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MOSCOW, March 28 The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the top manager of the Rosatom state corporation Gennady Sakharov on charges of taking a bribe, the court's press service reported.
“By the decision of the Basmanny District Court, the request to select a preventive measure in the form of detention in relation to Gennady Stanislavovich Sakharov was granted,” said the agency’s interlocutor.
The defendant is accused of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. He faces from eight to 15 years in prison.
From 2001 to 2009, Sakharov served as deputy head of the capital construction department of the Kalinin NPP and head of the department for managing investment programs at the Rosenergoatom concern.
From 2009 to 2010 — director Department for Management of Investment Programs of Capital Investments at OJSC Atomenergoprom. Since 2010 — Director for Capital Investments, State Construction Supervision and State Expertise at Rosatom Corporation. At the beginning of 2024, he was transferred to the position of head of construction project control.