The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sentenced former head of…
The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sentenced former head of Moscow's Kazansky Station, Igor Chernikov, to an 8.5-year prison term for accepting a bribe worth 1.3 million rubles.
Consensus
- Igor Chernikov was sentenced by the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow on August 3, 2024.
- Chernikov was found guilty under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Russian Criminal Code (receiving a bribe).
- The bribe amounted to 1.3 million rubles, received from a businessman through an intermediary.
- The bribe was paid for 'general protection' of commercial activities on the railway station territory.
- The time period of the bribery was from December 2023 to September 2024.
- Chernikov was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months (8.5 years) in a strict-regime penal colony.
- A fine of 6.5 million rubles was imposed.
- Chernikov was banned from holding state or municipal positions for 11 years.
- The court ordered the confiscation of the 1.3 million rubles received as a bribe.
- The arrest of Chernikov's property in Moscow and the Moscow Region was maintained until the fine and confiscation were fulfilled.
- Chernikov was taken into custody in the courtroom.
Points of divergence
- Chernikov was fined 6.5 million rubles, and the 1.3 million rubles were confiscated into state revenue. — fontanka
- The court established that the bribe was obtained through extortion. — interfax
- Chernikov regularly toured the station and photographed the sanitary condition of food outlets to control and extort money from the businessman. — vm
- Chernikov was under house arrest from June 2025. — kommersant
- Chernikov was charged with bribery in January 2026. — vedomosti
Coverage (6 sources)
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