Makarikov Alexander

Biography

2025: Sentence - 8 years in prison for bribes during the construction of a hospital worth ₽30 billion

On January 29, 2025, the director of the Nizhnevartovsk branch of the Ugra Capital Construction Department, Alexander Makarikov, received 8 years and 6 months in prison in a maximum security correctional colony. The court found him guilty of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale and official forgery. The case is connected with the construction project of the Central District Hospital in Nizhnevartovsk, which turned out to be one of the largest long-term construction projects in the history of the region.

According to the investigation, from December 2019 to September 2021, Makarikov received a bribe from a representative of a commercial organization in the amount of more than ₽36 million. The funds were transferred for lobbying the interests of the company in the conclusion and execution of the state contract for the construction of the hospital. In addition, the official signed acts of work performed that were not actually performed. For this crime, Makarikov also received a fine of ₽36,5 million and was deprived of the right to hold certain positions for 8 years.

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Фото: CK of Russia for Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Ugra

According to Faktologia, Makarikov's arrest took place in November 2021. Investigative measures were carried out by officers FSB under. Tyumen region At the time of his arrest, the official was charged with taking a bribe from contractors involved in the supply of equipment for the hospital. During the investigation, additional episodes of abuse of power were revealed, which became the basis for the conviction.

The construction project of the Central District Hospital in Nizhnevartovsk began more than 14 years ago. Initially, the cost of the facility was estimated at ₽4 billion, but over the years of construction, costs increased to ₽30 billion. In 2019, the Krasnoyarsk company Monolitstroy was involved to complete the work, which was supposed to hand over the facility in July 2021. Nevertheless, the work was delayed, and the project was completed already under the new governor of Ugra Ruslan Kukharuk.^[1]

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