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The driver Ulyukaev confirmed the program "Baskets with sausages"
The driver of the former Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev on Thursday at a court meeting in Moscow confirmed the transfer of portfolio and baskets, in which, according to the investigation, there were marked money. This was reported by RNS.
In the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow, hearings in the case of Ulyukaev continue. He is accused of receiving a bribe of $ 2 million from representatives of Rosneft. In the testimony in court, the driver said that the portfolio and the basket were placed in the trunk of the Ulyukaeva official car, on which he arrived at the Rosneft office. After Ulyukaev got into the car and the driver began to move, Rosneft's guards reported a breakdown of the gate. Then the car was blocked by the FSB officers.
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0:00 0:00:39 Download the media fileOn the eve of the prosecution, the audio recording of the conversation of the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin and Ulyukaev, where the basket was also mentioned . Ulyukaev explained that in the baskets he received from Igor Sechin, fruits and wine were supposed to be, and in the portfolio - sausages. According to him, Sechin is fond of hunting and often gives sausage from the game he killed. The same former head of the Ministry of Economic Development informed the FSB officers when he was detained. "Fear the Danaytsev and gifts of bringing. Fear the Danans who bring the sausages," said Ulyukaev, commenting on the audio recordings.
Alexey Ulyukaev was detained in November last year. According to investigators, the official extorted two million dollars for a positive assessment of the transaction on the purchase of Bashneft. The ex-minister himself rejects the charges. He claims that his detention is a provocation by the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin and the FSB. Ulyukaev is currently under house arrest.