The court arrested General FSO Lopyreva for two months
MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. Garrison military court of Moscow on Saturday arrested until January 23 General of the Federal security service (FSS) of the Russian Federation Gennady Lopyreva, who is accused of receiving bribes. As the correspondent of TASS, therefore, granted the petition of the investigator.
Session 94-th Moscow garrison military court began yesterday around 19:45 GMT. According to the judge, it was closed from the media and audience mode.
The court, after many hours of meetings announced only the operative part. “Elect against Lopyreva the measure of restraint in form of detention for a period of two months, until January 23,” said the judge Alexey Kolesnikov.
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the Investigators told me about the case of General FSO Lopyreva
As noted earlier, in the UK, according to the materials of the Federal security service jointly with the operational services of the FSB of Russia Main Department for investigation of particularly important cases of the RF IC opened a criminal case against the head of the security in the Caucasus, Federal security service of Russia, General Gennady Lopyreva on the facts of reception of bribes in especially large size from a number of heads of commercial structures for the overall protection at the conclusion and execution of state contracts on carrying out construction and repair works.
The punishment on this charge (part 6, item 290 of the criminal code) provides for imprisonment for up to 15 years with a large fine. Guilt Lopyrev does not recognize.
Review FSO
As reported in Saturday in the Center for relations with media and public relations FSO of Russia, General Lopyrev was arrested on suspicion of serious violations of legislation identified during the internal audit, the FSO conducted in departments in the Caucasus. While FSO has not specified exactly what violations committed by the General.
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