The former director of the Arkhangelsk company "MALAvto" was convicted of commercial bribery

Former director of the Arkhangelsk company MALavto, Nikolai Malinnikov, was convicted of commercial bribery and sentenced to a fine of almost 9 million rubles.

Malinnikov suggested that small carriers carry out their activities on behalf of MALAvto LLC, demanding money for this.

Malinnikov did not admit guilt, pointing out that the entrepreneurs slandered him in order to eliminate a competitor in the field of passenger transportation.

MURMANSK, October 2 – RIA Novosti. The former director of the Arkhangelsk company MALavto, whose bus was involved in an accident with 14 victims in September, who demanded tribute from businessmen, was convicted of commercial bribery and sentenced to a fine of almost 9 million rubles, the joint press service of the courts of the Arkhangelsk region reported.

As explained in court, under the terms of the state contract of 2017, MALavto LLC received the right to carry out passenger transportation on a number of intermunicipal routes in the Arkhangelsk region for a period of seven years.

“The court found that from January 2022 to July 2024, the director and co-founder of MALavto LLC, Nikolai Malinnikov, invited small carriers to carry out their activities on behalf of MALavto LLC, thereby illegally fulfilling part of the state contract,” the statement says.

It is noted that Malinnikov entered into fictitious lease agreements for buses belonging to them with businessmen free of charge. “Later, for these actions, he demanded that money be transferred to him, which the law qualifies as commercial bribery,” the court explained.

Entrepreneurs reported Malinnikov's demand to law enforcement agencies. Further actions to transfer money in the amount of 247.6 thousand rubles took place under the control of the Russian Federal Security Service.

The person who appeared before the court did not admit guilt, indicating that the entrepreneurs slandered him in order to eliminate a competitor in the field of passenger transportation. “The court found Malinnikov guilty... Taking into account the mitigating circumstances and the absence of aggravating factors, the convict was sentenced to a fine in the amount of 8 million 904 thousand rubles,” the court noted.

The civil claim was satisfied. The verdict did not enter into legal force.