Carpenters Vadim Pavlovich

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2025: Detention on charges of receiving a bribe in the form of a house and a land plot worth 17 million rubles

The former head physician of the Perm Territory health care institution was charged with taking a bribe in the form of a house and a land plot worth 17.6 million rubles (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported on November 11, 2025 in the Telegram channel of the Investigative Department of the RF IC for the region.

According to the publication RBC Perm"," the accused is the ex-Minister of Health of the Perm Territory Vadim Plotnikov. His career path includes senior executive positions: since 2006, he has worked in the Ministry of Health, and in 2016 he served as a minister. Since 2018, Plotnikov has headed the Clinical Phthisiopulmonological Medical Center.

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Фото: CY UK Perm Krai

As established by the investigation, a bribe in the form of real estate was received by Plotnikov in July 2021 from a representative of commercial structures for committing actions in favor of the specified person and organizations submitted to them, including assistance in concluding state contracts, accepting the supplied medicines and products, paying them on time, as well as for general patronage.

The investigating authorities are preparing a petition to the court to choose a preventive measure for the accused in the form of detention. A procedural decision will also be made against the bribe giver.

As part of the investigation, searches and inspections were carried out at the place of residence of the defendant and in the premises of commercial organizations, items and documents that are important for the criminal case were seized. Persons with relevant information are interviewed. The criminal investigation is ongoing.^[1][2]

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