A court in St. Petersburg freed former director of the Institute for…
A court in St. Petersburg freed former director of the Institute for Vaccines and Serums Viktor Trukhin from punishment despite his admission of guilt for abuse of power.
Consensus
- Viktor Trukhin was found guilty of abuse of office duties by the Krasnoselsky District Court in St. Petersburg.
- The court sentenced Trukhin to two years and four months in a general regime colony.
- The time Trukhin spent in pre-trial detention fully compensated for the sentence, leading to his release from further punishment.
- The case involved financial losses of 482.5 million rubles due to contracts with a Latin American biotechnology institute.
- Trukhin was also found to have illegally hired two relatives between October 2022 and December 2023, resulting in an additional 275,000 rubles in damage.
- The relatives were given positions that provided deferment from military service, though they did not perform actual duties.
- The verdict was announced on August 7, 2024.
- The decision was communicated by the Unified Press Service of the Courts of St. Petersburg.
Points of divergence
- Trukhin was not allowed to serve his sentence in prison because he lost his Nicaraguan citizenship during detention. — fontanka
- The court explicitly stated that Trukhin was released from punishment in the courtroom, emphasizing that the pre-trial detention period fully covered the sentence. — gazeta_spb
- The initial charge was misappropriation of 436 million rubles, which was later reclassified to abuse of office duties. — fontanka
- The prosecution alleged that Trukhin misappropriated 436 million rubles from the enterprise budget. — gazeta_spb
Coverage (2 sources)
- The former director of the St. Petersburg Institute of Vaccines and Serums was sentenced to prison, but they are not waiting for him there — Фонтанка
- Former director of NII Trukhin released from punishment in the courtroom of St. Petersburg - SPB RUZ newspaper - Saint Petersburg news — Gazeta.SPb