On a particularly large amount

Judge of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow Larisa Semenova sentenced the ex-head of the Ministry of Economic Development of Alexei Ulyukaev to eight years of strict regime in the case of bribery, RBC reports .

The former official was found guilty under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code (receiving a bribe to civil servants on an especially large scale). At the same time, the court, at the request of the prosecution, excluded the accusation of Ulyukaev of extortion from the case. He received the minimum possible period provided for by the Code. As an additional punishment, he was a fine in a single -time bribe - $ 2 million. In addition, according to the verdict, Ulyukaev is forbidden to occupy positions in the state authorities and state corporations for eight years after serving the sentence.

Ulyukaev, who was under house arrest during the process, was taken into custody in the courtroom. While the convoy put on him handcuffs and led him to the judicial “cage”, the former minister said that he was considering the sentence unfair. At the same time, he noted that "continues to hope." The defense has already stated that she would appeal the verdict.

On December 4, in the judicial debate, the prosecutor Boris Holly asked the court to appoint Ulyukaev 10 years in a strict regime .

On the 7th, the former minister made the last word. Ulyukaev called him the accusations "absurd" and accused the “provocateurs” from Rosneft of the factory of the case against him. Ulyukaev publicly apologized for the fact that "too often a compromise, chose easy paths, career and prosperity often preferred to defend principles." “Only when you get into trouble yourself, you begin to understand how hard people actually live, with what injustice they face,” the ex -minister said. “Of course, since Socrates a lot of water has flowed, now the times are much more vegetarian, but nevertheless, ten years of strict regime for a person of 62 years old are not very different from the death sentence,” the former official concluded his speech.

According to investigators, Ulyukaev demanded from Rosneft Money for the legal issuance of a positive opinion and evaluate "regarding the purchase of a state stake in Bashneft with this company. Otherwise, the accusation claimed, he threatened to create obstacles to the work of Rosneft.

On Friday, RBC reported with reference to the testimony of the former vice president of Rosneft, the ex-head of the security service of the FSB General Oleg Feoktistov, which is $ 2 million for an “operational experiment”, which were transferred to Ulyukaev as a bribe, were received from a certain Valery Mikhailov. According to RBC, this person worked in the structures of Rosneft before the summer of 2016. It is known that Mikhailov is associated with 90 legal entities, of which 41 are current companies. Four of these companies are indirectly related to Rosneft - the Belarusian department to increase the oil transmission of strata and capital repair of wells (UNPP and CRC), LLC Businesstrast and LLC Profinvest, as well as M.M. Romanov LLC. Mikhailov is a member of the Board of Directors of the Belarusian UNPP and CRC, and until 2009 he was the deputy general director of the owner of this enterprise, the company RN -Service. According to the former colleague of Mikhailov, he could not have free money in the amount of $ 2 million.

On the evening of November 14, 2016, FSB operatives detained the official at the headquarters of the state-owned company after meeting with its President Igor Sechin. At this meeting, the head of Rosneft in the presence of Feoktistov handed Ulyukaev a bag, where, as it turned out after the detention of the minister, there were $ 2 million. According to Ulyukaev himself, he was sure that the bottle of wine was in the bag. Sechin personally led a hidden audio recording of the conversation.

Ulyukaev was placed under house arrest. Hearing on the merits of his affairs continued on August 16. At the first meeting, the defendant accused Sechin and Feoktistov of provoking a bribe. Ulyukaev also announced a provocation arranged by Sichin during the judicial investigation, during interrogation on November 27.

Sechin was sent for four times to the court for interrogation in the Ulyukaev case, but he ignored all four summons, each time referring to employment in Rosneft. The fifth time, Judge Semenov, at the hearing, refused the fifth time to call the head of Rosneft. At the same time, she refused the prosecutors who achieved the testimony of Sechin, given the investigation in court. Thus, the prosecutors in the debate could operate with the testimony of the head of Rosneft - the key witness of the prosecution. The main witness was Feoktistov, interrogated in closed mode on September 20.

On Monday, the BBC with reference to the transcript of this interrogation presented the testimony of Feoktistov . The security officer said that it was he who found $ 2 million to transfer to Ulyukaev. According to the general, colleagues from the FSB informed him of the need to conduct an “operational experiment” and instructed to find cash for him. This money, according to Feoktistov, he "asked his good acquaintance, a private investor." “Without explaining to him the reasons: he still does not know why this money,” the general assured. The name of the "good friend" did not appear in the publication.

The investor continued Feoktistov, brought him 2 million to the headquarters of Rosneft. “I also took them to the corresponding unit of the security service, where I transferred them to the employee according to the act,” said the security forces.

On the morning of November 14, 2016, FSB operatives again brought money to Rosneft. One of the visitors, Feoktistov said, instructed Sechin how to behave during a meeting with the Minister. The operative advised the head of Rosneft, "so that the line (his) behavior was absolutely normal" and "so that there were no provocations." The fact that it was to say to Ulyukaev that visitsers did not give recommendations to Sichin, concluded Feoktists.

As noted in the publication, Sechin himself, in his testimonies, also reported that Feoktistov was engaged in the search for money for an “operational experiment”.

According to the case file, it was also said in the publication, it was the Feoktistov who compiled a denunciation of Ulyukaev - Sechin only signed this paper.