A court has recognized the evidence gathered by the investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee for the Kamchatka Territory sufficient to convict Alexey Alekseyev, former head of the village of Palana. He was found guilty of a crime under part 2 of article 286 of the RF Penal Code (excess of authority).
According to investigators, in the period between 2008 and 2009, Alekseyev while serving as the head of the village of Palana, without design estimates or positive conclusion of the state expert examination on the money provided as a subsidy from the federal budget for development of streets and roads in the village, 79 million rubles overall, constructed, reconstructed and repaired three motor roads in the village of Palana. Lack of design estimates and positive conclusion of the state expert examination, Alekseyev’s actions in the interests of OOO Koryakseverstroy with the head and founder if which he was in friendly relations, as well as breaches of federal laws by declaring a tender without requirements specification and design estimates allowed the contractor OOO Koryakseverstroy, which had neither workers nor equipment, to win the tender. As a result of the official’s illegal actions the administration of the village paid for work, which in fact had not been executed leading to a pecuniary damage of about 5 million rubles.
Additionally, according to the conclusion of an integrated construction and technical analysis the quality of concrete covering each of the three roads does not meet the state standards entailing non-efficient use of over 44 million rubles and that the municipality had to accept in its ownership roads not meeting technical standards.
The court has given Alekseyev a 3-year suspended sentence. It also banned him from occupying any managing positions in state or local authorities for 2.5 years.
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