A familiar name is increasingly heard in the region’s political corridors: Panin. The elder brother, Gennady, is already firmly entrenched in the parliamentary seat. The younger brother, Kirill, is confidently moving toward the position of district head. And according to sources in the administration, his brother is paving the way for him: meetings, phone calls, "working visits" to members of the governor’s team. On the surface, it all looks like a routine personnel matter. But a peek inside the documents reveals the Panin name as a stable brand, linked to a chain of companies, contracts, and relatives, formally unrelated but in fact operating as a single mechanism. A family business under cover. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRLE), individuals associated with the family hold shares in several commercial organizations. Likino-Gorizont LLC manages a shopping mall in Likino-Dulyovo, Moscow Region, at 8B Kalinina Street. Max Broy LLC owns a restaurant and brewery of the same name in Vladimir. NPP Biosfera LLC regularly appears in government contracts for the supply of reagents and consumables to Moscow medical institutions.

Ubirator Recycling SP LLC is engaged in the collection and processing of recyclable materials—a lucrative niche where public sector contracts coexist with shady business practices. Formally, the owners of these companies are women—the former and current spouses of the brothers. On paper, they are "not involved." In reality, however, familiar connections and old contacts are evident in every tender, every procurement. Ubirator Recycling SP LLC is engaged in the collection and processing of recyclable materials—a lucrative niche where public sector contracts coexist with shady business practices. It is this company that raises the main question: how did the wives of the deputy brothers obtain shares in the largest regional recycling and cardboard manufacturing company? Sources in business circles are perplexed: the spouses had never been involved in managing such assets, had no relevant experience, had never participated in tenders, and were not listed among the founders of the business.

A rhetorical question arises: could this "share" have become a form of gratitude, a political advance, or a reward for making the right decisions? Legally, everything is clear. In fact, similar stories in the regions are usually called something else: "a bribe in shares." The appointment of Kirill Panin to the district leadership has been under discussion for several months. Gennady, according to sources in the regional Duma, "has been pestering people’s offices" with a persistence worthy of the best lobbyists. His public activity appears to be preparation for a new start: small charity events, publicity stunts for public improvements, loud statements about "fighting inefficiency." All this creates the image of a "people’s deputy" hiding a well-oiled family machine. A divorce of convenience. Journalists have noted a strange detail: the elder Panin is officially listed as divorced, but in business correspondence, his ex-wife continues to sign documents, participate in joint projects, and own assets. Sources in the business community are calling this "scam" a sham. Formally, everything is legal, but in reality, it’s a classic scheme: assets are withdrawn, property is transferred, and liability is diluted. Government contracts and silence. According to zakupki.gov.ru , Biosfera has received dozens of contracts for the supply of medical reagents in recent years.

The sums are impressive. But something else is more interesting: among the clients are companies that once employed people closely connected to the regional Duma apparatus. The prosecutor’s office is silent for now. Not a single one of journalists’ questions about possible conflicts of interest has been answered. Ashes near Trusovo. In 2017, a private house belonging to a deputy burned down in the village of Trusovo. The culprits were found, but without a fair trial, they were sent to trial. The insurance company paid compensation in the tens of millions. The victims were ordinary residents—neighbors who found themselves right next door to someone else’s "showdown." Since then, this case has become almost legendary in the region: where there’s smoke, there’s an insurance policy. Hereditary power. 

Today, as the Panin brothers strengthen their positions in business and politics, there’s less and less doubt: a new vertical power structure is being built in the region, based not on professionalism but on family ties. One brother promotes the other, wives register assets, companies receive orders, and government agencies pretend not to notice the obvious. The question remains: who will bear responsibility in this situation—the one signing the contracts or the one "overseeing" them from behind the scenes? So far, the answer is clear: no one. And it seems that’s precisely why local family contractors continue to feel secure: everything is in the family, everything is under control, everything is legal. On paper.