Vice-Governor of the Kemerovo region was placed under house arrest – RBC

Deputy Governor of the Kemerovo region Alexander Danilchenko

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Deputy Governor of the Kemerovo region Alexander Danilchenko, passing on the case of extortion of shares of the mine “Razrez Inskoy”, was sent under house arrest. According to the court, he will be there until January 13, 2017

the Central district court of Novosibirsk has sent under house arrest of the Vice-Governor of the Kemerovo region Alexander Danilchenko, passing on the case of extortion of shares of the mine “Razrez Inskoy”, reports “RIA Novosti”.

the Investigator applied on the conclusion Danilchenko into custody, but on Friday asked for house arrest. His decision, he explained that a number of key witnesses on business are already interrogated, so no need to keep the defendant in custody. Under house arrest Danilchenko will be until January 13, 2017.

Danilchenko is one of the defendants in the case brought by the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) on November 14, the extortion of 51% of shares of JSC “Razrez Inskoy” controlling shareholder Anton Tsygankov. Along with him are the head of management SKR across the Kemerovo region Sergey Kalinkin with two subordinates and the Vice-Governor of the region Alexey Ivanov.

Kalinkin November 16, was arrested. His guilt he does not recognize. Another defendant in the case — head of Department of administrative bodies of the Kemerovo region Elena Troitskaya was sent under house arrest.

Earlier Danilchenko told the media that he did not admit guilt in the extortion. According to him, employees of the regional administration was trying to resolve the situation in the mine, where workers went on strike and refused to work because of wage arrears totaling more than 60 million rubles According to Danilchenko, in meetings with the owner of the mine by Tsygankova allegedly raised the only question is about the payment of salaries to employees.

In July it was reported that the Kemerovo Department of the TFR Tsygankov was detained on suspicion of abuse of power. Investigators believed that the mine management has organized such a procedure of settlements with counterparties under which payments to the budget became impossible and payables of the company amounted to 500 million rubles. Before the investigating authorities of the region on materials of public Prosecutor’s check criminal case due to non-payment of salaries to employees of the mine, but after checking Tsygankov was released.

RBC, in turn, said that at the moment of detention Tsygankova this summer at the mine appeared the founder of PTK “Coal” Alexander Schukin and stated that he is now a shareholder of the company. “And in four days came to the people from the old management company and said that Shchukin returned the shares back Tsygankov,” — said the interlocutor of RBC, asked about anonymity.