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- 23 May 2008, 18:08
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
On May 23, 2008, upon request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of Ukraine extradited Russian citizens Vasily Buraga, Vladislav Butin, Denis Tasakov and Andrey Ryzhikov.
The investigative authorities accused them of particular economic crimes.
The preliminary investigation revealed that in 2004 the above individuals fraudulently accrued the right to property of CJSC “Corporation Uralinvestenergo” having caused a serious damage in the amount of over 75 million rubles to the company.
At the same time, from 2003 to 2004, in Yekaterinburg the accused persons intentionally committed premeditated bankruptcy of the JSC “Kontsern Spetsmontazh” having caused a considerable damage to the State in the form of unpaid compulsory payments to the state budget and non-budgetary funds in the amount of over 300 million rubles. Moreover, the above persons performed financial transactions with the assets they stole from CJSC “Corporation Uralinvestenergo”, JSC “Industrial Group “Uralinvestenergo”, JSC “Yuzhnouralsky Wire Insulation Plant”, JSC “Uralelectrosetstroy”, JSC “Nizhneturinsky Electrical Equipment Plant”.
The criminal cases against the above-mentioned persons are under investigation by the Chief Investigative Department under the General Department of Internal Affairs of the Sverdlovsk Region. Former businessmen are charged with crimes under Article 174.1, part 3, para. “a” (legalization (money laundering) of proceeds of crime, i.e. performance of financial transactions with proceeds of crime, on a large scale by group of persons under a preliminary conspiracy), Article 159, part 4 (fraud, i.e. acquisition of the right to someone else’s property by means of deceit committed by a group of persons, under a preliminary conspiracy on especially large scale), Article 160, part 4 (embezzlement, i.e. misappropriation of someone else’s property entrusted to the guilty person, who misused his official position, committed by a group of persons on especially large scale) and Article 196 (premeditated bankruptcy, i.e. enlargement of insolvency committed by the head of organization in the interests of other persons, that caused a serious damage) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
In July 2007, Buraga, Butin, Tasakov and Ryzhikov were detained in Ukraine, and in August 2007, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation forwarded requests to the competent authorities of Ukraine for extradition of the above individuals for the purposes of their criminal prosecution.
In October 2007, the requests were satisfied.
On May 23, 2008, Buraga, Butin, Tasakov and Ryzhikov were extradited to the Russian Federation.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
23 May 2008, 18:08
Extradition of a Group of Persons Charged with Economic Crimes from Ukraine to Russia
On May 23, 2008, upon request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of Ukraine extradited Russian citizens Vasily Buraga, Vladislav Butin, Denis Tasakov and Andrey Ryzhikov.
The investigative authorities accused them of particular economic crimes.
The preliminary investigation revealed that in 2004 the above individuals fraudulently accrued the right to property of CJSC “Corporation Uralinvestenergo” having caused a serious damage in the amount of over 75 million rubles to the company.
At the same time, from 2003 to 2004, in Yekaterinburg the accused persons intentionally committed premeditated bankruptcy of the JSC “Kontsern Spetsmontazh” having caused a considerable damage to the State in the form of unpaid compulsory payments to the state budget and non-budgetary funds in the amount of over 300 million rubles. Moreover, the above persons performed financial transactions with the assets they stole from CJSC “Corporation Uralinvestenergo”, JSC “Industrial Group “Uralinvestenergo”, JSC “Yuzhnouralsky Wire Insulation Plant”, JSC “Uralelectrosetstroy”, JSC “Nizhneturinsky Electrical Equipment Plant”.
The criminal cases against the above-mentioned persons are under investigation by the Chief Investigative Department under the General Department of Internal Affairs of the Sverdlovsk Region. Former businessmen are charged with crimes under Article 174.1, part 3, para. “a” (legalization (money laundering) of proceeds of crime, i.e. performance of financial transactions with proceeds of crime, on a large scale by group of persons under a preliminary conspiracy), Article 159, part 4 (fraud, i.e. acquisition of the right to someone else’s property by means of deceit committed by a group of persons, under a preliminary conspiracy on especially large scale), Article 160, part 4 (embezzlement, i.e. misappropriation of someone else’s property entrusted to the guilty person, who misused his official position, committed by a group of persons on especially large scale) and Article 196 (premeditated bankruptcy, i.e. enlargement of insolvency committed by the head of organization in the interests of other persons, that caused a serious damage) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
In July 2007, Buraga, Butin, Tasakov and Ryzhikov were detained in Ukraine, and in August 2007, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation forwarded requests to the competent authorities of Ukraine for extradition of the above individuals for the purposes of their criminal prosecution.
In October 2007, the requests were satisfied.
On May 23, 2008, Buraga, Butin, Tasakov and Ryzhikov were extradited to the Russian Federation.
