The defendant in the case of substandard body armor made a deal with the investigation

Vyacheslav Portyannikov, accused of supplying substandard body armor to the Russian Armed Forces (AF), has signed a pre-trial cooperation agreement. This is stated in court documents.

"Concluded on October 31, 2024 a pre-trial agreement on cooperation," reads the report, which is cited by RIA Novosti on December 1 .

It is specified that the accused gave detailed confessions and actively assists the investigation.

Portyannikov is charged under Part 4 of Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Mediation in bribery committed on a particularly large scale"). Court documents show that he is the director of organizational direction of ConceptAviaprom LLC.

On April 6, the Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested Andrei Yesipov, general director of Piket Group of Companies LLC, who was accused of supplying low-quality body armor to the Russian army. A criminal case was opened under part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud on a large scale").

In August it became known that the organization has shares in the authorized capitals of five companies, as well as owns three land plots with a total area of more than 1.2 thousand square meters. m. In addition, the firm has 22 bank accounts with cash.

August 29, it was reported that the defendants in the case of supplying substandard body armor for the Russian Armed Forces had received at least Br2.4 billion from the Ministry of Defense.

September 1, it became known about new witnesses in the criminal case. It was reported that they confirmed the involvement of Yesipov and other defendants in these deliveries. It was specified that Mikhail Kalchenko, head of security service of Piket Group of Companies LLC, and Victoria Antonova, financial director of the company, are involved in the case. September 15, it became known that the head of the company "Piket" was involved in the case of supplying substandard body armor to the Ministry of Defense in the amount of 2 billion rubles. This information is confirmed by extracts from financial documents.

September 30, it was reported that one of the defendants in the case pleaded guilty. He began to cooperate with the investigation. The name of the defendant was not mentioned.