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- 25 June 2014, 14:33
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
Today, June 25, 2014, according to the demand of the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of the Republic of Bulgaria will extradite Russian citizen Andrey Chirkov to Russia.
Bodies conducting investigation accuse him of crimes set out in part 4 of the Article 159 (swindling committed by a person through his official position, on a large scale) of the Criminal Code Of the Russian Federation.
The criminal proceedings against Chirkov are conducted by the Investigations Division of the local Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in Chelyabinsk region.
The initial investigation disclosed that during the period from July, 2001 to January, 2012 Chirkov, being director of “Unistroy” LTD, after signing a contract for the performance of works to meet state needs with the Department of Capital Construction of the Central Internal Affairs Department in Chelyabinsk region, stole funds allocated from state budget for the reconstruction of the building of the Criminal Investigation Department in Verkhneuralsky Municipal District of Chelyabinsk region. The funds, being in fact a budgetary allocation based on the state contract, amounted to 19, 5 mln rubles. At the same time, the project was not fully implemented, the funds received into account of “Unistroy” LTD under the mentioned contract were transferred to the accounts of “UralStroy” LTD and “Dolina” LTD organizatons, that carried out no financial and economic activity, and then were withdrawn in cash from settlement accounts of the said organizations and returned to Chirkov.
Since Chirkov has evaded the investigative authorities, a federal and international investigation was launched against him in December, 2013.
In April, 2014, upon the report of INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Bulgaria Chirkov was detained in this country.
At the same time the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation transmitted the request to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bulgaria for his extradition and further criminal prosecution, which was granted in June, 2014.
Today, escorted by the representatives of Federal Penal Correction Service of the Russian Federation and Russian INTERPOL bureau, Andrey Chirkov will be extradited to Russia.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
25 June 2014, 14:33
On extradition of Russian citizen Andrey Chirkov, accused of fraud and misuse of public funds in the amount of nearly 20 million rubles, to Russia from Bulgaria
Today, June 25, 2014, according to the demand of the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of the Republic of Bulgaria will extradite Russian citizen Andrey Chirkov to Russia.
Bodies conducting investigation accuse him of crimes set out in part 4 of the Article 159 (swindling committed by a person through his official position, on a large scale) of the Criminal Code Of the Russian Federation.
The criminal proceedings against Chirkov are conducted by the Investigations Division of the local Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in Chelyabinsk region.
The initial investigation disclosed that during the period from July, 2001 to January, 2012 Chirkov, being director of “Unistroy” LTD, after signing a contract for the performance of works to meet state needs with the Department of Capital Construction of the Central Internal Affairs Department in Chelyabinsk region, stole funds allocated from state budget for the reconstruction of the building of the Criminal Investigation Department in Verkhneuralsky Municipal District of Chelyabinsk region. The funds, being in fact a budgetary allocation based on the state contract, amounted to 19, 5 mln rubles. At the same time, the project was not fully implemented, the funds received into account of “Unistroy” LTD under the mentioned contract were transferred to the accounts of “UralStroy” LTD and “Dolina” LTD organizatons, that carried out no financial and economic activity, and then were withdrawn in cash from settlement accounts of the said organizations and returned to Chirkov.
Since Chirkov has evaded the investigative authorities, a federal and international investigation was launched against him in December, 2013.
In April, 2014, upon the report of INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Bulgaria Chirkov was detained in this country.
At the same time the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation transmitted the request to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bulgaria for his extradition and further criminal prosecution, which was granted in June, 2014.
Today, escorted by the representatives of Federal Penal Correction Service of the Russian Federation and Russian INTERPOL bureau, Andrey Chirkov will be extradited to Russia.
