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Biography
1977-1991
In 1977-1981, an inspector, deputy. Head of Department in the Department of Social Security of the Moscow City Executive Committee.
From 1981-1991 ml. Researcher, Art. Researcher, since 1987 - Head of the Department for the Organization of Assistance to Patients with Drug and Substance Abuse of the Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry of the Ministry of Health of the RSFSR.
In 1988-1989, he organized the first services in the country for the anonymous treatment of drug addicts and a helpline.
1991-1995
From 1991 to 1992 - Deputy Director of the Institute of Medical and Social Problems of Narcology of the All-Union Scientific Center for Narcology of the USSR Ministry of Health.
In 1992-1995 - Deputy Director of the Institute of Clinical Narcology of the State Scientific Center for Narcology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation [9].
1998-2017
From 1998 to 2017, Director, since 2017, President of the Moscow SPC for the Prevention of Drug Addiction (Department of health care ; in Moscow 2005, the organization was reorganized into the Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Narcology).
2022: Arrest in fraud case
On August 19, 2022, the chief freelance psychiatrist-narcologist of the Ministry of Health Yevgeny Brun was detained, and later sent by the court under house arrest until October 3, 2022. He is suspected of embezzling more than 20 million rubles from the Moscow Department of Health. The case file says that he, as well as the deputy head of the Association of Narcologists of Russia, Vladimir Yakushev, were charged under the article of the Criminal Code "fraud on an especially large scale."
After it became known about the arrest, the Russian Ministry of Health announced that Yevgeny Brun was no longer acting as the chief freelance psychiatrist-narcologist in connection with the liquidation of the position itself.
The position of the chief freelance specialist of a psychiatrist-narcologist was previously excluded from the nomenclature of the main freelance specialists of the Ministry of Health in the process of its revision, the department said, without specifying exactly when this happened.[1] |
2024
Seizure of property
In September 2024, the court arrested the property of the former chief narcologist Ministry of Health Russia Yevgeny Brun as part of a large-scale fraud case. The arrest was also imposed on the property of the former vice-president of the Russian Narcological League Vladimir Yakushev and the ex-head of the Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Narcology Sergei Koporov. This decision was made to ensure the possible execution of the sentence and collection of fines, as well as in the case of a civil lawsuit related to the case.
According to RBC, the arrest was imposed on various assets of the defendants in the case. In particular, the court arrested four land plots, two residential and two non-residential buildings, as well as an apartment, from Vladimir Yakushev. The property of Yevgeny Brun and Sergei Koporov is not specified in the documents, but also came under arrest.
The seizure of assets is designed to guarantee the possibility of compensation for damage to the Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Narcology, which is the injured party in this case. If convicted, the center could sue for damages.
Evgeny Brun was detained together with Vladimir Yakushev on suspicion of embezzlement of ₽20 million. Then both defendants were sent under house arrest. Subsequently, investigators increased the estimated amount of damage to ₽138 million. The investigation believes that Brune and his accomplices organized a fraudulent scheme related to the purchase of drug and alcohol tests at inflated prices. At the same time, according to the investigating authorities, the companies through which the purchases were carried out were associated with the wife of Vladimir Yakushev.
The charge against Yevgeny Brun and his accomplices was brought under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of Russia - "Fraud committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale." This article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 10 years.[2]
Sentence - 7 years in prison for fraud
On October 17, 2024, the Kuzminsky District Court of Moscow convicted the former chief narcologist of Russia Yevgeny Brun, finding him guilty of large-scale fraud. The court sentenced Brune to seven years in prison in a general regime colony.
As TASS moves, in addition to the main punishment, the court deprived Brun of the right to work in state bodies for 2.5 years and imposed a fine of ₽850 thousand. The convict was taken into custody in the courtroom.
According to the case file, Brun, together with four accomplices, organized a scheme to steal more than ₽136 million by purchasing reagents for tests for chronic alcoholism and medical equipment from affiliated firms at inflated prices. The investigation qualified these actions as a cartel conspiracy between high-ranking Russian narcologists and related commercial companies.
Prosecutors initially requested eight years in prison for Bruyne. Other defendants in the case, including the former head of the Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Narcology Sergei Koporov, the head of the bidding department Lyudmila Eremenkina and the general director of Microtekhnologii LLC Sergei Vasiliev, asked the prosecution to appoint from six to eight and a half years in prison.
The Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Narcology of the Moscow Department of Health was recognized as the injured party in the case. To ensure the possibility of compensation for damage on September 11, 2024, the court arrested the property of Brun and other defendants.
According to the prosecution, the criminal group was created back in 2015 with the aim of stealing funds from the ISTC of Narcology and the Moscow Department of Health. The scheme included the purchase of reagents from controlled companies at low prices and subsequent resale to the state at an inflated value.
Evgeny Brun pleaded not guilty during the trial. The verdict has not yet entered into legal force and can be appealed in accordance with the established procedure.[3]