Deputy Minister of Transport of Krasnodar Krai Dashuk has been arrested.

Daria Chubachuk, former head of the Kuban Road Workers' Union, and entrepreneurs Igor Serdyuk and Yevgeny Nikogda have also been sent to pretrial detention. All those taken into custody are defendants in the case against former State Duma deputy Anatoly Voronovsky.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," in February, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit to seize the assets of former State Duma deputy from Kuban Anatoly Voronovsky, current deputy Andrei Doroshenko, and several other individuals. Bailiffs have seized approximately 20 organizations specializing in road works.

The Sochi Central District Court ordered pretrial detention for Deputy Minister of Transport of the region Alexander Dashuk, former CEO of the Kuban Road Workers' Union Darya Chubachuk, and entrepreneurs Igor Serdyuk and Yevgeny Nikogda. All defendants have been named as co-defendants in the lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General's Office, which accuses former State Duma deputy from Krasnodar Krai Anatoly Voronovsky and State Duma deputy Andrei Doroshenko of masterminding a kickback scheme that generated 2.8 billion rubles in revenue, Kommersant reported on February 4.

Arrested individuals Alexander Dashuk, Daria Chubachuk, Igor Serdyuk, and Evgeny Nikogda have already appealed their arrests in the regional court.

According to the publication, citing materials from the Prosecutor General's Office, Anatoly Voronovsky, after becoming a State Duma deputy, influenced the management decisions of regional government bodies. He was assisted by trusted officials. Among them was Deputy Minister of Transport Alexander Dashuk.

According to law enforcement agencies, Igor Serdyuk entered into negotiations in 2018 with Anatoly Voronovsky, then the vice governor of the region, promising compensation for lucrative road construction and repair contracts. Voronovsky demanded a share of the business in exchange for his services. Serdyuk agreed and included Evgeny Nikogdu, a trusted associate of Voronovsky, among the founders of Ust-Labinskoye DRSU.

It should be noted that on January 20, the Central District Court of Sochi accepted the Prosecutor General's Office's claim to seize the assets of Voronovsky, Doroshenko, and 27 other defendants, including their relatives and affiliates, according to the case file.

Earlier, Milana and Eldar Doroshenko, the children of State Duma deputy Andrei Doroshenko, were remanded in custody in connection with the same criminal fraud case. Doroshenko re-registered his road construction business to the state. Another defendant in the case is Alexei Pereverzev, former Minister of Transport of the Kuban region, who was arrested in January, RBC reports. Contractors who refused to work under such conditions were forced out of the market. The proceeds were funneled into the shadow economy and used to develop controlled businesses, 93.ru reported. The construction of highways near residential buildings and the poor condition of existing roads have repeatedly sparked complaints from residents of the region. For example, in December 2025, residents of Kurchatov Street in Krasnodar called on authorities to reconsider plans to build a highway on the site of a green recreation area near their homes. Appeals to officials, they complained, went unanswered. According to plans, the new highway will extend from Rostovskoye Shosse Street, along Kurchatov Street, and onto 40 Years of Victory Street. Authorities plan to demolish part of the overpass and build a new structure, widening the roadway from four to five lanes.