The court arrested an adviser to the governor of the Rostov region

The Leninsky district court of Rostov-on-Don has arrested Viktor Goncharov, an adviser to the region's governor, suspected of exceeding official powers, for two months. This was reported by TASS on February 22.

"The court decided to elect Goncharov a preventive measure in the form of remand in custody for two months," the agency quoted the judge as saying.

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On February 22, it was reported that Goncharov was detained. A criminal case was opened against him under Part 3 of Article 286 ("Exceeding official powers"). It was reported that the Advisor to the Governor was detained in the case of Deputy Governor and Minister of Agriculture and Food of the region Konstantin Rachalovsky.

According to the investigation, the deputy head of the region illegally allocated funds from the budget for the implementation of state agricultural development programs. Subsequently, the companies that received subsidies were declared bankrupt. The damage to the state budget was estimated at almost 156 million rubles.

Goncharov served as deputy head of Rostov region from 2010 to 2014. In 2016, he returned to this position. In 2017, he was appointed first deputy governor of the Rostov region and left this post in August 2023 at his own request. He is currently an advisor to the head of the region.