Former head of the center Khrunichev arrested in absentia in the case of embezzlement
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The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow arrested Andrey Kalinovsky, the former general director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Center, TASS reports.
The arrest was made in absentia for Kalinovsky, he is accused of fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
It is noted that the court granted the petition of the investigation, Kalinovsky was given a preventive measure in the form of arrest for a period of 2 months from the moment of his detention or extradition.
On January 17, the decision of the court entered into force.
According to Kommersant, the investigation believes that Kalinovsky stole almost 400 million rubles from 2014 to 2017 in the implementation of contracts with an enterprise that is part of Roskosmos.
The Khrunichev Center has signed 7 contracts for the replacement of supposedly obsolete cutting tools. The total amount of contracts amounted to 393.6 million rubles.
The examination appointed by the investigation showed that the replacement of equipment was not required, and in fact only minor components of equipment and equipment were replaced.
On December 16, 2022, Kalinovsky was charged in absentia with fraud on an especially large scale. Taking advantage of the undertaking not to leave him, Kalinovsky flew to Cyprus and did not return from there. The investigation canceled his undertaking not to leave and put him on the wanted list.
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