Belgorod’s Sverdlovsk District Court detained the former mayor of Belgorod, Anton Ivanov, for two months in a bribery case. It has been reported DEA News.
“Choose a measure of restraint in the form of detention for a period of two months,” Judge Andrey Alexandrov said during the trial.
formerly Ivanov detained on suspicion of taking a large bribe. The investigation believes that the official received at least 8.5 million rubles. A criminal case was opened against the deputy governor.
In December 2021, Ivanov was elected head of the Belgorod administration and announced his resignation at the end of October last year. His decision was supported by the head of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Also in Bryansk will judge Head of department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for trying to take a bribe. The investigation revealed that a law enforcement officer promised a representative of a commercial organization that his company would not bring its employees to criminal liability if he paid him five million rubles.