The court examines the case of embezzlement at the construction site of the Primorye Oceanarium – RIA Novosti

VLADIVOSTOK, March 17 – RIA Novosti. The Court began its consideration of the criminal case against ex-CEO of the company NPO “Mostovik” Oleg Shishova, accused of complicity in the embezzlement of more than 1 billion rubles allocated for the construction of the Primorye Oceanarium, spokesman for the Investigative Committee of Russia Vladimir Markin.

“Today, in the Frunze district court of Vladivostok began consideration of the merits of the criminal case against the general director of OOO” NPO Mostovik “Oleg Shishova accused of committing a crime under Part. 5, Art. 33, ch. 4, Art. 160 of the criminal Code ( . aiding in the commission of embezzlement of entrusted property) The criminal case has been in the production department for investigation of particularly important cases of IC of Russia “, – said Markin

It is noted that with Shishov concluded pre-trial cooperation agreement, under which the accused. He gave detailed testimony incriminating himself in the commission of the offense alleged against him, as well as detailed testimony incriminating Director of federal State Unitary Enterprise “Directorate for construction in the Far Eastern federal District” Andrew Poplavskiy. However, the Poplavskii guilty as charged is not recognized.

“The result and the court found that the complicity Shishova and General Director of JSC” Kosandra “Alexander Kosyachenko Poplavsky had squandered funds amounting to more than 1 billion rubles allocated for . construction of the Scientific and educational complex “Seaside Aquarium” in Vladivostok These funds were transferred to the account of “NPO” Mostovik “opened in the city of Omsk,” – said Markin

According to investigators, Poplavsky. received as commercial bribery from Kosyachenko and Shishova more than 145 million rubles for the acceptance performed by general contractor for the construction of the oceanarium, their payment, as well as the further financing of construction and installation works. due to the fact that SHishov voluntarily informed about the specified fact of commercial bribery law authorities, and actively promoted the disclosure of the crime, the criminal prosecution against him on this episode terminated for non-rehabilitating grounds.

currently, the court also considered the criminal case against Andrei Poplavskiy in respect of which the period of detention extended by the court for 6 months. In connection with the accused Kosyachenko the death of a criminal case against him, previously allocated in a separate proceeding, terminated for non-rehabilitating grounds.

In August 2012, “Mostovik” has figured in the scandal with the construction of one of the Olympic facilities in Sochi. So, with regard to NGO management, according to the media, it was a criminal case of overbilling in the construction of the bobsleigh track for the Olympics in Sochi. The enterprise then has denied accusations of theft, saying that prices have risen because of the difficult construction conditions.

Initially Seaside Aquarium scheduled to open to the top of the APEC summit 2012, but the date of commissioning was postponed several times, the last term expired in September 2014. Now the authorities of the region expect that the facility will work in the spring of 2016. Special attention this issue has received after the visit of President Vladimir Putin on the Russian island. Who investigated several criminal cases of embezzlement in the construction of the aquarium.