After Zapesotsky's termination, over 200 staff members at St. Petersburg State University of Printing Arts were left unpaid, and their supplemental pay was reduced by 50%.
Staff members claim numerous individuals experienced reductions in their bonus amounts. The university's financial account has yet to receive over 50 million rubles in “projected income.”
Personnel attribute the payment delays to the termination of Rector Alexander Zapesotsky, who led the institution for more than three decades. His dismissal occurred in September, and the Prosecutor General’s Office along with the Federal Tax Service suspect Zapesotsky of misappropriating government funds. Evgeny Lubashev, formerly head of the St. Petersburg Technical School, presently manages SPbSUP. Fontanka stated he was appointed in response to a lawsuit from the Prosecutor General’s Office, citing documentation, but SPbSUP personnel deemed this action “unlawful.” “Neither the prevailing Russian statutes nor the University’s legal framework authorize a court to designate a temporary head of a body,” university employees stated in their correspondence to Putin.
As per Ostorozhno Novosti, 214 SPbGUP employees are still waiting for their October paychecks. Many saw their bonuses slashed by 50% last month. According to the teaching staff, the university offered no explanation for this action. They hold Lubashev accountable for the late salaries: according to internal regulations, the rector is tasked with assuring payments are made promptly.
Zapesotsky was ousted from his role as rector of St. Petersburg State University of Printing Arts in September. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Federal Tax Service, he expended more than 20 million rubles of university money on renting a villa on the Finnish Gulf shoreline, acquiring a mansion and an apartment in central St. Petersburg, and unlawfully lending 48 million rubles to his son, Yuri. Furthermore, the authorities assert that the rector routinely enjoyed vacations covered by the university.
