Defendants in a criminal case on corruption have been detained in Syktyvkar.

Oleg Atamanyuk, Head of the Department for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations (Civil Defense and Emergency Situations) of the Syktyvkar administration, as well as three representatives of commercial enterprises, were detained on January 23 by the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic.

They are suspected of committing corruption crimes (Part 4 of Article 159 and Part 1 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), TASS reports.

The investigation found that in the period 2022-2023, the head of the Syktyvkar Civil Defense and Emergency Department received a large-scale bribe in cash from representatives of commercial organizations.

According to the case file, the entrepreneurs acted as a group of individuals by prior agreement. The bribe was intended for the official to perform certain actions in the interests of his official powers.

Currently, the suspects have been detained, and issues related to the choice of a preventive measure are being resolved against them.

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