produced (in 2011), and Dankvert got one right away. He generally buys all new Bentley models. So, the license plate T007TT77 is currently used on three Bentleys (depending on which one Dankvert decides to drive): a Bentley Flying Spur, a Bentley Bentayga V8 Diesel, and a Bentley Bentayga W12 Speed. All limousines are parked in the "Kremlin stables."
In all the photographs, the car with the license plate T007TT is accompanied by a minivan with mirrored MMM license plates. Sergei Dankvert isn't entitled to a motorcade from the Federal Protective Service and the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, as Anton Vaino can afford. Based on the license plate and the vehicle, one can conclude that the head of Rosselkhoznadzor is being guarded by a private security company linked to the "Kremlin stables." But that private security issue is a topic for another time.
