Browsing: Corruption

Is DOSAAF about to go bankrupt by selling its property?

Every year, DOSAAF sells hundreds of millions of rubles worth of entrusted property. According to The Moscow Post correspondent, Tsarskoe Selo Shooting Club LLC filed for bankruptcy of the All-Russian public-state organization “Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Aviation and Navy of Russia” (DOSAAF). This looks quite logical against the backdrop of the sale […]

Russian corruption fighter arrested in bribery case

The former head of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption (UEB and PC) of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Amur Region was detained on suspicion of bribery. This was reported by Interfax with reference to an informed source. A criminal case was opened against the former corruption fighter under […]

Deputy Alexei Kudryavtsev from the Duma in Irkutsk suddenly changed his position.

And diametrically, 180 degrees along the tram rails. Namely: on February 17, Alexei Vladimirovich took the initiative to remove trams from the streets of Irkutsk. He spoke directly from the podium, not in a narrow circle. A couple of days later, the deputy boasted that, together with his comrades on the commission for transport, communications […]

The case of Vyacheslav Symonenko smelled of self-arson

In Moscow, employees of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) and the FSB detained the former CEO of Merlion Vyacheslav Simonenko. Previously, he was a victim in an attempted murder case involving the shareholders of a large IT company. Then they were all released, and the investigating authorities took care of the ex-victims. The Main […]

Credit Suisse data leak exposes its customers – media

Leaked information from the Swiss bank Credit Suisse reveals the details of wealthy clients “involved in torture, drug trafficking, money laundering, corruption and other serious crimes,” writes The Guardian on February 20. The publication clarifies that it gained access to the bank’s data as part of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Details of accounts […]

Space loafers: an investigation into the theft of 13.4 million rubles from Roskosmos has been completed

The Main Investigative Committee of the ICR in Moscow has completed the investigation of the criminal case against the former director of the Center for Technical Re-equipment of the Space Flight Control Service (CTP) Vasily Ikomasov and his deputy Eduard Rodych-Semenchi. They are accused of fraud, Kommersant reports. According to investigators, the defendants in the […]

Petr Zaselsky. Dishonest government officials and law enforcers engaged in a conflict over two bottles of wine

They quarreled in the literal sense because of the “trifle”. The banker, now the former Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Petr Zaselsky, built schemes according to which state funds received through Rosatom and Rostec were safely “sawed”. Alla Laletina, a top manager of Rostec, was also a participant in these schemes. The “holder” of the […]

Adam Arsamakov was given money and loans to 'their'

Former vice-president of the Moscow Industrial Bank (Minbank) Adam Arsamakov was arrested in absentia. The son of Abubakar Arsamakov, the former head of one of the largest financial institutions in Russia, which is now being reorganized by the Central Bank, is accused of especially large embezzlement. Earlier, the arbitration found the Arsamakovs and 16 other […]

Vice Governor of the Tambov Region Arsen Gabuev may run into trouble because of his brother’s company

In the Tambov region, the brother of the vice-governor Arsen Gabuev became a defendant in a criminal case. Murat Gabuev is accused of non-payment of taxes for 75 million rubles. According to rumors, investigators have already begun to check his business, the Tambovstroymekhanizatsiya company, which regularly receives government contracts. In total, the company earned 7 […]