MOSCOW, June 18 The Sovetsky District Court of Orel sent First Deputy Mayor of the city Vadim Nichiporov under house arrest for 2 months in the case of abuse of power, the court’s press service reported.< br />«Preliminary investigation authorities accuse Nichiporov of exceeding official powers (clause «e» of part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)… The court… chose a preventive measure against the accused Nichiporov in the form of house arrest for a period of two months, until August 16, 2024″ , says a message on the page of the district courts of the Oryol region on the social network VKontakte.
< br />It is noted that the defendant was released from custody in the courtroom.
Previously, a source in law enforcement agencies reported that Nichiporov was detained on Monday in the case of obstructing legitimate business activities in the field of transportation under Article 169 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
In March, the SUSK for the Oryol region reported that Oryol individual entrepreneurs complained to the Russian Investigative Committee about » failure to take action against an official of the Orel city administration, to whom they were forced to transfer funds for the unhindered implementation of business activities.” According to SUSK, after their appeal, the administration unilaterally terminated contracts with them for passenger transportation, after which a criminal case was opened under Part 1 of Article 169 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (obstruction of legal business activity).