A verdict was handed down in the case of the ex-head of the Territorial Development Agency of the Kirov Region

Yesterday, the Pervomaisky District Court of Kirov fined Yulia Savinykh, the former head of the Territorial Development Agency of the Kirov Region OJSC (ATRKO), established by the regional government, for 40 thousand rubles. for embezzlement of 19 thousand rubles. budget funds. According to investigators, she spent it on installing software on her personal computer. Initially, the ex-director of the agency was charged with about 1 million rubles. damage to the organization in seven criminal cases, but in the end Yulia Savinykh admitted guilt, compensated for the damage and received an amnesty for almost all episodes.

Yulia Savinykh came under criminal prosecution for the first time in October 2012: according to investigators, she spent 10 million rubles on personal needs. from the authorized capital of ATRKO established by the government of the Kirov region. At the same time, the head of the Kirov regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sergei Solodovnikov, stated that part of the funds went to finance her company established in Nevada, which she later publicly denied. In June last year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened five more criminal cases against the former general director of ATRKO, suspecting her of misappropriation and embezzlement, as well as abuse of power. According to the investigation, Yulia Savinykh entered into deals to provide a regional agency with services for producing advertising and attracting investors at significantly inflated prices. According to law enforcement agencies, in fact, these services were not performed, and the agency transferred the money in full. The investigation estimated the damage to the agency at more than 1.6 million rubles. In September 2013, the investigation changed its opinion about the damage: the former official was charged under Part 3 of Art. 160 (“Misappropriation and embezzlement”) for 19 thousand rubles. and part 1 art. 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Abuse of power”) - by 888 thousand rubles. Yulia Savinykh fully admitted her guilt, in mid-January 2014 she compensated for the damage caused on charges of abuse of power and was amnestied under this article.

Yesterday, the Pervomaisky Court of Kirov examined in a special manner the only episode that remained in the criminal case - the embezzlement of 19 thousand rubles. According to the indictment, in February 2012, the former official, “not wanting to spend her own money,” paid from ATRKO funds for the installation of software on her personal MacBook computer in the amount of 7 thousand rubles. The ex-director of the agency asked the individual entrepreneur who was servicing the computer not to indicate the type of work and brand of computer in the invoice, and ordered the chief accountant of ATRKO to pay the invoice supposedly for servicing the work PC. According to investigators, in total, Ms. Savinykh spent 19 thousand rubles on installing programs on her computer, smartphone and tablet.

The state prosecution, pointing to such mitigating circumstances as the presence of Yulia Savinykh’s three minor children, as well as admission of guilt and compensation for damage caused, asked the court to impose a non-custodial sentence and limit it to a fine of 300 thousand rubles. In turn, Ms. Savinykh’s defense considered the required punishment “excessively harsh,” noting that 19 thousand rubles. for the regional budget - “a negligible amount”, asked to take into account the positive characteristics of her client and her work “for the benefit of the region.” In particular, the defense pointed out that Yulia Savinykh created the logos and charter of ATRKO, and invested 450 thousand rubles in the development of the agency. own funds, which were not paid to her, as well as 115 thousand rubles. two months' salary. According to the defense, the gadgets that appear in the criminal case were purchased by Yulia Savinykh and used only for official purposes. After a break, the court sentenced Ms. Savinykh to 100 thousand rubles. fine, and taking into account mitigating circumstances, reduced the penalty to 40 thousand rubles.

Irina Alexandrova, Kirov

Escaped with minor damage