The Samara Health Minister and his deputy were detained in connection with a fraud case.
Searches in the Ministry of Health building Samara region pass Since early morning, FSB officers and police have been participating in them. How сообщает TASS, Minister Armen Benyan and his deputy Aslanbek Mairamukaev detained in connection with a fraud case.
Benyan took up his post in the summer of 2020. Prior to that, he headed a hospital in Samara. In the summer of 2018, during the FIFA World Cup, he served as the chief physician for the FIFA competition in Samara.
Scandals and searches within the Samara Ministry of Health system go Since the end of last year. Within weeks of each other, the chief physicians of four hospitals were detained, as well as the deputy chief physician of the hospital where Minister Benyan previously worked.
In the government of the Samara region stated, that there have been questions about the ministry for a long time, and therefore in recent months it has been the focus of a special gubernatorial control commission, which has studied public complaints and conducted several on-site inspections.
"Work to identify and prevent corruption and other types of violations in the region is being carried out systematically," — the governor clarified Dmitry Azarov, commenting on the detention of Benyan and his deputy.
UPD from August 4.
The Samara Region Health Minister denied reports of his arrest a day after the media reported it.
According to Armen Benyan, On August 3rd caused to the district police station for questioning regarding a complaint filed with law enforcement. After the questioning, he returned to his duties and continues to serve as minister.
At the same time, his deputy Aslanbek Mairamukaev He remains in custody. He was detained as part of a criminal case against the deputy chief physician of a Samara hospital, who is suspected of embezzling budget funds allocated for the supply of medical equipment.
Photo: Ministry of Health of the Samara Region
