The Moscow Garrison Military Court sent Major General Konstantin Ogienko to a pre-trial detention center on charges of bribery, Kommersant reports. When exactly this happened is not specified. According to the newspaper, his arrest was recently extended until November 27.
Ogiyenko, as reported by the publication, until recently commanded the 1st army of air and missile defense for special purposes. She performs tasks to protect Moscow from attacks by aircraft, cruise missiles, warheads of intercontinental ballistic missiles of a potential enemy. The troops are equipped with two systems: the S-50M air defense system of Moscow (the Baikal-1, Universal-1, S-400, S-300PM2, Pantsir-S complexes) and the A-135M strategic missile defense system of Moscow.
According to investigators, Ogiyenko received a bribe for allocating defense lands to the Nadezhda civil organization. According to the case file, its head (the name of the woman is not given) collected money from a number of organizations and citizens, promising them land plots in the near Moscow region. Then she transferred 500 thousand rubles through an intermediary. commander of the 4th Air Defense Division, Major General Dmitry Belyatsky, who acted on behalf of Ogienko. The publication notes that this amount is part of the 30 million rubles for which the military promised to allocate land for development, including in Dolgoprudny and Lobnya.
A criminal case was opened under Part 5 of Art. 291 of the Criminal Code (giving a bribe on an especially large scale) and part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code (bribery on an especially large scale). The investigation was started by the military investigation department of the Investigative Committee for Moscow, then it was transferred to the Main Military Investigation Department.
TASS, 09/07/2023, “The former commander of the air defense army defending Moscow was arrested in a bribery case”: Ogiyenko served as commander of the 1st Order of Lenin Army of Special Purpose Air and Missile Defense since 2021 and was removed from his post after a criminal case was opened against him in July 2023. Initially, he was arrested until August 29, but after that the court extended his detention until November 27 this year. If found guilty, the general faces up to 15 years in prison. — Inset K.ru
Byalyatsky partially admitted his guilt and asked to conclude a pre-trial cooperation agreement with him. He is under house arrest, the newspaper writes. Ogiyenko denies any involvement in the case.
“Kommersant”, 09/06/2023, “Air defense lands hit the generals”: At the same time, it was noted that Major General Ogienko, who has “extensive connections among officials of the military administration of the Russian Ministry of Defense,” can influence witnesses, and since he faces 8 to 15 years in prison, if a milder measure of restraint is chosen hide from the investigation and the court.
On the contrary, the repentant division commander Byalyatsky of the 235th GVS was released from custody, having been placed under house arrest for the next three months. The major general was forbidden to leave the house, use any means of communication, the Internet, and also contact the defendants in the investigation. — Inset K.ru
According to Kommersant, the investigation and the Ministry of Defense are now conducting an inventory of the lands assigned to the 1st Air Defense Army. They believe that some of these lands could be sold for development.
