Law enforcement officers came to the office of the head of the Russian hero city
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- In the Novorossiysk administration, law enforcement agencies are conducting searches in the office of Mayor Andrei Kravchenko.
- Security forces are confiscating documentation; the details of the case have not yet been clarified.
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Why It Matters
Previously, ex-mayor of Sochi Alexey Kopaygorodsky was found guilty in a case of corruption and theft of land plots.
Law enforcement officers are conducting searches in the office of the head of the administration of the hero city of Novorossiysk, Andrei Kravchenko. This was reported by the Kub Mash Telegram channel.
According to the channel, security forces are confiscating documents.
Earlier it was reported that in Moscow, the former mayor of Sochi Alexei Kopaygorodsky, his wife Yanina and assistant Alexander Pasunko were found guilty in a high-profile criminal case of corruption.
As the court found, from January 2022 to March 2024, the ex-head of the resort city and his wife stole two plots of land in Sochi worth over 26 million rubles. To legalize the plots, the plots were registered in the name of the wife through a controlled person. Also, from March 2022 to May 2024, the official, with the help of his wife, received more than 319 million rubles in bribes from businessmen for general patronage. He later legalized the bribes by investing them in real estate.
Open Questions
- What is the reason for the searches?
- Will Andrei Kravchenko be charged?
