
Two employees of the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Anti -Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were detained on suspicion of official crimes. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source familiar with the situation.
"During the operational events, two of its employees were detained in the GuibipK. They are suspected of exceeding official powers," the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, they are not connected with the case of Colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko.
On Thursday afternoon, the interfax source announced searches in the headquarters. "Operational investigative actions are carried out by the FSB officers together with the Main Directorate of their own security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs," the source said. According to him, the events are held "as part of the investigation of one of the previously initiated criminal cases."
Later, "New Gazeta" called the names of the detainees. These are operatives of the Office "B" Alexander Sobol and Sergey Abramov. They are suspected of excess of official powers in the investigation of a criminal case of fraud in selling a mandate to the State Duma. In September 2014, the court sentenced the former concert director of the Earthlings group Sergey Cherenkov by three years and 10 months, and his acquaintance Sergei Pokhlyuk - to the four years of the colony. They were found guilty in an attempt to sell a place in the Supreme Council of United Russia, the capital's businessman Andrei Romanenko. According to the investigation, the convicts demanded 1.2 million dollars from the businessman.
Recently, the Gubipk has been in the center of a number of corruption scandals. In February 2014, the Investigative Committee initiated a number of high -ranking and ordinary employees of the headquarters, including the head of Denis Sugrobov and his deputy Boris Kolesnikov, a criminal case under Articles 210 of the Criminal Code (organization of a criminal community), Article 286 (exceeding official powers) and article 304 (organization of a bribe provocation).
Now this case is being considered by the Moscow State Subject. On Thursday, the state prosecutor requested 22 years of strict regime for Svugrobov. The prosecutor proposed to terminate the case against the Kolesnikov, who had committed suicide during the investigation , finding him guilty. For the rest of the accused, the terms of five years in prison are requested.
On September 9, he was detained and the next day was arrested by the acting Head of the Office "T" GUEBIPK Zakharchenko. He was charged under Articles 285 (abuse of authority), 290 (receiving a bribe) and 294 Criminal Code (obstruction of the investigation). As reported, during the search, the colonel seized over $ 120 million and 2 million euros in cash . Zakharchenko himself noted that the apartment where the money was stored belongs to his sister.
On September 13, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev appointed an audit in the anti -corruption headquarters in connection with the arrest of Zakharchenko. On September 29, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the completion of the audit. According to its results , the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Zakharchenko and his immediate supervisor, the head of the department T, Alexander Tishchenko, were dismissed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs .
"For the failure to accept proper measures to strengthen official discipline and legality in the entrusted unit" warned about incomplete official compliance was received by the head of the GuerbipK Andrei Kurnosenko and the head of the department of conspiracy, personnel and public service, Glavovka Vladimir Abmetko. The former deputy chief of the headquarters Oleg Kalinkin, who was directly responsible for the operational and service activities of the TU Office, also received the same disciplinary sanction. Now he heads the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in transport in the Central Federal District.