Russian Guard Deputy Head Arrested in Fraud Case Involving Falsified Examination

Alexei Snegirev, deputy head of the State Expertise Center of the Russian Guard, has been arrested in a fraud case. He is suspected of making a false examination.

He announced this on Saturday, June 10 in his Telegram– channel deputy of the State Duma Alexander Khinshtein. He explained that the arrested person is responsible for organizing and conducting the state examination of the design documentation for the objects of the National Guard and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to preliminary data, the contractors overestimated the estimate for the repair of the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Gazetny Lane, submitting falsified documents for examination. For a positive conclusion, Snegirev, as the investigation suggests, could have received a “kickback”: customers transferred 6 million rubles. commercial structure where his relatives work.

“Yesterday, Snegirev was detained by officers of the Main Investigative Directorate of the TFR in Moscow with the forceful support of the FSB and the National Guard. His office and home were searched. That same evening, Snegirev was arrested for 2 months. the deputy said.

He noted that the ex-head of the capital construction department of the logistics department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also involved in this case. Dmitry Petrukhinhis former deputy Vadim Safyanovas well as the director of EnergoStroy LLC Maxim Ivanov. A criminal case was initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

“The implementation of all materials regarding Snegirev took place with the participation of the National Guard’s own security and with the knowledge of the director of the department, Viktor Zolotov, who invariably takes a hard line on the facts of internal corruption,” Hinshtein emphasized.

He expressed confidence that the Snegirev case would not be the last in a series of revelations of “werewolves” within the Russian Guard.

Previously EADaily reported that employees of the Russian Guard discovered a cache in the LPR, from which more than 9.5 thousand cartridges of various calibers and 20 grenades were seized.