Russian national Svetlana Chestnykh, recently mentioned by Gazeta Polska in connection with business and social ties to Sejm Marshal Włodzimierz Czarzasty, ran a company between 2013 and 2019 together with a woman who is an extremely trusted figure in the Kremlin. She owns construction companies that built Putin’s palace, as well as firms handling the maintenance and repairs of the property.
Gazeta Polska recently revealed unclear business and social relations between Włodzimierz Czarzasty and Svetlana Chestnykh, who has links to the Kremlin. At the same time, it turned out that the leader of the New Left (Lewica) has long avoided completing a security questionnaire and undergoing verification by the services to obtain a security clearance. This, however, is not the end of the controversy, as the portal Niezalezna.pl determined that Czarzasty sits on the board of the Great Blue Foundation (Fundacja Wielki Błękit), whose president is Marian Kubalica, openly supporting Vladimir Putin, spreading Russian propaganda, and attacking Polish activists, such as Andrzej Poczobut.
New information emerging in this case only heightens the doubts.
Svetlana Chestnykh – New Facts Shock
According to Stanisław Żaryn, Chestnykh’s business partner until recently “was a woman responsible for building and managing Putin’s palaces and renovating buildings for the Federal Protective Service”. The details show that ties between such a person and the Sejm Marshal could be truly dangerous.
The advisor to the President of Poland reports that 13 years ago a company was established in Russia in which Czarzasty’s associate held a share. Among the people with whom Chestnykh conducted business was Asya Lvovna Borisova – a trusted Kremlin figure, repeatedly described as “high-ranking” in the Moscow regime. This resulted in numerous contracts, including reconstruction projects commissioned by the Federal Treasury.
“Her companies have for years been responsible for managing buildings personally owned by Putin; she was assigned construction work at Putin’s Gelendzhik Palace (!). Russian sources describe her as a contractor for the Federal Protective Service, which acts in Russia as Putin’s trusted personal guard with broad powers in the country’s security sector,” wrote Stanisław Żaryn.
Lvovna reportedly felt so confident that even… Putin’s security reportedly followed her instructions.
Czarzasty’s Associate in the Kremlin’s Inner Circle
Lvovna’s involvement in high-profile projects such as the construction of a secret Putin palace – an enormous luxury residence built in secrecy – means one thing: she belongs to the most trusted circle of the Russian leader. Otherwise, she would not have been allowed to participate in the project, manage other Putin palaces, or receive security-sector contracts from the Russian Federation. Anyone admitted this close must be under the control of Russian intelligence. In Russia, this oversight extends to collaborators, meaning even Lvovna’s formal contractors would have been subjected to verification by Russian special services. This clearly indicates that Svetlana Chestnykh must belong to a circle of very close and trusted individuals. Otherwise, her business conducted for several years with Lvovna could not have succeeded,” commented Żaryn.
According to the advisor to the President of Poland, Chestnykh should be regarded as “an asset at the disposal of Russian intelligence”. “Her activities must be backed by the services currently conducting an increasingly aggressive intelligence war against Poland,” Żaryn pointed out, adding, “The scale of her involvement in the Kremlin’s closest circles must be treated as a real threat to Poland. Everything indicates her deep embedding in the Russian power environment and security structures.”
Żaryn believes that the Sejm Marshal’s connections with such a person create serious risks for Poland from Russian intelligence. Meanwhile, during the National Security Council session, Czarzasty remained silent when the point concerning his social and business contacts with the Russian woman was discussed.