Lopatiev Oleg

Biography

2025

Arrest in St. Petersburg in the case of a bribe

On March 19, 2025, it became known about the arrest of the head of the radio engineering service General Staff of the Navy RUSSIAN FEDERATION , Captain 1st Rank Oleg Lopatiev. He is accused of taking a bribe on an especially large scale.

According to investigators, Lopatiev demanded 8 million rubles from the general director of JSC "Stanislav Emerald Medvedev for" general patronage and connivance "when the company implemented a contract concluded with the Navy as part of a defense order. Emerald is engaged in the development and production of complex technical devices for various fields. The company, in particular, supplies Briz compressors designed for disinfection systems for the contents of cesspools and septic tanks, charge-discharge boards to provide power to consumers from the ship's network, etc.

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Фото: FSB of Russia

According to the Kommersant newspaper, Medvedev, under the control of operatives, handed over to Lopatiev part of the requested amount - 3 million rubles. After that, the naval officer was detained by employees of the military counterintelligence department of the FSB of Russia in the IL Patio restaurant on the territory of St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport.

Lopatiev was taken to the military investigation department of the TFR in the Leningrad Military District. After interrogation, he was charged with receiving a bribe by an official on an especially large scale, associated with extortion (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Such acts are punishable by imprisonment for a term of 8 to 15 years with a fine of up to 70 times the amount of the bribe.

The St. Petersburg Garrison Military Court sent Lopatiev to a pre-trial detention center. The investigation in the petition for the detention of the defendant indicated that he, remaining at large, by virtue of his position, could put pressure on witnesses or try to destroy evidence. Lopatiev categorically denies guilt in receiving a bribe.^[1]

Accusation of receiving large bribes as part of a state order for 400 million rubles

On July 18, 2025, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced that the military prosecutor's office had sent a criminal case to the court against the former head of the radio engineering service of the main headquarters of the Navy, Oleg Lopatiev. He is accused of receiving large bribes as part of a state order from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

We are talking about the supply of various technical devices, including navigation equipment, totaling more than 400 million rubles. The corresponding contracts were concluded in 2022-2025 with JSC Emerald and PJSC Dalpribor. At the same time, control over the quality of the supplied products was assigned to Lopatiev.

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Фото: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The case file says that Lopatiev received bribes in the amount of 8 million rubles for general patronage when fulfilling contracts with these organizations. The money, in particular, came from the heads of Emerald Igor Yastremsky and Stanislav Medvedev, as well as from the general director of Dalpribor Roman Titkov.

Military investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia have collected enough evidence in a criminal case against the head of the radio engineering service Oleg Lopatiev, accused of committing three crimes under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the UK said in a statement.

This article concerns the receipt by an official of a bribe on an especially large scale. Such acts are punishable by a fine in the amount of 3 million to 5 million rubles or in the amount of 80 to 100 times the amount of the bribe, as well as imprisonment for a term of 8 to 15 years. In order to ensure the sentence in terms of collecting a fine and ensuring a civil claim, military investigators seized Lopatiev's property and funds in the total amount of more than 37 million rubles. The criminal case with the indictment was sent to the St. Petersburg Garrison Military Court.^[2]

Sentence - 9 years in prison for bribes

In early August 2025, the St. Petersburg Garrison Military Court sentenced the former head of the radio engineering service of the General Staff of the Navy, Captain First Rank Oleg Lopatiev. He received 9 years in prison for bribes.

According to the case file, in 2022-2025, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed contracts for the supply of technical devices with Emerald JSC and Dalpribor PJSC. The first of these organizations produces radar, radio navigation equipment and radio remote control equipment, the second - hydroacoustic stations, aviation search equipment and instrumentation. The total cost of purchased products exceeded 400 million rubles.

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Фото: Unsplash

Control over the quality of supplies was assigned to Lopatieva, who, according to the military investigation, received more than 8 million rubles from the heads of these companies for "general patronage" and loyalty in the acceptance of products. As a result, the state suffered significant damage, while the terms of the contracts were not fulfilled.

Initially, the defendant denied his guilt, but subsequently admitted it, in connection with which the case was considered in a special order. Lopatiev was found guilty of committing a crime under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (taking a bribe). He will serve his sentence in a maximum security colony. The court also imposed a fine of 16.5 million rubles on the officer and banned him from holding public office for three years. Lopatiev's lawyer Dei Isakas called the verdict excessively harsh, announcing the possibility of appealing it.

Personally, I consider the verdict, taking into account all the circumstances, to be unnecessarily harsh. So far, Lopatiev has not applied to me with an order to participate in appealing the verdict, but we will certainly discuss this issue with him, "the Kommersant newspaper quoted the defender as saying.[3]

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