Populovsky Ivan

Biography

2024: Detention on charges of receiving a bribe in the purchase of communication cables worth 1.2 billion rubles

On September 16, 2024, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the head of the 4924th military representative office of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Ivan Populovsky and his subordinate Grigory Zorin. They are suspected of taking bribes on an especially large scale.

According to the investigation, OJSC "All-Russian Research and Design Institute of Cable Products" and CJSC "Trading House" All-Russian Research and Design and Technological Institute of Cable Industry "as part of the execution of the state defense order for the supply of electrical products and cable for the needs of the Ministry of Defense of Russia concluded state contracts and inter-plant contracts totaling more than 1.2 billion rubles. In 2021, it is assumed that representatives of enterprises entered into a conspiracy with Populovsky and Zorin to "weaken control in the acceptance of goods" and receive privileges for bribes.

source = Website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

In 2021-2024, Populovsky and Zorin received over 11 million rubles for ensuring their unhindered acceptance of military products and works performed under concluded state contracts and contracts from these enterprises, as well as general patronage in the execution of a state defense order.

The case was initiated on the grounds of crimes under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (taking a bribe on an especially large scale). According to the TFR, the defendants pleaded guilty. At the same time, their involvement in other similar crimes, including those related to the theft of funds allocated for the needs of the state defense order, is checked. The investigation will also give a legal assessment of the actions of bribe-givers, whose names are not disclosed.^[1]

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