Rudnev Alexander Sergeyevich

Rudnev Alexander Sergeyevich

Biography

There is no biography of Alexander Rudnev in open sources. It is known that he worked for many years in the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. In 2013, as Deputy Head of the Administrative Department, and later as Head of the Procurement Department.

2020: Defendant in the case of Alexei Ananyev

Accusation of participation in a corruption scheme with Alexei Ananyev

On October 5, 2020, it became known about the case initiated by the Investigative Committee of Russia against Alexei Ananyev. He is accused of paying bribes to employees of the Pension Fund of Russia (PFR) in exchange for patronage when concluding government contracts. Alexander Rudnev became one of the defendants in this case. Read more here.

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION CENTER

On October 2, 2020, Alexander Rudnev, as a defendant in a corruption case, was determined to be a preventive measure in the form of detention until December 1, 2020, the press service of the Basmanny Court told TAdviser.

Rudnev was detained, according to TAdviser, was on October 1.

For the same period in the same case, four ex-employees and one current employee of the Pension Fund were sent to the pre-trial detention center:

• former head of the PFR information technology department Dmitry Kuznetsov,
• former head of the information security department of the FIU Evgeny Nikitin,
• former head of the infrastructure management department of the automated information system of the FIU Ruben Enfiadzhyan,
• former head of the department for organizing the provision of public services and digital development of the FIU Evgeny Turchak,
• Head of the Interregional Information Center of the FIU Konstantin Yankin.

2020

Extension of the term of detention in the pre-trial detention center

In July 2021, five more defendants, Alexander Rudnev, Dmitry Kuznetsov, Yevgeny Nikitin, Konstantin Yankin and Ruben Enfiadzhyan, Evgeny Turchak and passing with him in one criminal case, extended their detention in a pre-trial detention center until October 1. TAdviser was informed about this in the Basmanny Court of Moscow. Read more here.

Earlier, the Basmanny Court of Moscow extended the terms of detention for 3 months, until April 9, 2021, to six persons involved in a criminal case on corruption in the FIU, including Alexander Rudnev. Read more here.

The period 2019-2020. surpassed all past times in the number of arrested celebrities of the IT industry. Some of them have been under house arrest since their arrest, and some have been in jail for long months while the investigation and trial are underway, even after repeated attempts to get a milder measure of restraint. TAdviser closely monitors the development of the most resonant criminal cases, and industry associations are developing measures to mitigate pressure. Read more in a separate article.

FIU criminal corruption defendants complain of slow investigation

Three defendants in the case of bribes in the FIU - the former head of the procurement department of the FIU Alexander Rudnev, the former head of the infrastructure management department of the automated information system of the FIU Ruben Enfiadzhyan, the former head of the information security department in the FIU Yevgeny Nikitin - and their lawyers at the consideration of the appeal in the Moscow City Court indicated that the investigative actions against them are delayed. This follows from the decision of the Moscow City Court published in August 2021 following the consideration of a collective appeal to mitigate the measure of restraint for four persons involved in the case of bribes in the FIU^[1]Read more here.

2023: Three years in jail

On September 27, 2023, the Moscow City Court once again refused to mitigate the preventive measure for the defendants in the criminal case, one of which is the ex-head of the procurement department of the PFR, Alexander Rudnev. The defendants have been in custody for almost three years, and their lawyers regularly try to mitigate the preventive measure - changing it, for example, to house arrest or banning certain actions. Read more here.

2024: Sentence in a criminal case - 12 years in a maximum security colony

On August 9, 2024, the Presnensky District Court of Moscow announced the verdict to the former IT leaders of the PFR and another person involved in a criminal corruption case. According to the court, Alexander Rudnev was found guilty of committing a crime under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code. The court sentenced him to imprisonment for a period of 12 years with serving a sentence in a maximum security correctional colony. Read more here.

Awards

In December 2018, he was awarded an honorary diploma of the Pension Fund of Russia for his significant contribution to the organization, formation and development of the PFR system.

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