RBC: the curator of the case of the ex-head of Sakhalin Igor Stryuchkov moved from the FSB to Promsvyazbank

Major General Igor Struchkov, ex-head of the FSB department for the Sakhalin Region and Primorsky Krai, went to work at Promsvyazbank, said RBC with reference to sources. The exact position of Mr. Struchkov is unknown. According to sources, he is in a leadership position.

RBC sent a request to the press service of Promsvyazbank, but they did not respond to the publication.

Promsvyazbank is owned by the government and specializes in working with the military-industrial complex. Its leadership is classified. The bank is headed by Pyotr Fradkov, the son of ex-premier and ex-head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov.

According to Kommersant’s information, Igor Struchkov supervised the case of the ex-head of the Sakhalin Region Alexander Khoroshavin. The case against the official was initiated in 2013 after the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Sakhalin, when he was informed about problems during the construction of the fourth power unit of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinskaya CHPP-1.

During the searches, Alexander Khoroshavin found about 1 billion rubles. in various currencies. In 2018, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 500 million rubles. for taking bribes and money laundering. In 2022, Khoroshavin was sentenced to another 13 years in prison on 17 episodes of bribes and two attempts to receive them.

According to the official biography, Igor Struchkov has worked in the field of state security since 1991. In 2011, he became the head of the FSB department for the Jewish Autonomous Region, in 2012 for the Sakhalin Region, and in 2015 for the Primorsky Territory. In 2019, Mr. Struchkov resigned from this post, his future career was not reported.

About the case of Alexander Khoroshavin – in the material “Kommersant” “The governor was handed over to the FSB general”.

Olesya Pavlenko