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| The Basmanny court sends a person involved in Kuznetsov bribe case to a pre-trial detention center |
| 2024-05-15 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Basmanny court sent Leva Martirosyan, who is a defendant in the case of giving a bribe to the ex-chief of the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Yuri Kuznetsov, to pre-trial detention center. The press service of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction reported this on May 14. “The person involved in the case of giving a bribe to the ex-chief of the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was sent to a pre-trial detention center,” the message says. It is noted that the court granted the request of the preliminary investigation authorities. A preventive measure was chosen against Martirosyan in the form of detention until July 12, 2024. According to the investigation, Martirosyan is accused of giving a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 5 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The court was told that Kuznetsov was personally acquainted with Martirosyan through his work. At the same time, he had a criminal intent to take advantage of his official position and receive a bribe for general patronage in the interests of the bribe-giver. As Regnum reported, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Kuznetsov on May 14. He was detained on suspicion of corruption. The investigation requested the arrest of the official. Materials regarding the election of a preventive measure against him in the form of detention on May 13 were received by the 235th Garrison Military Court. The court hearing took place on the same day. The suspect was placed under arrest and charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to investigators, in 2021–2023, Kuznetsov, as head of the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff, received a bribe from representatives of commercial structures for performing certain actions in their favor. During a search of his house, over 100 million in rubles and foreign currency, gold coins, collectible watches, and other luxury items were confiscated from him. Kuznetsov took the post of head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense in 2023. Before that, for 13 years he headed the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff, responsible for protecting state secrets. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov did not comment on the arrest of the representative of the Ministry of Defense and forwarded this question to the investigative authorities. |
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