Witness for the prosecution testified in the case Ulyukayev
MOSCOW, September 1 — RIA Novosti. The former head of Ministry of economic development of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev never told Agency staff that “Rosneft” should not participate in the purchase of “Bashneft”, told the court the prosecution witness, the Director of corporate governance Department of the MAYOR Oksana Tarasyuk.
“To me the speaker never discussed his opinion about the participation of “Rosneft” in the privatization of “Bashneft”. Other subordinate, he did not say that “Rosneft” it is necessary to exclude from applicants. We his opinion learned from the media,” said the witness.
Earlier, Tarasyuk said in court that after reading about the position of the speaker in the media, was very surprised.
Ulyukayev not guilty. He faces up to 15 years in prison. He became the first in the modern history of Russia, the Federal Minister arrested for corruption. Under version SK the Russian Federation, received the ex-Minister a bribe intended for the results the Ministry of economic development of the conclusion, which allowed Rosneft to acquire the government’s stake in Bashneft.