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2025: Arrest on charges of embezzlement of tens of millions of rubles allocated for the purchase of medical equipment
The Supreme Court of Ingushetia sent under arrest the former Minister of Health of the Republic Magomedbashir Balaev, suspected of embezzling more than ₽53 million allocated for the purchase of medical equipment. The crime was committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy between July 2022 and July 2023. This was reported by the press service of the court on July 29, 2025.
According to RIA Novosti, the funds were allocated as a subsidy to the Ministry of Health of Ingushetia for the purchase of medical equipment for regional medical institutions.
On July 22, 2025, the Magassky District Court considered the petition of the investigation to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention and refused to satisfy the claim. The court released the suspect from custody, prompting dissent from prosecutors.
The prosecutor's office appealed the decision of the district court on appeal. The appellate instance of the Supreme Court of the republic overturned the decision of the lower instance and granted the request of the investigation.
Balaev will be imprisoned until September 4, 2025 inclusive. The arrested ex-minister will have to spend one month and four days in a temporary detention center.
In the same case, the Magassky District Court placed the chief physician of the Sunzhensky Central District Hospital under house arrest. Medic is also a defendant in a criminal case on embezzlement of budget funds.
The subsidy came to the Ministry of Health of Ingushetia as part of federal programs for the modernization of health care. The money was intended to improve the material and technical base of medical institutions in the region.
The investigating authorities establish the mechanism of embezzlement of budget funds and the role of each member of the criminal group. The investigation is aimed at identifying all episodes of illegal activities.[1]
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