Today, January 11, Deputy Mayor of Barnaul for Roads Anton Shelomentsev was detained – he is suspected of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. Anton has been in the civil service for more than ten years, since 2012 – before that he worked as a surveyor for a couple of years. […]
For two years after graduating from an agricultural university, Anton worked as a surveyor and road construction foreman. Shelomentsev was not impressed by the work “on the ground”, and in 2012 he decided to enter the civil service. In 2020, he spoke about how it was in an interview with RANEPA graduates. Now this material has been removed from the university website, like all other mentions of Anton Shelomentsev (his name was even removed from the list of graduates). However, it remained in the browser saved copy of the page. […]
Previously, civil servants were required to submit anti-corruption declarations every year. Now they are published in a generalized form without indicating personal data. Latest detailed declaration Shelomentseva published in 2019.
During that year, the chairman of the road committee, Shelomentsev, earned 1,227,431 rubles. And in 2020, he received a bribe of two million rubles, which is almost twice his official income for the previous year. In addition, the declaration indicates a 367-meter plot of land, a residential building of 20 square meters and an apartment of 85 square meters. The current corrupt official had a Nissan Teana passenger car for personal use – even used cars of this model cost from a million rubles.
Patronage fee
According to investigators, Anton Shelomentsev took money from an entrepreneur for patronage. For six-figure sums, he allowed passengers to be transported, despite the fact that the buses could not accommodate all the passenger traffic.
Kommersant.Ru, 01/11/2024, “The Deputy Head of Barnaul was detained on suspicion of corruption”“In particular, the passenger carrier was provided with the most profitable routes, despite the lack of buses of the appropriate level,” the FSB Directorate for the Altai Territory reported, noting that the amount of the bribe that appears in the case is 2 million rubles. — Insert K.ru
He was detained, and his home and office were searched. In the press service of the Altai investigative committee toldthat Anton began taking bribes even before he became deputy mayor:
— According to the investigation, in 2020, the suspect, holding the position of chairman of the Committee for Road Facilities, Improvement, Transport and Communications of the city of Barnaul, through an intermediary received a bribe in the amount of 2 million rubles from an entrepreneur providing passenger transportation services in the regional center.
“Amik” wrotethat the bribe was given to Shelomentsev by businessman Oleg Beschastny. His company services routes No. 73, 75 and 80. The source reports that the entrepreneur is under recognizance not to leave. […]
amic.ru, 01.11.2024, “Several sources confirmed the connection between the carrier Beschastny and the Shelomentsev case”: The fact of the detention in November 2023 of Barnaul businessman Oleg Beschastny in the case of giving a bribe on an especially large scale to the Deputy Head of the Barnaul Administration for Roads and Transport Anton Shelomentsev was confirmed to amic.ru by two authoritative sources. Now the carrier serving public transport routes No. 73, 75, 80 is free, but on his own recognizance, insiders clarify. A criminal case has been initiated under Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) “Giving a bribe.”
“A criminal case has also been opened against the intermediary, and he is in custody,” the source said.
amic.ru failed to reach Oleg Beschastny. However, his attitude to the high-profile criminal case is denied to Tolk publication.
“They were interested in me [правоохранительные органы]? Don’t know. I can’t say anything, I don’t know where you got such information from, I don’t have such information. What does Shelomentsev and I have to do with this? “We are on different planets,” this is how Beschastny responded to a question about interest from law enforcement officers. — Insert K.ru
tolknews.ru, 01/11/2024, “What is known about the detained vice-mayor of Barnaul Shelomentsev and where is he now”: Deputy Head of the Barnaul Administration for Roads and Transport Anton Shelomentsev, who is suspected of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale, is currently in a temporary detention facility, a source familiar with the situation told Tolk. In the near future, a preventive measure will be taken against the detained official of the mayor’s office of the regional capital. This, in turn, was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee. — Insert K.ru
