Former Defense Ministry Forest Chief Arrested for 18M Ruble Bribe
The former head of the forestry department of the Ministry of Defense has been arrested in connection with a bribery case involving 18 million rubles. Sergei Zakamorny has been charged with receiving a bribe in an especially large amount (part 6, article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), according to the Investigative Committee's press service.
Consensus
- Sergei Zakamorny was arrested
- Zakamorny is a former head of the Forest Management and Natural Resources Administration under the Russian Ministry of Defense
- He was charged with receiving a bribe in an especially large amount under part 6 of Article 290 of the Russian Criminal Code
- The bribe amounted to 18 million rubles
- The bribe was allegedly received between 2022 and 2015
- The bribe was intended to secure approval for forest restoration works on Ministry of Defense lands
- The bribe was also intended to provide general protection during contract execution
- A court ordered Zakamorny's detention on the request of a military investigator
- The case is being investigated by the Investigative Committee of Russia's military investigative bodies
- The official charge was formally announced on October 15
Points of divergence
- Initial reports indicated the bribe was over 10 million rubles, but the amount increased to nearly double by the time of the official statement — fontanka
- Zakamorny faces up to 15 years in prison and a multi-million ruble fine — tg_tass_agency
Coverage (5 sources)
- Former head of forestry management of the Ministry of Defense arrested for a bribe of 18 million — Вести
- Former head of the forestry department of the Ministry of Defense arrested in a bribery case involving 18 million rubles — Дождь (Telegram)
- Former head of the forestry management department of the Ministry of Defense arrested — Интерфакс
- Former head of forestry management department of Moscow region Sergey Zakamorny arrested. He is accused of receiving especially large... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Former head of the Forestry Department of the Ministry of Defense is accused of receiving a bribe — Фонтанка
Key entities
- Russia
- Ministry of Defense
- Sergey Zakamornyy
- Sergey Zakamornom
- Moscow
- Ministries of Defense
- MO
- SK
- Investigative Committee
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- TASS
- SKR
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- Federal State Unitary Enterprise