St. Head of the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg, Igor Shikhovtsov, and lawyer Oleg Kasatenko were detained on suspicion of bribery. This was reported by Mash on Moika.
According to preliminary data, the lawyer gave 8 million rubles to the colonel of justice for resolving issues in criminal cases conducted by the police officer. Other details about the incident were not included in the broadcast.
On November 23, it was reported that a court in Mordovia convicted the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ drug department. In July 2022, a police officer received a bribe for providing official information, according to investigators. The money was transferred to him in a crypto wallet in the form of bitcoins. The transaction attracted attention after the first tranche in the amount of 2.5 million rubles. The court sentenced the defendant in the criminal case to 12 years in prison, during which he will serve in a maximum security colony.
21 November reportedHe said that the Chelyabinsk Central District Court arrested Alexey Yakovlev, Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the Field of Development of Specially Protected Natural Areas of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation. An investigation was launched on the allegation that the official received more than 1 million rubles in bribes.
Previously in Moscow sent The former Deputy Minister of Energy is under house arrest.