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Former Bryansk Deputy Governor Arrested After Bogomaz's Request to the FSB
On September 19, Governor Bogomaz announced that the FSB was conducting an investigation into Petroshenko "on its own initiative." On September 18, President Putin awarded Petroshenko the Medal "For Services to the Fatherland." The official was fired that same day.
"By decision of the Basmansky District Court of Moscow, the investigator's petition to select a preventive measure in the form of detention for Aleksandr Sergeevich Petrochenko for a period of 1 month and 29 days until December 14, 2024 was granted." The statement reads:
The court did not specify what exactly Petrochenko is accused of.
On September 19, Governor Alexander Bogomaz announced that the FSB was conducting an investigation into Petroshenko "on its own initiative." Bogomaz did not specify what kind of tests he was talking about. "I have repeatedly said that the most important thing is to work honestly and that violations will be punished by law and will receive the most severe punishment," he said. He also reported that the region "occupies a leading position in terms of citizens' trust in the government and, in full cooperation with law enforcement agencies, fights all possible signs of corruption at all levels!"
On the same day, September 18, it became known that President Vladimir Putin awarded Alexander Petrochenko the Medal "For Services to the Fatherland" 2nd degree in recognition of "labor achievements and many years of sincere activity." The local government website reported that Petrochenko was dismissed from his post as deputy governor on September 18.
In March last year, the Basmanny Court detained acting deputy governors of the Bryansk region Elena Egorova and Tatyana Kuleshova on charges of receiving a bribe in the amount of 4.4 million rubles. According to investigators, the money was transferred through intermediaries from businesswoman Valentina Avtushenko for the supply of computers in the amount of 88 million rubles. As part of the national project "Education". The former officials did not admit their guilt.
Egorova served as acting deputy governor from April 1, 2022, overseeing education, science, and culture in the region. Kuleshova took office on April 28, 2021, overseeing information and domestic policy activities.
In October of this year, TASS reported that the court had seized three cars, including one in St. Petersburg, six apartments, two plots of land belonging to Egorova and Kuleshova, as well as cash found during searches.