Former Defense Ministry Chief HR Sentenced to 12 Years for Bribery
The Ministry of Defense's chief HR officer received 12 years in prison for a bribe. The court sentenced former head of the Ministry of Defense's personnel management department, Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov, to 12 years in a strict regime colony on a bribery case, according to 'Vedomosti'.
Consensus
- Yuri Kuznetsov was sentenced to 12 years in prison in a strict-regime colony.
- Lev Martirosyan was sentenced to 10 years, 8 months in prison in a strict-regime colony.
- Both defendants were found guilty of bribery-related charges under Articles 290 and 291 of the Russian Criminal Code.
- The court ordered the confiscation of a house and land in Krasnodar Krai, which were allegedly part of the bribe.
- The trial was held in closed session.
- Both defendants denied guilt and plan to appeal the verdict.
- Kuznetsov was arrested in May 2024.
- The alleged bribe involved securing state contracts for accommodation services at the Krasnodar Higher Military School.
- The total value of the contracts was approximately 370–372 million rubles.
- Kuznetsov was stripped of his rank of Lieutenant General of the Reserve and state honors.
- A large amount of assets, including cash, vehicles, jewelry, and personal items, were seized or placed under arrest.
- The court imposed a fine on Kuznetsov of 125 million rubles.
Points of divergence
- The final assessed value of the house and land was 62 million rubles, with the value changing multiple times during the investigation and trial. — kommersant
- The house and land were valued at 80.2 million rubles by experts, and the total amount of cash and assets seized was approximately 189 million rubles in cash and 56 million rubles in bank accounts. — tg_theinsider
- The fine for Kuznetsov was 25.3 million rubles, and the rest of the seized property remained under arrest until the fine was paid. — meduza
- The contract value was 305 million rubles, not 372 million rubles as reported by other sources. — tg_tvrain
- The bribe was allegedly received between 2021 and 2023, and the total value of seized assets was about 500 million rubles. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The prosecution requested 14.5 years in prison for Kuznetsov. — tg_echoonline_news
Coverage (15 sources)
- Head of the Ministry of Defense's personnel department Yuri Kuznetsov given 12 years of strict regime — Коммерсантъ
- Former chief HR officer of the Ministry of Defense sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime prison for a bribery case involving a house worth 80 mln... — The Insider
- General Yuri Kuznetsov sentenced to 12 years for bribery case. He will not get his sword back until he pays a multimillion fine — Meduza
- Former head of personnel department of Russian Ministry of Defense sentenced to 12 years for taking bribe worth 80 million rubles — Дождь (Telegram)
- Former head of the Ministry of Defense's personnel department sentenced to 12 years for bribery case — BBC News Русская служба
- Main HR officer of the Ministry of Defense received 12 years in prison for a bribe — The Moscow Times
- Chief of the Ministry of Defense Personnel Department Yuri Kuznetsov received 12 years in a colony for bribes — Говорит НеМосква
- Former head of personnel department of the Ministry of Defense Yuri Kuznetsov sentenced to 12 years in a colony — ЭХО / Новости
- Former head of the Ministry of Defense personnel department Yuri Kuznetsov sentenced to 12 years in a colony for a bribe case — Медиазона
- General Lieutenant Yuri Kuznetsov, close to Shoygu, received 12 years in prison. He took "kickbacks" when concluding state contracts with... — Важные истории
- Former military personnel officer Kuznetsov given 12 years in prison for corruption — Коммерсантъ
- Court sentenced former chief personnel officer of the Ministry of Defense to 12 years in a colony — Ведомости
- 12 years in prison received former head of military ministry personnel department general Yuri Kuznetsov. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Former head of personnel at the Russian Ministry of Defense Yuri Kuznetsov sentenced for bribery: what sentence did he receive — Вечерняя Москва
- Former chief personnel officer of the Ministry of Defense received 12 years for especially large bribe — Фонтанка
Key entities
- Yuri Kuznetsov
- Ministry of Defense
- Russia
- TASS
- Leva Martirosyan
- Krasnodar Krai
- Chief HR Officer
- Shoygu
- Main Directorate of Personnel
- Former Head of the Personnel Department
- Ministries of Defense
- U
- MO
- General Procuracy
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