Officials will answer for the housing of orphans before the investigation – Incidents – Kommersant

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Bribes totaling about 17 million rubles. for patronage in the purchase of apartments for orphans became the reason for initiating criminal cases against employees of the Ministry of Property Relations of the Irkutsk Region. According to the investigation, officials gave preference to the same participants in public procurement and turned a blind eye to the fact that the housing purchased for orphans did not meet the standards for area and degree of wear and tear. The regional authorities were quick to announce that they had previously dismissed the main person involved in the case “based on the results of an internal audit.”

The Office of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) in the Irkutsk Region opened criminal cases against employees of the regional ministry of property relations under Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (taking bribes on an especially large scale) and Art. 200.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (bribery of an employee of the contract service). The reason for this was the materials collected by the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region.

“According to the investigation, the former employee of the ministry, the head of one of the departments, throughout 2020 repeatedly received bribes from individuals and representatives of legal entities totaling over 16 million rubles. for receiving housing under government contracts for the purchase of residential premises intended for orphans and children left without parental care. At the same time, the verification of the compliance of this housing with the established norms and requirements was not carried out. Another participant in the criminal cases was an active employee of the ministry. She received a bribe in the amount of 900 thousand rubles. for the creation of preferential conditions for some companies in the auctions for the purchase of housing for orphans, ”the ICR said.

The operative video released by the department contains footage of the arrest of two men. One of them was taken by representatives of law enforcement agencies in an apartment building, the second – in a country cottage.

As the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Irkutsk Region explained to Kommersant, the main person involved in the criminal case, suspected of taking bribes in the amount of 16 million rubles, was detained in a country house. The employee was not detained on the video; the video shows an intermediary in giving a bribe. The OMON and SOBR officers of the Rosgvardia Directorate in the Irkutsk Region also arrived at the addresses of residence of three intermediaries who participated in the transfer of bribes. One of them was placed under house arrest, the rest were given recognizance not to leave.

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Irkutsk Region put the progress and results of the investigation of the criminal case under control.

The department notes that the Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk arrested the main suspect for two months.

Officials did not disclose the names of those suspected of receiving and giving bribes. Kommersant’s source in the government of the Irkutsk region notes that the main person involved is the former head of the housing department of the regional ministry of property, Evgeny Ternovoy. The same name is mentioned in the messages of regional Telegram channels.

An official with this name and surname did indeed previously work in the ministry. According to the income statement for 2019, he reported income of 1.57 million rubles, as well as owned land plot of 20 acres, half of an apartment with an area of ​​76 sq. m, two parking spaces and a Volkswagen Passat car. In the declaration of employees of the ministry for 2020, the name of Ternovy does not appear.

The high-profile detentions of their employees were commented on by the government of the Irkutsk region. Deputy Governor of the region Ivan Kolpakov, in charge of anti-corruption issues, made a video message on the Telegram channel of the official publication of the government.

According to him, the regional government is assisting law enforcement agencies in investigating criminal cases opened against officials of the Ministry of Property, and the main person involved in the criminal case was fired from the regional ministry last year following an internal audit. “We have repeatedly appealed to law enforcement agencies on these facts. The result of this today is criminal cases. In relation to the second person involved in the investigation, they are now carrying out operational investigative actions, based on the results of which appropriate decisions will be made, ”says Ivan Kolpakov.

A Kommersant source in law enforcement confirms that the official was indeed fired in 2020. However, he managed to recover through court in the spring of 2021, receive the compensation due and resign on his own application.

The regional ONF also announced their involvement in the initiation of criminal cases, according to which the cases were opened after the appeal of the activists of the public organization to law enforcement agencies.

“We are talking about an investigation that began in 2020, during which we checked government contracts concluded with minimum assets for the purchase of housing in the secondary market, and revealed the facts of the acquisition of residential premises that do not meet the technical specifications of the auction documentation. So, according to the terms of the contract, the level of wear and tear of an apartment building should be no more than 40%. At the same time, a sample analysis showed that in 68 residential premises this indicator significantly exceeded the established norm. Similar cases were identified in the cities of Usolye-Sibirskoye, Cheremkhovo, Zima and the village of Belorechensky, “- reported with reference to the co-chairman of the regional headquarters of the All-Russia People’s Front in the Irkutsk region, Sergei Apanovich.

The regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not comment on this statement.

The case against officials of the Irkutsk regional government was the second in less than a year. In December last year, ex-Minister of Health of the region Natalya Ledyaeva was arrested on suspicion of large-scale fraud. She is currently under house arrest.

Vlad Nikiforov, Irkutsk

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