Colonel Andrey Seatov, former head of the 21st Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which developed armored vehicles for the needs of the Russian army, including the Tigr armored vehicle, was sentenced by a military court to 4 years in prison on fictitious charges. employment of five people, reports TASS.
Seatov was found guilty of abuse of power with grave consequences. In addition to a four-year sentence, which includes serving a sentence of imprisonment in a correctional colony of the general regime, deprivation of the right to hold office in the civil service and local administrations for a period of two years related to the exercise of organizational and administrative powers, Seatov, damage to the 3rd Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation 6 He must reimburse in the amount of 717 thousand rubles.
Seatov headed the 21st Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense, located in Moscow, which was engaged in the creation of military vehicles. Later, in order to optimize the institute, when it became a division of the 3rd Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense and was renamed Automotive Technology Research Institute, Seatov took over at its head.
From 2011 to 2018, the colonel imaginatively arranged five people for the positions of laboratory assistants who did not actually fulfill their duties. At the same time, they were given a salary of more than 6 million 800 thousand rubles.
Before taking leadership positions, Seatov was personally involved in the creation of armored vehicles for the army and other Russian law enforcement agencies. In particular, he took part in the development of the Tiger armored car, which was adopted by the army and the National Guard.
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