Former Defense Ministry Forest Chief Arrested for Bribery
The head of the Ministry of Defense's Forestry Management was sent to pretrial detention on bribery charges. Moscow's Khovannitskii District Court sentenced Sergei Zakamorny, head of the Ministry of Defense's Forest Management and Natural Resource Use Department, to two months in custody for taking a bribe.
Consensus
- Sergei Zakamorny was arrested in Moscow.
- He was the former head of the Forest Management and Nature Use department of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
- He was charged with receiving a bribe in an especially large size under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Russian Criminal Code.
- The case was initiated on October 8.
- Zakamorny was detained on the same day.
- The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow ordered his detention in pre-trial custody.
- The court's decision was not appealed by his lawyers.
- After his arrest, his name was removed from the official website of the Ministry of Defense.
- The department is responsible for the use and protection of forests on land provided by the Ministry of Defense.
- The case followed the prior case against former head Mikhail Borisov, who was also accused of bribery and abuse of power.
Points of divergence
- The case against Zakamorny was initiated after Mikhail Borisov, the former head, went to war in Ukraine. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- On October 7, the court suspended proceedings against Mikhail Borisov, and the case against Igor Vasiliev, general director of 'Patriot' park, was mentioned as being under investigation. — vedomosti
- The court suspended proceedings against Borisov one day before Zakamorny's arrest, and Borisov signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense and went to war in Ukraine. — meduza
- Borisov signed a contract with the Ministry and went to war in Ukraine, leading to the suspension of his case. — tg_currenttime
- Zakamorny received over 10 million rubles for 'general protection' of a commercial entity. — tg_echoonline_news
- Zakamorny received 10 million rubles from a commercial entity for 'general protection'. — tg_theinsider
- Zakamorny was arrested on Thursday, and the court ordered his detention on Friday. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- The court ordered detention on October 9, and the case was confirmed via the court's website. — tg_currenttime
- Zakamorny faces up to 15 years in prison and a multi-million ruble fine. — tass_agency
- The case against Igor Vasiliev involves a bribe of 18 million rubles. — vedomosti
Coverage (18 sources)
- Without appeal: former head of the forestry department of the Ministry of Defense arrested on a bribery case — РИАМО
- In Moscow, head of forestry management of the Ministry of Defense arrested for bribes — The Moscow Times
- In Moscow, ex-head of the forestry management department of the Russian Ministry of Defense was arrested — Ведомости
- Head of the Ministry of Defense's Forestry Management Directorate Arrested — ЭХО / Новости
- Head of the Ministry of Defense's Forestry Management Department Detained — The Insider
- Former head of forestry management department of Moscow region Sergey Zakamorny arrested. He is accused of receiving especially large... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- In Moscow, head of forestry management department of the Ministry of Defense detained in bribery case — Meduza
- Head of the Forest Management Department of the Russian Ministry of Defense sent to pretrial detention on a bribery case — Настоящее Время
- RBC: In Moscow, head of forestry management department of the Ministry of Defense detained in bribery case — Медиазона
- In Moscow, former head of the forestry management department of the Ministry of Defense was arrested — Вести
- Arrested head of forestry management department of Ministry of Defense Sergey Zakamorny — Говорит НеМосква
- Head of one of the Ministry of Defense directorates arrested on bribery charges — Новая газета Европа
- In Moscow, head of the Ministry of Defense's management on the bribe case was detained — ASTRA
- In Moscow, head of one of the Ministry of Defense directorates detained for a bribe — RBC — Дождь (Telegram)
- RBC: Head of the Ministry of Defense's Forestry Management Directorate detained — Фонтанка
- Court in Moscow sent former governor of Kirov region under house arrest on Patriot park case — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
- Another director of the "Patriot" park detained in Moscow on suspicion of receiving a bribe in an especially large amount, — media — ASTRA
- Moscow Court Arrested Two Deputy Directors of Patriot Park Vasilev, Who Is Suspected of Receiving Especially Large Bribe — ТАСС (Telegram)
Key entities
- Ministry of Defense
- Moscow
- Sergey Zakamornyy
- RBC
- Russia
- Patriot
- Vasilyev
- Forest Management and Natural Resource Administration
- TASS
- Khamovnichesky Court
- Khovnytsky District Court
- Pre-trial detention center
- Kirov Oblast
- Sergey Zakamornyy Zakamornomu
- Media