Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Case “Oboronservis”: Vasiliev asks the court to justify it – BBC Russian

  • 29 April 2015
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Vasilyeva insists that all transactions on sale of property of the Ministry of Defence were legitimate

the main accused in the case of corruption in the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the former head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry Yevgeniya Vasilyeva asked the court to acquit her.

Speaking during a debate of the parties, she stated that her involvement in the alleged crime does not supported.

“I think that the fair will only be acquitted,” – said the accused.

Earlier, the prosecutor’s office asked to sentence Vasilyev to eight years of probation and a fine of one million rubles, and the prohibition to occupy positions in the civil service.

For her alleged accomplices prosecution also asked for suspended sentences – from four to eight years in prison.

The position of the Prosecutor’s Office caused a flurry of criticism from the public and politicians, as well as representatives of the investigation.

The scandal with large-scale theft in the Defense Ministry-controlled holding “Oboronservis” cost positions Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and turned his subordinate prosecution Vasilyeva.

The Investigative Committee accuses of embezzling Yevgeny Vasilyev, together with accomplices, more than 3 billion rubles at the estate of the military department.

The former official has denies the charges, insisting that all transactions were legal.

The very ex-Minister Serdyukov said in court that Vasilyev is not dealt Office no damage. Work on the estate, he said, “was carried out efficiently and on time”.

Vasilyeva is under house arrest since 23 November 2012.

After the debate, the judge Tatyana Vasyuchenko as expected to retire to the deliberation room to sentencing, a date before that of its announcement.

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