The Kirovsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced the former vice-governor of the Rostov region to four years on probation Sergei Sidash for abuse of power during the construction of the Rostov Arena stadium. It is reported by “Kommersant”.
Two more defendants in the case – the founder of the Dontranshydromechanization company Valentin Levanov and its CEO Andrey Androsov – received five years probation for fraud.
“Kommersant”, 10/25/2022, “The verdict was built on the sand”: According to the investigation, the Dontranshydromekhanizatsiya company supplied fine-grained sand to the Rostov Arena construction site instead of the higher-quality coarse-grained sand provided for by the project. The replacement of the material was not reflected in the estimate, and the supplier was paid 474 million rubles. like coarse sand. The prosecution believes that the cost of the material actually used was 80.7 million rubles. less. – Sidebar K.Ru
According to investigators, the ex-deputy head of the region allowed the supply of cheap fine-grained sand to the construction site instead of more expensive coarse-grained sand, as a result, the budget was damaged by 223 million rubles. The Russian official was arrested on May 22, 2019. During searches, a collection of elite watches worth a total of about 116 thousand dollars, large sums in rubles and foreign currency, jewelry and portraits, in which he is decorated with orders and medals, were found in his possession.
Sidash was Minister of Housing and Utilities of the region from 2010 to 2015, and then served as an adviser to the governor for a year – until his appointment as vice governor for housing and communal services, construction and architecture in September 2016.