The court recovered 16.7 billion rubles from ex-officials and companies in Kamchatka

The Leninsky District Court of Vladivostok has satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation to recover over 16 billion rubles of corrupt assets from a number of officials and companies, including ex-deputy of the regional parliament Alexander Ivanche, former deputy chairman of the regional government Yuri Zubar, as well as the commercial port and the Kamchatka Shipping Company. This was reported on May 23 by RIA Novosti with reference to the court materials.

"A large act of corruption was committed with the participation of many officials, in particular, Balakaev, Zubar. <...> All this was carefully concealed and encouraged by all participants in these acts of corruption, by all those companies, founders who were involved as a defendant," said a representative of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

According to him, witnesses who reported corruption were harassed by Zubar. In addition, a representative of the department, speaking during the court session, noted that "corruption offenses are extremely latent and difficult to detect."

Thus, the list of corrupt assets turned into state revenue, as specified, includes shares of companies, real estate in Kamchatka and the Krasnodar Territory, three oil tankers, two tugboats, 12 dies, as well as a number of non-residential premises.

It is noted that the case went to court in December last year. The defendants were 46 individuals and companies. The first hearing in this case was held in January 2025.

In March, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation clarified the claims, according to which 19 more defendants were brought to justice. This increased their number to 65 people.

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Earlier in the day, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation reported on the seizure by the Novosibirsk Regional Court of the property of Andrei Khomin, former head of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption at the Novosibirsk Interior Ministry. It was clarified that he had purchased 15 properties with income, the origin of which was not confirmed. The cost of all purchases for Homin's unregistered income exceeded 69 million rubles.