Former mayor of Belgorod Anton Ivanov was arrested in the case of bribery with a car

The court of Belgorod arrested for two months the former mayor of the city, Anton Ivanov, in a criminal case on a bribe on an especially large scale, reports . RIA Novosti

Lawyer Elena Palymova said that Ivanov is suspected of taking a bribe in the form of a car worth almost three million rubles.

The former official was detained in early March while trying to fly to Uzbekistan. During the meeting, Ivanov said that he was going to leave Russia in search of work.

Judging by the report of the Investigative Committee for the Belgorod Region, the crime relates to the period from August 2019 to July 2021, when Ivanov served as the CEO of the Belgorod Mortgage Corporation joint-stock company.

Under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code, Ivanov could face eight to 15 years in prison.

Anton Ivanov was elected mayor of Belgorod in December 2021. In October 2022, he retired.