Ex-anti-corruption chief detained over 9M ruble bribe

Ex-head of the anti-corruption department of the Sverdlovsk region, Ilkhim Shiraliyev, has been detained on suspicion of bribery.

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Ildar Shiraiev, former head of the anti-corruption department in Sverdlovsk Oblast, was detained in Nizhny Novgorод.
He is suspected of accepting a bribe in the amount of approximately 9 million rubles.
The bribe was allegedly received from the actual leader of a real estate development company.
The suspect is accused of helping the company secure government contracts for apartment purchases at inflated prices.
The Sverdlovsk Oblast Housing Construction Fund concluded more than 190 contracts with the company between 2020 and 2024, totaling over one billion rubles.
The contracts were allegedly secured through improper influence by Shiraiev.

Shiraiev received the bribe in cash at restaurants, cafes, and bathhouses in Yekaterinburg. — vm
On October 16, a man was sentenced by the Lefortovo District Court in Moscow to prison for giving a 260,000 ruble bribe to a customs officer. — vm
The suspect is accused of receiving a bribe in an especially large amount, and the alleged assistance involved helping the company secure contracts at inflated prices. — vesti