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Omsk region investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee continue investigation of the criminal case initiated on the bases of the materials of the search and investigation operations by the regional office of the Federal Security Service against top managers of OAO Siberian chemical complex (SKhK) (Open corp.) and Executive Officer of OAO TVEL (Open corp.) accused of a crime under paragraph “a” of part 4 of article 204 of the RF Criminal Code (bribery committed by a group of persons on preliminary conspiracy).

It was preliminarily established that CEO of OAO Siberian chemical complex (SKhK) (opened corp.), his economy and finance deputy and logistics deputy, and Executive Officer of material and technical logistics of the company TVEL, who also performed managerial functions in the area of purchases including reconciliation of purchasing activity by OAO SKhK arranged with the CEO of the company International center of technologies and trade (MTsTT) to assist commercial interests of MTsTT to deliver coal for needs of OAO SKhK for the certain monthly fee.

The said persons prepared and reconciled the tender documents for an opened tender on the right to conclude agreement on the purchase of coal for needs of OAO SKhK for the period of August 2011 to April 2012. These documents were posted by OAO Atom komplekt on the website. The only bidder and winner of the tender biddings on one of the lots was OOO MTsTT with which an agreement on coal deliveries to OAO SKhK worth a total of 557 million 200 thousand rubles.

In the period from February to May 2012 the CEO of OOO MTsTT each month transferred stipulated sums of money for the said persons through the logistics deputy of OAO SKhK. The total sum of the money transferred amounted to 6 million 690 thousand rubles.

In May 2012 the logistics deputy flew to Moscow where he handed over to executive officer of OAO TVEL 2 million 770 thousand rubles from the total received sum.

On 22 June 2012 the CEO of OAO SKhK and his economy and finance deputy were detained as suspects in Tomsk and the executive officer of OAO TVEL was apprehended in Moscow. On 23 June 2012 he was delivered by the plane from Moscow to Tomsk for investigation operations.

During the search in the apartment of the CEO of OAO SKhK the investigators found and seized more than 80 million rubles and 3 kg of gold bullions. At present he and his economy and finance deputy are charged with a crime under “a” of part 4 of article 204 of the RF Criminal Code. They did not admit their guilt and refused to give the testimony. The executive officer of OAO TVEL will be charged in the near future.

Today on the request of the investigating bodies Leninsky district court of Tomsk ruled to take all three into custody as a restraint.

A search-and-investigation group consisting of 11 investigators of the Tomsk region Investigations Directorate and field officers of the Tomsk region FSB Directorate has been set up to investigate this case. At present investigation operations are under way to collect and consolidate evidence. Investigation is to be continued.