Andrei Bloshchinsky, the Deputy Governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, has been arrested by the Lomonosovsky District Court of Arkhangelsk for allegedly accepting a bribe worth 2 million rubles. There is no information on whether the politician has confessed to the crime. The Regional Investigation Department of the TFR has stated that the court has granted their request to detain the vice-governor. The department has, however, not disclosed the name of the person arrested. Andrei Bloshchinsky was detained on March 30 by officers of the regional FSB department. He is being investigated for an alleged act of bribery on a large scale under part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. A subordinate of the vice-governor has also been detained over claims that they acted as an intermediary in receiving a bribe amounting to 10% of the profit earned by an organization under a state contract involving the Healthcare national project. The subordinate is currently out on bail. The report was written by Leonid Uvarchev.
The Lomonosovsky District Court of Arkhangelsk arrested Andrei Bloshchinsky, Deputy Governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. He is suspected of taking a bribe of 2 million rubles. It is not known whether the politician admitted his guilt.
The court satisfied the requirement of the investigation to place the vice-governor in custody, according to message Regional Investigation Department of the TFR. The department does not specify the name of the arrested person.
Andrei Bloshchinsky was detained by officers of the regional department of the FSB on March 30. He is suspected of taking a bribe on an especially large scale (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). A subordinate of the vice-governor was also detained, who, according to the investigation, acted as an intermediary in receiving a bribe in the amount of 10% of the profit received by the organization under a state contract under the Healthcare national project. He is under bail.
The arrest of Andrei Bloshchinsky, Deputy Governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, for allegedly taking a bribe of 2 million rubles has sent shockwaves through the political circles. While it is not yet known whether he has accepted his wrongdoing, the court has granted the investigation’s demand for custody. We await further developments in this case, as the authorities continue their efforts to root out corruption from the highest levels of government.