They came to the mayor with a gun // The head of Krasnodar was suspected of taking a bribe

In Krasnodar, mayor Andrei Alekseenko, who has been holding this post for just over a month, was detained on suspicion of corruption. The investigation believes that Mr. Alekseenko three years ago, being the first vice-governor of the Kuban, received a bribe in the form of a gun worth 1.6 million rubles. In exchange for a reward, he allegedly promised a local developer to help in drawing up an opinion on the compliance with the norms of a residential complex that was built with defects. Today, until evening, Mr. Alekseenko was interrogated by an investigator. A preventive measure has not yet been chosen for the official. The duties of the mayor of Krasnodar, according to the charter of the municipality, will be his first deputy Maxim Slyusarev. …