Former Krasnodar VP Sentenced to 9 Years for Abuse of Power

Former Krasnodar Krai Vice-Governator Alexander Nesterenko was sentenced to nine years in prison for abuse of power during school repairs in the Kherson region.

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Alexander Nesterenko was sentenced by the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodor for exceeding his official authority.
The court sentenced him to nine years in a general regime penal colony.
Nesterenko was involved in approving acceptance acts for school renovation projects in the Kherson region of Ukraine.
The projects were not actually completed when the acceptance acts were signed.
The court ordered Nesterenko to pay 146 million rubles in compensation to the state.
The case involved the Krasnodar Krai State Unitary Enterprise 'Main Construction Management'.
Nesterenko was the head of the Main Construction Management at the time of the alleged offenses.

Points of divergence

The damage caused to the regional budget was 146.7 million rubles. — vm
The damage was 130 million rubles. — vesti
Another former deputy governor of Krasnodar, Sergey Vlasov, was sentenced in December 2025 for bribery and later went missing in early August. — vesti
The renovation projects were carried out on partially occupied territories of Ukraine. — tg_kavkazrealii
Nesterenko's defense plans to appeal the verdict. — vm

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Former Krasnodar Krai Vice-Governator Nesterenko sentenced: who he is, why he was fired, what the court ruled — Вечерняя Москва
Former Krasnodar Krai Vice-Governor Nesterenko sentenced: what he was convicted of, what sentence — Вечерняя Москва
Court sentenced former Krasnodar Krai vice-governor Nesterenko — Вести
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Former Krasnodar VP Sentenced to 9 Years for Abuse of Power

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