Ex-police officer admits taking bribes from Baza journalists
Former Krasnoyarsk police officer Sergey Kovalov admitted guilt in receiving bribes from journalists of the Telegram channel Baza, totaling over 140,500 rubles, for providing operational reports.
Consensus
- Sergey Kovalov, a former police officer from Krasnoyarsk, admitted guilt in a bribery case.
- Kovalov received bribes from journalists of the Telegram channel Baza.
- The bribes amounted to over 140,500 Russian rubles.
- The payments were made via non-cash transfers.
- Kovalov received approximately 6,000 rubles per month from the Baza editor-in-chief.
- The case was transferred to regional courts in May of this year.
- The editor-in-chief of Baza, Gleb Trifonov, and journalist Tatyana Lukyanova are under investigation.
Points of divergence
- The former officer received the bribes in the form of operational reports for a period of time, and the total sum was over 140,000 rubles. — vm
- Trifonov stated that he personally transferred around 6,000 rubles monthly to Kovalov. — tg_tass_agency
Coverage (3 sources)
- How much money did the former police officer from Krasnoyarsk receive from journalists of the Telegram channel Baza — Вечерняя Москва
- Former police officer from Krasnoyarsk Sergey Kovalenko admitted guilt in case of receiving bribes from journalists of Telegram channel Baz... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Case of journalists from Telegram channel Baza: which police officers admitted guilt in receiving bribes — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- Sergey Kovalev
- Krasnoyarsk
- Telegram channel Baza
- Gleba Trifonov
- TASS
- Tatyana Lukyanova
- Baza
- Telegram channel Baz