The Main Military Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee has completed investigating operations in the probe against former CEO of OAO Slavyanka (OJSC) Alexander Yelkin. He is charged with 9 counts of crimes under paragraphs “a” and “b” of part 4 of article 204 of the RF Penal Code (commercial bribery committed by an organized group accompanied by the extortion of the object for bribery), part 3 of article 30, paragraphs “a” and “b” of part 4 of article 204 (attempted commercial bribery committed by an organized group accompanied by the extortion of the object for bribery), part 4 of article 159 (swindling committed by an organized group on an especially massive scale) and part 3 of article 174.1 (money laundering by an organized group).
Under the article 217 of the RF Criminal Procedure Code the investigators have given Yelkin and his advocates the files of the criminal case to study.
According to investigators, the criminal group, member of which Yelkin was, also included Yulia Rotanova, Andrey Lugansky, Nikolai Ryabykh, Konstantin Lapshin, Maxim Zolotukhin, Irina Vishnyakova and Nikolai Butorov. At present they are charged with 17 crimes. Yelkin, Rotanova, Lugansky and Ryabykh are remanded in custody.
The crimes cause the state a loss of over 85 million rubles. In addition, the investigators have found that the accused received bribes totaling to over 130 million rubles.
The investigators have found and seized from the accused over 750 million rubles in Russian rubles, US dollars and euros, which were subjoined to the criminal files as material evidence. In addition 40 objects of property have been arrested: flats, houses, lands and expensive cars.
At present another 5 counts of the criminal activity of the abovementioned people are being under investigated.
Investigating operations have also been finished against former head of the Department for Property Relationships of the Russian Defense Ministry Yevgenia Vasilyeva. She is charged with 12 counts of criminal activity connected with sale of real assets of OAO Oboronservis (OJSC), stealing of the money from the said company, i.e. crimes under part 4 of article 159 of the RF Penal Code (swindling committed by an organized group on an especially massive scale), part 1of article 201 (abuse of office), paragraph “c” of part 3 of article 286 (exceeding official powers entailing grave consequences) and part 3 of article 174.1 (money laundering by an organized group).
The organized criminal group, member of which Yevgenia Vasilyeva was, also included Irina Yegorova, Larisa Yegorina, Yuri Grekhnev, Maxim Zakutaylo, Dinara Bilyalova and Yekaterina Smetanova. They are charged with 36 crimes.
As it has been reported earlier the loss caused to the state by their crimes exceeds 3 billion rubles.
During the investigation, the specialists have taken all measures to return the assets which were illegally taken from the authority of the Russian Defense Ministry. As of the present moment the investigators have returned to the state ownership represented by the Russian Defense Ministry 100% of shares of strategically important for the country’s defense OJSC 31st State Design Institute of Special Construction worth over 2 billion rubles. In addition real assets, jewelry and antiques belonging to the accused have been arrested.
At present over 20 more counts are being investigated.
The accused have received the files of the criminal cases to study. Most of the accused are actively reading the files. For example, former CEO of District Material Warehouse of Moscow District Air Forces and Air Defense Maxim Zakutaylo has already studied 250 volumes of the case. Yevgenia Vasilyeva, who got the materials at the same time with Zakutaylo, is using different pretext to avoid the procedure and therefore has not read a single volume yet. Attempts to avoid reading the files of the case under different pretexts and other ways to delay the start of the legal process will not help Ms. Vasilyeva avoid the case being heard in the court, which will decide on her and others’ guilt.
Head of Media Relations V.I. Markin
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