UK has opened a criminal case against the ex-Minister of Housing and Communal Services of the Murmansk region

Vladimir Kobytev, the former Minister of Energy and Housing of the Murmansk Region, who is currently the general director of PromVoenStroy LLC, has become a defendant in a criminal case. This was announced on January 12 by the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

A criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of Russia ("Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements"), as his actions left the village of Pechenga in the Murmansk region without heating.

The investigation revealed that in 2024, PromVoenStroy signed a state agreement for the reconstruction of boiler houses and heating systems in the village in the amount of 260 million rubles. Kobytev was supposed to ensure control over the execution of the contract.

However, in November —December 2025, the head did not organize the heating supply, which caused the temperature in the living quarters to drop below normal. Residents of more than 20 residential buildings were left without heat, some of which were the families of participants in a special military operation.

"Military investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia have charged Kobytev. Investigative actions are being carried out in the criminal case aimed at establishing the circumstances to be proved," the Telegram channel said in a statement.

Common grounds: criminal cases will be initiated against five Rostov judges

They are suspected of taking bribes and imposing unjust sentences.

At the end of December 2025, it was reported that an investigation into embezzlement (Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) related to former Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia Igor Chalik had been submitted to the Koptevsky Court in Moscow. The court hearing has been postponed to mid-January. The accused is under house arrest.

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