One of the defendants in the “case of restorers” were accused of embezzlement of 450 million roubles
Moscow. May 17. INTERFAX.RU — investigation of the criminal case of embezzlement of 450 million rubles in the construction of buildings of the Hermitage, was charged with fraud to the head of the group of companies “Rospan” Nikita Kolesnikov, the press service of the Investigative Committee.
“N. Kolesnikov was also charged with embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of buildings of the “State Hermitage” — said the press service, arrived on Thursday to “Interfax”.
It notes that the court will be sent the request for his arrest.
Earlier Thursday, investigators presented a similar accusation to the former Deputy Minister of culture Gregory Pirumov.
Earlier official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Svetlana Petrenko said that Pirumov and Kolesnikov is detained within the criminal case opened under article 159 of the criminal code (fraud) on the embezzlement of 450 million allocated for the construction of buildings and facility FGBUK “the State Hermitage”.
Later it became known that the ex-Deputy formally charged with embezzlement of funds.
According to Petrenko, in addition to Pirumov and Kolesnikov, suspected of committing a crime, the former Director of the Department of property management and investment policy of the Ministry of culture Boris Mazo.