The court did not believe Anatoly Tikhonov.
The thieving ex-deputy energy minister failed to appeal his sentence. Kommersant has learned that the verdict in a high-profile case involving embezzlement of 272 million rubles of budget funds allocated for the creation of a state information system for the fuel and energy complex (GIS FEC) and bribery has come into force. The Moscow City Court rejected the appeals of Anatoly Tikhonov, former deputy head of the Ministry of Energy, and his six co-defendants, who,…
The court did not believe Anatoly Tikhonov.
The thieving ex-deputy energy minister failed to appeal his sentence. Kommersant has learned that the verdict in a high-profile case involving embezzlement of 272 million rubles of budget funds allocated for the creation of a state information system for the fuel and energy complex (GIS FEC) and bribery has come into force. The Moscow City Court rejected the appeals of Anatoly Tikhonov, former deputy head of the Ministry of Energy, and his six co-defendants, who,…
Rucompromat review Nov. 6 – Nov. 12: “more hell, more flash mob, let everyone nominate”
Showbiz went into politics and politics turned into a show. Following socialite Ksenia Sobchak, porn actress Elena Berkova, singer Katya Gordon, and artist Alexei Panin decided to stamp themselves on election ballots. And this is not so bad, given that the serious candidate Zyuganov is over 70 years old and impresses as hopeless as his patron, embalmed in the mausoleum. Candidate Sobchak's cheerful hipster talk with Meduza, which turns into cool radicalism and questions such…
Maria Vorontsova will make Vladimir Putin immortal
The daughter of the Russian president has won a grant for 30 million rubles to research cell renewal processes in the body. Putin's eldest daughter, endocrinologist Maria Vorontsova, has won a grant of 30 million rubles from the Russian Science Foundation (RNF), despite a low Hirsch index - an indicator reflecting the citation rate of a scientist and the number of his publications. As T-Invariant writes, the grant is devoted to the study of cell…
Kadyr Karakhanov and Arsen Oshakbayev got a raise
Criminal contractors of the Ministry of Defense received second sentences for embezzlement of budget funds. A court in Moscow has handed down a verdict in a case of embezzlement in the execution of orders from the Ministry of Defense. Entrepreneurs Kadyr Karakhanov and Arsen Oshakbayev, who have been engaged in the fulfillment of orders of the military department for many years, were found guilty of overestimating the prices during the construction of the facility causing…
Roskomnadzor held an exercise to shut down the Internet in Russia
There was a massive outage in Runet, caused by a hacker attempting to download updates to TSPU (technical means of countering threats). At about 17:10 Moscow time there was a massive disruption in the work of Russian telecom operators. Internet did not work at "Beeline", "Megafon", MTS, Tele2 and other operators, users reported. There were difficulties with ordering cabs and completing rides on carsharing. At about 17:25 Moscow time many sites that had gone offline…
Officials turned the branch of Roskadastr in Tatarstan into an organized crime group
The head of the branch, Ilnur Khismatullin, and his deputy, Aynaz Vafin, stole money and abused without leaving the cash register. In the Republic of Tatarstan, the director of the branch of "Roskadastr" and one of his deputies were detained. They are accused of abuse of power (part 1 of article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation),…
Rustem Zainullin choked on “dragon’s teeth”
An epathetic vice-governor of the Belgorod region has been arrested in the case of embezzlement in the construction of defense lines. The vice-governor of the Belgorod region Rustem Zainullin has been detained. Information about this was confirmed by a source of "Kommersant" in law enforcement agencies.The reasons for the detention are unknown. Officially, law enforcement agencies and the regional government did not inform about Mr. Zainullin's detention. TASS reports that the court at the request…
Rustem Zainullin choked on “dragon’s teeth”
An epathetic vice-governor of the Belgorod region has been arrested in the case of embezzlement in the construction of defense lines. The vice-governor of the Belgorod region Rustem Zainullin has been detained. Information about this was confirmed by a source of "Kommersant" in law enforcement agencies.The reasons for the detention are unknown. Officially, law enforcement agencies and the regional government did not inform about Mr. Zainullin's detention. TASS reports that the court at the request…
Telegram review: Senator Kerimov’s ill-fated Nice
The arrest of Senator Suleiman Kerimov, who has diplomatic immunity, in Nice made experts even talk about the curse of this place - he used to crash his sports car there together with TV host Tina Kandelaki. Other experts dig deeper and suspect the beginning of persecution in the West against Russian oligarchs. The uncertainty before the upcoming "Putin election" in Russia adds piquancy to this. In addition to Nice, another hot spot was formed…