Sergey Kushnarev overestimated for 4 years probation
The ex-head of the public procurement department of the Ministry of Defense admitted “cutting” 323.5 million rubles. cleaning the premises of the ministry
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© IA “RBC”06/21/2023, Former head of the public procurement department of the Ministry of Defense was given a suspended sentence for embezzlement
Elena Chernyshova
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow sentenced Sergey Kushnarev, the former head of the public procurement and pricing department of the Ministry of Defense, to four years on probation in the case of embezzlement of more than 300 million rubles. when cleaning the premises of the department, the Kommersant newspaper writes. In addition, he was deprived of the right to hold positions in the public service and in local governments related to the exercise of organizational, administrative and administrative powers for two years. On court website it is reported that the sentence to Kushnarev S.I. according to part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code was issued on June 19.
According to the publication, the criminal case under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code (large-scale fraud) was initiated by the main military investigation department of the UK in June 2020. Kushnarev first passed through him as a witness, but in March 2021 he was detained and then arrested. In addition, charges of fraud were brought against employees of the Ministry of Defense Ivan Gnatyuk and Ruslan Besedin, as well as the head of one of the cleaning companies, Svetlana Maslennikova.
According to investigators, the department was provided with maintenance services for the premises, including cleaning them, at inflated prices. In total, 323.5 million rubles were stolen.
Kushnarev and Gnatyuk agreed to cooperate with the investigation. The ex-head of the public procurement department also compensated for part of the damage. Gnatyuk, like Kushnarev, received a suspended sentence.
“Kommersant”, 06/21/2023, “The military was served and robbed”: Once under investigation, Messrs. Kushnarev and Gnatiuk concluded pre-trial cooperation agreements with the Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office, under which they revealed the entire mechanism of theft, the participation of other persons in it and reported episodes unknown to the investigation. […]
The verdict of the Basmanny District Court, which was attended by the Kommersant correspondent, Mr. Kushnarev listened absolutely calmly (only the introductory and operative parts of the court decision were announced), and together with his lawyer refrained from commenting. — Inset K.ru
Besedin and Maslennikova plead not guilty. At the end of June, the Basmanny Court should begin considering the case against them. […]