Translated material
You want what you wanted
Former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev committed a crime, demanding an illegal reward for the coordination of the transaction. This was stated by the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, Interfax reports .
"Being as the minister, Ulyukaev demanded an illegal remuneration, he determined his size, he himself came after him, took his hands, plunged the car and left. In accordance with the Criminal Code, this crime, that is, nothing to even talk about," Sechin said.
In the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow, the interrogation of witnesses in the case of Ulyukaev, accused of receiving a bribe, continues. In total, 30 witnesses of the prosecution are announced in the case. Sechin previously stated that he had not yet received a summons, and he did not plan to come to court on his own. Interrogation of witnesses is carried out as they are revealed, so in parallel the court considers written evidence.
On Tuesday, the prosecutor Boris Neporozhny said that Sichin personally handed over to Ulyukaev a bag with $ 2 million. When transferring money, the Vice President of Rosneft, General of the FSB Oleg Feoktistov, also attended. At the same time, Sechin himself conducted an audio recording using special equipment during an operational experiment in relation to Ulyukaev.
As follows from the documents, before that Feoktistov submitted to the director of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov "An application for the illegal activity of Ulyukaev." The document was also signed by Sechin. The statement said that Ulyukaev demanded $ 2 million from the head of Rosneft for assistance in the privatization of Bashneft. In case of refusal to fulfill the conditions, the minister threatened Sichin in the future to prevent the activities of Rosneft.
According to the prosecutor, the money that Sechin transferred to Ulyukaev was previously examined and treated with a special drug. The immune noted that "after processing the surface of the hand" of Ulyukaev and his driver on them, luminescent spots of the substances applied to the bribe were discovered. At the same time, from the announced materials it follows that the driver of Ulyukaeva touched only to the handle of the bag.
During the detention, Ulyukaev said that the wine was given to him in the bag.
Late in the evening of November 14, 2016, Ulyukaev was detained when leaving the Rosneft building. The next day he was sent under house arrest . Then Vladimir Putin illegally, without the necessary presentation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, fired the official "due to the loss of trust." The ex-minister is charged with part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code (receiving a bribe by public servants on an especially large amount with extortion), which provides for from 8 to 15 years of the colony.
Ulyukaev does not admit his guilt. On August 16, at the first hearing, on the merits of his business, Ulyukaev accused Sechin and Feoktistov of provoking a bribe . TFR, the ex-minister emphasized, fabricated the prosecution, "which is based exclusively on the testimony of Sechin." Certificates confirming the unreasonableness of the prosecution, investigators ignored.
“The transfer of this bag (with money. - Ed.) Was planned in advance by the FSB officers who were waiting for the transfer of a bribe for several weeks,” said Ulyukaev. At the same time, he emphasized, the FSB received information only from Sechin. Since the operatives of the special services did not wait for the transfer of the bribe, the defendant concluded, the head of Rosneft himself called him and invited him to his office.