The court appointed five years in prison to the ex-head of the information department of the Presidential Administration
The Meshchansky Court of Moscow sentenced Vitaly Nadraga, the former head of the information and communications department of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation (UDP), to five years in prison for abuse of authority when concluding a contract in 2018 for the purchase of software for UPD. This was reported to TASS on Thursday in the press service of the court.
“The court found Nadraga guilty of abuse of power and sentenced him to five years in a penal colony,” the press service said. They added that the civil suit was satisfied, 27,052,365 rubles were recovered from the ex-official. The prosecutor’s office demanded six years in prison for the defendant.
The court found that Nadraga was guilty of abuse of office when concluding a contract in 2018 to purchase software for the needs of the department. He himself does not admit guilt.
