The main investigation department of the ICR of Russia opened a criminal case against the deputy of the St. Petersburg parliament Roman Koval. He is suspected of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale. Koval’s assistant Andrei Grishin was also detained. According to the investigation, he was an accomplice of the deputy in bribery.
According to the investigation, a member of the United Russia party, a deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, did not hesitate to use his official position and personal selfish purposes.
He “contributed to the allocation of budgetary funds by introducing and adopting amendments to the draft laws of St. Petersburg” On the budget of St. Petersburg “by certain city state budgetary institutions, with which the commercial organizations represented by the entrepreneur subsequently entered into state contracts.” Simply put, it contributed to the allocation of money from the city budget. He worked according to the established rate: he took 20% of the funds allocated to budgetary institutions.
“In the period from 2018 to 2020 [Коваль] received from the entrepreneur personally and through the mediation of his assistant Grishin a bribe in the form of money and property (car) for a total amount of more than 15 million rubles “, – said the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
Both the deputy and his assistant were detained today, July 30. The first, while receiving the next part of the “reward”, was caught red-handed Andrei Grishin. Then the deputy himself.
“Together with the officers of the FSB of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, with the participation of the detained persons, the necessary investigative actions are being carried out, including searches. In the near future, the investigation plans to bring charges against them and petition the court to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention “, – reported in the Investigative Committee.