The former Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea was arrested in the case of embezzlement of ₽57 million

The case against the former deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Kabanov is connected with the construction of a water pipeline to Simferopol

 The former deputy Prime Minister of Crimea was arrested in the case of embezzlement of ₽57 million

Evgeny Kabanov (right)

The former deputy chairman of the Crimean government, Yevgeny Kabanov, has been charged with fraud, he has been arrested, Kryminform reports.

The case against Kabanov was brought under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (“Fraud”), it concerns budget funds for 57.5 million rubles.

As follows from the documents that the judge read, in the criminal case we are talking about the construction of a water pipeline from the Ivanovo water intake to the Intermountain water node, TASS reports. The contractor was the company “Master-SOUTH”.

Kabanov said that the facility was built to provide water supply to Simferopol in 2020. The water pipeline was built in four months instead of the planned 12 “according to all GOST standards and rules”. “I may have missed the pricing issue somewhere, but I am definitely not involved in the theft issues,” the former deputy prime minister said.

The lawyer of the former official said during the meeting that the court did not present documents that allow confirming the version of the investigation, the state contract, payment orders or others. According to the defender, Kabanov wants to give evidence and assist the investigation.

RBC sent a request to the Kiev District Court of Simferopol.

Other defendants in the case are the former Minister of Construction and Architecture of the Crimea, Mikhail Khramov, who resigned on September 22, and the head of one of the construction companies. As & laquo; Kryminform & raquo; clarifies, we are talking about the CEO of the company «Master-YUG» Roman Zhuravlev. The company also acts as a contractor for the construction and reconstruction of the Feodosia-Sudak water pipeline with a contract price of 4.4 billion rubles.

Kabanov was detained on September 23, the same day when the Crimean State Council approved his resignation from the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the republican government. He took up this position in November 2018. Kabanov supervised, among other things, the construction and implementation of the federal target program for the development of the Crimea.

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