April 08, 2019, 17:30 / Business / News

The lawyer announced compensation for damage to Rosneft by former plenipotentiary Ishaev

Former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory and presidential plenipotentiary representative in the Far East, Viktor Ishaev, compensated the damages against him in a criminal case of fraud in the amount of 5.7 million rubles, Interfax reports, citing his lawyer Pavel Zaitsev. to the Rosneft company,” Zaitsev said. “ A payment order in the amount of 5,744,000 rubles was sent

Despite this, the Moscow City Court upheld the decision to place Ishaev under house arrest until May 27. The former governor himself was not present at the meeting.

Ishaev was detained on March 28, he was charged with especially large-scale fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). The case was initiated based on materials from the Rosneft security service. According to investigators, in 2014–2017, Ishaev, holding the post of vice president of Rosneft, “secured the conclusion of lease agreements for premises with an area of over 280 square meters at a clearly inflated cost. m" for the needs of a representative office of a company "with a commercial organization belonging to it." Investigators estimated the damage at 5 million rubles.

RBC, citing sources, clarified that Ishaev rented out an office in Khabarovsk to Rosneft at Moscow City prices. According to the lease agreement, information about which is on the government procurement website, in 2015 Rosneft entered into a lease agreement for 13.7 million rubles with Base LLC (Ishaev is the beneficiary of the company). in year. That is, rent of 1 sq. m of office in Khabarovsk cost the company 50,000 rubles. in year. Ishaev does not admit guilt. “The amount of damage is 5 million rubles. over five years, this is a small part of the salary,” he said earlier.

Ishaev is the first governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, he headed the region in 1991. After his dismissal in 2009, he became the presidential envoy to the Far Eastern District, and in 2012 received the post of Minister for Far Eastern Affairs. In 2013, he became an adviser to Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin and worked at the oil company until 2018.

Former plenipotentiary Viktor Ishaev in court

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Former plenipotentiary and governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Viktor Ishaev was detained in Moscow on Thursday, March 28

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