Ex-deputy transport chief sentenced to 10 years for bribe
It has been established that in August, Yagudin, serving as deputy chairman of the city committee on transport, received a bribe from the general director of the company
Consensus
- Rinat Yagudin was sentenced to 10 years in prison with strict regime conditions
- Yagudin was fined 25 million rubles
- Yagudin was deprived of the right to hold state positions for 10 years
- Pavel Stadnik was sentenced to 7 years' probation with a 5-year probation period
- The bribe was related to a government contract for supplying information posters to bus stops in St. Petersburg
- The bribe amount was 3.5 million rubles, representing 10% of the contract value
- Stadnik acted as an intermediary between Yagudin and the general director of LLC 'Favor-Garant'
- Yagudin was arrested in 2024
- Yagudin held the position of deputy head of the transport committee since 2022
- Yagudin admitted to the factual circumstances but contested the legal qualification of his actions
- Stadnik fully admitted guilt and was credited with active cooperation with the investigation
- Yagudin attempted to flee after receiving the bribe and discarded the money on the road
Points of divergence
- The bribe was 10% of the contract cost for poster supply, and the total contract value was 83,693,450 rubles — interfax
- The contract value was 33.5 million rubles and the bribe was 3.5 million rubles — fontanka
- Yagudin threw the money out of the car window and tried to flee by car — interfax
- Yagudin received the money in his BMW and was apprehended by FSB officers while in the car — fontanka
- Approximately 30 million rubles and foreign currency, along with expensive jewelry, were seized during searches at Yagudin's residence — interfax
- No mention of seized assets or jewelry — fontanka
Coverage (2 sources)
- Former deputy head of Smolny Committee sentenced to ten years for bribe — Интерфакс
- 10 years and 25 million. Court sentenced former deputy head of Komtrans Yagudin — Фонтанка