The former deputy head of the department of the Ministry of Defense was given 5 years for bribes worth 6.5 million rubles. from the contractor

Leonid Kharlamov sat down at the “RIF”

The former deputy head of the department of the Ministry of Defense was given 5 years for bribes worth 6.5 million rubles. from the contractor

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© TASS11/25/2022, Former Deputy Head of the Ministry of Defense Department for State Defense Orders sentenced to five years in prison

The Moscow Garrison Military Court on Friday sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony the former deputy head of the department of the Ministry of Defense for ensuring state defense orders (DOGOZ), a reserve colonel Leonid Kharlamovaccused of taking especially large bribes, a TASS correspondent reports from the courtroom.

“The court found L. A. Kharlamov guilty under part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Taking bribes on an especially large scale” and sentenced him to imprisonment for a term of five years to be served in a strict regime colony,” the decision was announced judge Vadim Korchagin.

The defendant was also deprived of the military rank of “colonel”. The court turned in favor of the state 3 million rubles confiscated from it and property worth more than 2 million rubles.

When sentencing, the court took into account Kharlamov’s admission of guilt and the conclusion of a deal with the investigation, as well as the presence of commendations, state awards and participation in hostilities in Syria. He was threatened with 7 to 15 years in prison. In a deal with the investigation, the court could not assign him more than half of the maximum term. During the debate of the parties, the representative of the military prosecutor’s office asked the court to appoint the officer seven years in prison.

BFM.ru, 11/25/2022, “The court sentenced the former official of the Ministry of Defense to 5 years in prison for bribery”: The court did not impose a fine of 18 million 600 thousand rubles as an additional punishment on the defendant, which was requested by the state prosecution. […] The trial in the case of the former military official was held in a special order without examining the evidence. It only took a few meetings. Earlier, the defendant pleaded guilty and made a deal with the investigation. In this case, the court cannot give him more than half of the maximum term. Retired colonel Leonid Kharlamov was detained on June 23, the next day the court arrested him until August 22. However, he did not even stay in the pre-trial detention center for even two months, since the investigation petitioned him to change the preventive measure to prohibit certain actions. The court granted the request. — Inset K.ru

As established by the court, Kharlamov received monthly bribes in 2019 for general patronage and the inclusion of companies in the number of executors of government contracts. Thus, from 2019 to 2022, the general director of NPO RIF Corporation JSC systematically transferred bribes to Kharlamov, the total amount of which amounted to at least 6.52 million rubles. During the investigation, the businessman gave incriminating testimony to the colonel.

Kommersant.Ru, 11/25/2022, “The colonel sat down from the reserve”: Colonel Kharlamov suggested that General Director Alexander Ivanov, for a monthly monetary reward, provide “general patronage” to his enterprise, including the company among the executors of state contracts for the development and production of military products. From July 2019 to March 2022, the entrepreneur transferred a total of 6 million 520 thousand rubles to Leonid Kharlamov in Moscow through intermediaries.

In March of this year, Leonid Kharlamov resigned from the ministry due to the expiration of his contract, and the officer who took his place had questions about contracts concluded on behalf of the Ministry of Defense with JSC RIF, about which the military counterintelligence department of the FSB was informed. From there, the materials were sent to the GVSU of the ICR, which opened a criminal case against Leonid Kharlamov. The interrogated entrepreneur, in order not to become accused of giving bribes (part 4 of article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), wrote a frank confession and did not fall under criminal prosecution. It was not possible to get a comment from lawyer Leonid Kharlamov about whether they would appeal the verdict. — Inset K.ru