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The largest contract of the week across Ukraine (see the tournament table at the bottom) amounted to 655 million hryvnias for the construction of a protective structure for one of the critical infrastructure facilities in Zaporizhzhia region.
The local regional administration awarded this order to the «Kalmius» Construction Company. The same customer this week also awarded another contract to the same company for the construction of another protective structure with a value of 173 million hryvnias, which also entered the Top 10 of the week's procurements. All data on the deals are classified with government permission to conceal the estimated costs in procurements relating to infrastructure facilities.
This is the second time this autumn that «Kalmius» has been marked by giant contracts in the top ten nationwide. In September, it received 2,1 billion hryvnias in the Recovery Agency system for protecting substations. Then it coincided with the appointment of Ivan Fedorov as head of the Agency, who previously headed Zaporizhzhia regional administration, which awarded the contracts to «Kalmius» this week.
LLC «Kalmius Construction Company» is connected to the circle around Ivan Fedorov (the «Group of Ivan Fedorov. Criminal dossier»).
«Kalmius» received its first state contract in March 2025, two weeks after its establishment. At that time the firm confirmed its experience by showing a subcontract with another company «Pozitiv» for the construction of an underground gymnasium. This «Pozitiv» was later sanctioned by the Antimonopoly Committee for collusion on another tender. As a result, «Pozitiv» could no longer participate in subsequent tenders, and it was replaced by «Kalmius».
The company «Pozitiv», which provided experience for «Kalmius», was registered in Melitopol before the invasion when the mayor was Ivan Fedorov. It changed its registered address to Zaporizhzhia when Fedorov headed the regional administration. The firm belongs to Maksim Haiday — the former director of the «Vikonda» showroom. Earlier the owner was Melitopol City Council deputy Mykola Belyi, owner of «Vikonda-Zaporizhzhia».
The founder of «Kalmius» Danilo Sandirev was not previously known in large-scale construction. Before that he was engaged in sauna, fireplace, and chimney installation and still advertises this business on his own website.
Meanwhile the publication 368.media linked Sandirev to member of parliament Serhiy Mindko. In 2014-2019 years Mindko was the mayor of Melitopol, and his deputy at that time was Ivan Fedorov.
«Kalmius» is also connected with cooperation with the company «Morena SK», which rents construction equipment for the firm. It is «Morena SK» that figures in the Bureau of Economic Security's investigation into possible misappropriation of budget funds for fortification construction in Zaporizhzhia region. According to law enforcement, this company is controlled by former Melitopol City Council deputy Serhiy Bilyovola, who is the main suspect in the case.
Yuriy Nikolov, «Our Money»
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