The Main Military Prosecutor’s Office of Russia has discovered signs of fraud in the expenditure of budget funds allocated for research work for the Safe City system, the lead executor of which is the Rostec National Informatics Center (NCI). writes about this RBCby quoting sources.
The review reportedly started in September 2022. This was done at the request of Advisor to the Minister of Emergencies Daniil Martynov. Until last year, the development of the “Safe City” was overseen by First Deputy Minister of Emergencies Alexander Chupriyan. He was dismissed from his position in March 2023.
In November, the Department for Supervision of the Implementation of Anti-Corruption Legislation of the Military Prosecutor General’s Office sent materials for the audit of budget expenditures.
To the Military Investigation Department of the Moscow Investigative Committee.
We are talking about the work that started in 2020 under the instructions of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. NCI employees and some scientific institutions, on behalf of former Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, created new technical and legal standards for the “Safe City”, including a draft regulatory federal law.
The prosecutor’s office found signs of particularly large-scale fraud during the implementation of scientific research work. The possible amount of damage is estimated at 620 million rubles. According to the publication’s source, “almost all of this amount” is allocated for scientific research and development work.
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