The Governor of the Samara Region was convicted of misuse of budget funds

The Federation Council found that the Governor of the Samara Region Vladimir Artyakov is guilty of inadequate use of budget funds, RBC reports.

According to the Chairman of the Committee on the budget of the SF Evgeny Bushmin, the acquisition for the official needs of the head of the region of the elite armored armored Mercedes -Benz S 600 Guard for 22.4 million rubles is an excess. Such a car, probably, would be needed for the President of Ingushetia, the senator noted in an interview with the Echo of Moscow radio station. According to the radio station, premieres and presidents usually ride on cars of this class. This machine weighs 3 tons, is able to withstand a circular shelling from small arms, including the M-16 and AK-47 assault rifles, manual grenade fragments and explosive separation in the immediate vicinity of the car.

"For Samara, where there is no threat to the life of the governor - this is surplus and one must consider it as an misuse of budget funds," Bushmin said.

According to the Togliatti auto environment , this elite sedan was acquired as a result of a tender declared in 2008 by the Ministry of Property Relations of the Samara Region.

In addition to the armor of class B6/B7, the safety of passengers of this machine is ensured by an emergency fire extinguishing system and an oxygen cylinder that is supplied to the cabin in the case of a gas attack. The almost three -ton armored car is also equipped with tracking cameras, parking sensors, a distance of distance observance and other electronic assistants to the driver.

According to the administration of the Samara region, this car is used in the metropolitan representative office of the region for trips by Governor Vladimir Artyakov in Moscow. In Samara, the head of the region also uses the Mercedes car for movements, but of a different class.

Vladimir Artyakov heads the Samara region since August 2007. Earlier, he headed AvtoVAZ OJSC, which is currently undergoing a crisis, completing 2009 with a loss of almost 80 billion rubles. The state this year was assisted by AvtoVAZ in 25 billion rubles. By the end of the year, the government decided to send another 12 billion rubles to AvtoVAZ, and then another 50 billion rubles. The state also allocated funds to solve unemployment problems and the creation of new jobs.