Governor White was charged with accepting a bribe of € 400 thousand – RBC

Kirov region Governor Nikita Belykh at the Basmanny Court

Photo: Dmitry Serebryakov / TASS

Nikita Belykh formally charged. He is suspected of taking bribes of € 400 thousand.

Kirov Region Governor Nikita Belykh was accused of taking bribes in a large scale (Part 6 st.290 Criminal Code). This is stated in the report of the Investigative Committee of Russia, received by RBC. This article provides for punishment from 8 to 15 years in prison.

The head of the region suspected of being personally and through an intermediary received a bribe in especially large amounts totaling € 400 thousand. (24.1 million rubles. ). In return, the Whites had to carry out actions in favor of the briber and its controlled JSC “Novovyatskiy Ski Factory” and OOO “Forest management company”, according to investigators.

Also in the UK report says that he received a bribe for “for the overall protection and connivance in the service in the implementation of the government of the Kirov region of control over the implementation of investment projects and companies doing business in the territory of the Kirov region».

The governor was arrested on the eve of June 24. at a restaurant in Moscow. Later, the Investigative Committee issued arrest photos, which can be seen very marked packs of White and money.

Commenting on the arrest, spokesman Vladimir Markin, the committee said that “corruption crimes are no political color.” “To paraphrase a famous expression -” Bribery does not smell … but sometimes the glow. A bribe is a bribe and Africa “, – he concluded

After his arrest in the Kirov region were searched in advance.. Sam White guilt does not recognize. Today, 25 June, it was reported that the defendant in court will be represented by a lawyer Vadim Prokhorov Nemtsov family.

Nikita Belykh has served as the governor of the Kirov region in December 2008.