Krasnov Vladimir Aleksandrovich

Krasnov Vladimir Aleksandrovich

Biography

2021: Suspicion of embezzlement of 80 million rubles during public procurement of the Research Institute of Tuberculosis of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

In early February 2021, it became known that a criminal case was opened in Novosibirsk on embezzlement during public procurement of the Research Institute of Tuberculosis of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The case is being investigated under Part 4 of Art. 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (assignment on an especially large scale) and Art. 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (money laundering).

According to Kommersant-Siberia, citing sources in law enforcement agencies, Vladimir Krasnov, who headed the institute from 1989 to 2019, is one of the suspects in the case. He became a defendant in the case (initiated according to the materials of the FSB) about embezzlement under the scheme of overpricing for the supply of medical equipment and medicines. According to law enforcement officers, the criminal scheme brought its participants income over 80 million rubles.

The surgeon is also suspected of stealing furniture from the institute totaling 1.5 million rubles. According to law enforcement officers, the furniture was illegally decommissioned and transferred to an affiliated company after two years of operation.

It is reported that by the beginning of February 2021 in Novosibirsk, the former leadership of two more federal medical centers subordinate to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation is under investigation. Each of the two heads of these institutions is accused of embezzlement with public procurement in the amount of over 1 billion rubles.

In August 2020, the Central District Court of Novosibirsk sentenced Elena Guzienko, former financial director of the Novosibirsk Research Institute of Tuberculosis, to three years probation on charges of fraud. According to investigators, the institute underwent fraud with a sublease of premises for the department of paid services, the estimated damage was estimated at 5.2 million rubles. The defendant pleaded guilty and partially compensated for the damage, her case was considered by the court in a special order.

The Federal State Budgetary Institution "Novosibirsk Research Institute of Tuberculosis" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation is the only federal center for combating tuberculosis outside the Urals, founded in 1943.^[1]

2022: Multimillion-dollar fraud charge in medical procurement

In mid-June 2022, the prosecutor's office of the Novosibirsk region approved the indictment in a criminal case against the former head of the tuberculosis research institute Vladimir Krasnov on abuse of office. The prosecutor's office entered into a pre-trial cooperation agreement with the accused.

In addition, the head of Limex limited liability company and the head of the pharmacy were charged in a criminal case with committing a crime under the article "Aiding in abuse of office."

The head of the Novosibirsk Research Institute of Tuberculosis was accused of multimillion-dollar fraud in the procurement of medical devices

According to the prosecutor's office of the region, according to investigators of the FSB, Vladimir Krasnov concluded an illegal non-competitive agreement with Limex LLC for the supply of medical goods (bandages, gloves, medicines, antiseptics, etc.) for the needs of the Research Institute of Tuberculosis. For eight years, accomplices have withdrawn funds from research institutes to the accounts of a commercial organization. Her income exceeded 124 million rubles.

According to the prosecutor's office, the joint actions of the defendants entailed a significant violation of the interests of society and the state protected by law in the form of ineffective use of budget funds and extrabudgetary sources of financing, the emergence of obstacles in expanding opportunities for the participation of individuals and legal entities in placing orders.

As clarifies Kommersant"," by mid-June 2022 Novosibirsk , the first criminal case of Vladimir Krasnov is being heard. He is charged with theft of furniture from a research institute for 1.6 million rubles. In the materials of the investigation, it is noted that he allegedly unreasonably wrote off as unsuitable furniture and transferred it to an affiliated company. In this case, the court appointed an examination.

In addition, the court is considering a lawsuit by the prosecutor's office to appeal to the state property of the ex-director of the research institute and his relatives, which, according to the supervisory authority, was acquired for unconfirmed income. In the list of assets that prosecutors plan to sue, almost a dozen real estate objects with a total value of about 42 million rubles.^[2]

2023: Sentence - 4.5 years in prison in embezzlement case

In May 2023, the trial of the former director of the Research Institute of Tuberculosis of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Vladimir Krasnov ended in Novosibirsk. He was assigned 4.5 years in a general regime colony in the embezzlement case (part 4 of article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), according to the prosecutor's office of the Novosibirsk region.

Taking into account the position of the public prosecutor, the guilty person was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Taking into account the verdict of the Zaeltsovsky District Court, the 29.07.2022 was finally sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison with serving a sentence in a general regime correctional colony, the department said.

Vladimir Krasnov

According to investigators, in the fall of 2019, Krasnov, with the help of another employee of the institution, stole medical furniture and other property, having previously written them off for unsuitability. The amount of damage amounted to about 1.6 million rubles.

As Kommersant writes with reference to the materials of the investigation, Vladimir Krasnov entered into a non-competitive agreement with a commercial company for the supply of medical devices to the research institute, which allowed the company to receive unreasonable income in the amount of 125 million rubles. The phthisiatrician, who concluded a cooperation agreement during the investigation, asked the court to limit himself to a suspended sentence. Under Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of authority) Vladimir Krasnov was appointed three years in prison. The legality of this verdict was confirmed by the appellate and cassation courts.

The Novosibirsk Research Institute of Tuberculosis is the only federal center for combating this disease beyond the Urals, founded in 1943. Since 2010, collaborates with WHO in the training of specialists in the fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. In the clinic of the institute, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary and extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis are carried out.^[3]

2024: Recovery of 12.7 million rubles for theft of medical furniture

The Zaeltsovsky District Court of Novosibirsk recovered 12.7 million rubles from the former head of the Novosibirsk Research Institute of Tuberculosis (NNIIT) of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Vladimir Krasnov, who was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison.

The plaintiff referred to the fact that earlier Vladimir Krasnov was found guilty of committing a crime under paragraph "in" part 3 of Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. (…) By the decision of the Zaeltsovsky District Court of Novosibirsk, Vladimir Alexandrovich Krasnov was charged in favor of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Novosibirsk Research Institute of Tuberculosis" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for compensation for damage from a crime in the amount of 12,734,090,92 rubles, the costs of conducting an examination, - said in a statement to the Office of the Judicial Department for the Novosibirsk Region.

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Earlier, Vladimir Krasnov was found guilty of embezzlement or embezzlement on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and sentenced to prison. The defense tried to appeal the verdict, but the court left it unchanged.

The Novosibirsk Research Institute of Tuberculosis filed a lawsuit against Krasnov for compensation for damage caused by the crime. During the consideration of the case, the court established the amount of damage.

Earlier, the Novosibirsk court sentenced Elena Guzienko, the former financial director of the Novosibirsk Research Institute of Tuberculosis, to 2.5 years in prison conditionally with a probationary period of 2.5 years. According to the investigation, with the help of Guzienko, the ex-director of the Research Institute of Tuberculosis illegally wrote off and then sold the movable property entrusted to him (furniture, medical couches, etc.). The damage amounted to more than 1.6 million rubles.

The NNIIT of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation is the only federal center for the fight against tuberculosis outside the Urals. Performs state tasks for epidemiological monitoring in the territories of the Siberian and Far Eastern federal districts within the framework of national and international programs to combat tuberculosis.^[4]

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