The defendants in the criminal case are former ministers and current economies and transportation of Chelyabinsk Dmitry Mikulik and Alexei Nechaev. They were detained for suspicion of 2.9 billion rubles as part of the road repair and construction contract, the survey of the Russian Ministry of Home Affairs said.
Mikulika, Nechaev and three other representatives of the business entities were detained by FSB cooperatives and the Ministry of Home Affairs. Regarding the defendants, the case measures have been selected. The new suspects may appear in this case.
More than 30 searches have been made in apartments and offices in Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Zlatoust, Magnitogorsk, UFA, Donetsk. The law enforcement staff seized important documents and subjects for the investigation.
According to the investigation, the head of the region and representatives of some legal entities signed a state contract to provide services to the regional government. It is about the allocation of more than 30 billion rubles for the repair and construction of roads. However, it turns out that competitive procedures have been carried out in a fictional manner. The defendants in the case have stolen more than 2.9 billion rubles. Money has been transferred to the bank accounts of companies but in fact does not carry out financial and economic activities.
Earlier, the Russian Prosecutor and the Director of Uzbekistan's anti -corruption agency signed a cooperative protocol.