Usenko Anton Valeryevich

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2024: Sentence - 14 years in prison for corruption

On October 7, 2024, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sentenced Anton Usenko, former deputy director of the State Treasury Institution "Technical Center of the Moscow Department of Culture," to 14 years in prison. He was found guilty under Part 3 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code - abuse of office.

It is noted that the punishment is determined by the totality of the crimes and by the earlier sentence of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow. Usenko will serve his term in a maximum security penal colony. In addition, a fine of 20 million rubles was imposed on him. According to the court's decision, Usenko is deprived of the right to hold positions related to the exercise of the functions of a representative of power, the performance of organizational and administrative, administrative and economic functions in state bodies, local self-government bodies, state and municipal institutions, in state corporations for a period of 4 years.

In addition, the civil claim of the prosecutor's office in the interests of the city of Moscow was satisfied. The court recovered more than 34 million rubles in favor of the budget of the Russian capital.

According to TASS, in 2019 Usenko received 13 years in prison for corruption crimes related to the restoration of the Hermitage Theater and the Yesenin Museum in Moscow. The case concerns contracts of the Department of Culture of Moscow for the repair of these institutions. Contracts totaling 650 million rubles were concluded with the Sianstroy company controlled by Usenko. In fact, the restoration for a significantly lower amount was carried out by another company, which the official threatened with problems when accepting work on previously concluded contracts. In the future, the investigation brought additional charges against the ex-official: in the entrance of the investigation, the TFR revealed new fictitious contracts for allegedly completed restoration work.^[1]

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