Vladivostok Mayor Igor Pushkarev
Mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev suspected of bribery and abuse of power. According to Raman, the mayor helped companies to their brothers to make a public procurement and has put local businesses the expense of 160 million rubles.
How ransacked the mayor and his team
Searches City Hall began in Vladivostok on Wednesday morning local time. The operation involved the FSB officers in the Primorsky Territory and the central office of the Investigative Committee. According to RBC’s source in law enforcement bodies, searches were held in the homes of Mayor Igor Pushkarev and companies associated with his family, in particular of “Vostokcement ‘main office and JSC” Vladivostok butoschebenochny plant. ” According to local media, the mayor’s office building law enforcement agencies carried 20 cartons of documents.
The interlocutor of RBC in local TFR said that it was classified by the maritime inspectors. Source of “Interfax” in the police claimed that Pushkareva was transferred to Moscow, but near midday RBC source close to City Hall, said that Pushkarev is located in Vladivostok. “From the searches come, but especially did not find anything. Then Pushkareva taken to the FSB in Vladivostok for questioning in Moscow, he did not send “, – the interlocutor of RBC told
This information RBC has confirmed the head of the coastal branch of the party” Yabloko “Nikolai Markovtsev, former vice mayor of Vladivostok. . “He was taken to conduct a search of his home country, then no one has seen – said Markovtsev. – The mayor’s office, they seized documents, telephones Vice Mayor [Constantine] Loboda and [Alexei] Litvinov, they questioned themselves. Litvinova released, and whether the detained Loboda and Pushkareva, it is unclear as no one says nothing, and law enforcement agencies give contradictory information. On the steps of City Hall during the operation were alarmed by the deputy mayor, for it was evident that they had been caught by surprise. »
As told RBC law enforcement source with Litvinov , who is in charge of urban planning and architecture management, and the first vice-mayor Loboda have subscription nondisclosure.
What is the basic version of the investigation
At the moment, two suspects were detained. As the official representative of the TFR Vladimir Markin, on Pushkareva and director MUPV “Roads Vladivostok” Andrew Lushnikova filed a case under article “abuse of power, resulting in grave consequences” and “commercial bribery». In the TFR and the FSB claim that investigators will soon turn to the court for the arrest. The maximum penalty for abuse of power – three years of the colony, with the commercial bribery -. Up to seven years
According to the CCJ, Pushkarev “organized the purchase of” municipal enterprise “Roads of Vladivostok» « building materials in bulk “in group of companies” Vostokcement “. Purchases were made at inflated prices, and personally Pushkarev received a not less than 45 million rubles., said Markin, in a result of “road Vladivostok” was damaged in 158 million rubles . In addition, according to Markin , Pushkarev gave Lushnikov money in the amount of not less than 1.4 million rubles. as commercial bribery. “For it is Lushnikov provided the purchase from within the company group” Vostokcement “materials for the execution of municipal contracts for the repair and maintenance of roads,” – said Markin . The report TFR said that « Vostokcement » controlled by close relatives of the head of the city.
Damage from Pushkareva action is more than 160 million rubles. , said in a statement posted on the website of the FSB. It does not specify what constitutes that amount.
RBC A law enforcement source said that investigators also tested the company “Spasskcement”, based in the seaside town of Spassk-Far, where Pushkarev began his political career. Interlocutor RBC at City Hall Vladivostok argues that the checks have been going on for over a year, but they have intensified because now they are supervised by federal law enforcement agencies in recent years.
Claims of FAS
Statement TFR was very similar to the FAS checking the results, released in September 2015. According to the conclusions of the antimonopoly authority , Igor Pushkarev used his position for the conclusion of municipal contracts disadvantageous for the city. As reported by the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the company « Vostokcement », run by brothers Andrew and Mayor Vladimir Pushkarev, since 2008, supplying the asphalt, concrete and crushed stone for all road works in the city. In total, the city authorities have spent the past four years, 426 of purchases at 9 billion rubles., Calculated to the FAS. Of these, 7.14 billion rubles. were paid under the contracts MUPV “Roads Vladivostok”, which buys materials for execution of works in the amount of RUB 989 million. . OOO “DV-Cement”, included in the Company ‘Vostokcement »
According to” SPARK-Interfax “, Andrei Pushkarev is the CEO of the company, and Vladimir Pushkarev – his first deputy
The decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service quoted an anonymous witness who claimed that immediately after Pushkareva appointment as head of Vladivostok were created conditions for the auctions “in order to ensure controlled companies marketing manufactured aggregates». According to him, “and uktsiony carried out on large sums, impossibly high for many companies, with the condition of providing 30% of the contract and the absence of an advance – it was to prevent the auctions on smaller companies.” According to FAS, « is a group of people, led by the head of the Vladivostok City Administration, which includes LLC« Vostokcement », and under his leadership, business entities, is a party to a prohibited antitrust the legislation of the agreement. ”
As mayor had quarreled with the governor
Pushkarev was elected mayor of Vladivostok in 2008, before he was four years was a member of the Federation Council of the Legislative Assembly the edges. In the elections, he presented himself as a “man of the Kremlin” and scored 57% of the vote. In 2013, he was re-elected to his post, with 60% of the vote.
media and politicians from the outset attributed Pushkarev gubernatorial ambitions, because of what he clashed with former Governor Sergei Darkin, and designated in 2012 , the former rector of the Far Eastern University Vladimir Miklushevsky. “The cat ran between Pushkarev and Miklushevsky immediately after the appointment of the governor. Pushkarev snapped at meetings and published in state-controlled media criticism of the governor, in response to an edge television, subservient Miklushevsky, criticized Pushkarev. The mayor acted as if behind it there were big people in Moscow “, – says ex-vice mayor Markovtsev
The conflict of the mayor and the governor intensified on the eve of the forthcoming autumn 2016 elections of deputies of the Legislative Assembly, said deputy regional parliament. Artem Samsonov from the Communist Party. “Two teams from the” United Russia “- Pushkarev Miklushevsky team and team – were ready to fight for each other mandates. Pushkareva We have the ambition to take the place of the governor edge, so it is not surprising that there was a confrontation over an obedient Legislative Assembly “, – said the deputy. Pushkarev was a member of the primaries for the selection of candidates for the elections to the regional legislative assembly. State Duma deputy from Primorye Alexei Kornienko suggests that the mayor went to the elections of the regional parliament, to again fall to the Federation Council. A source in the mayor’s office says Pushkarev was not going to go to Moscow, and hoped to place the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the region. As a result, the mayor won the primaries.
May 30 Miklushevsky met with President Vladimir Putin, in the open Miklushevsky informed the President about the measures for the development of child youth sports in the region. Former vice-mayor Nikolai Markovtsev sure Miklushevsky could at this meeting to complain about Pushkarev and this has led to increased law enforcement.
«Conflict between Pushkarev and the governor is not present, all the questions – to law enforcement authorities”, – assured the RBC Miklushevsky press secretary, declined to answer specific questions. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that it is not the competence of the governor – to conduct investigations. “I can not tell you do not know” – he said, answering the question, reported whether Miklushevsky about this situation to the president
<. strong> What else do the FAS found
In 2015, the FAS double a decision which concerned companies involved in the Vladivostok mayor’s family. Even before the reports of violations of cement deliveries in June Service concluded that the city administration has created unequal conditions for municipal carriers (Vladivostok passenger motor transport enterprise №3 Vladivostok and Production Association of passenger vehicles №1), awarded contracts without competition, as well as paid from budget buses municipal enterprises. According to the FAS conclusions earned on service bus company “Activ Park”, which is controlled, according to the agency, the mother and brother Pushkareva.Chtoby conduct an audit, the FAS also attracted FSB and MVD forces local governments. As a result, the service concluded, as follows from its decision, which was not only violated antitrust laws, but also the budget and the Criminal Code. In the current messages TFR version irregularities in the organization of transport does not sound.
With the participation of Elena Myazin, Mary Makutinoy, Anastasia Mikhailova
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