An Irkutsk minister who left orphans homeless has been released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

Initially the former Minister of Property Relations Irkutsk Region Vladislav Sukhoruchenko He was accused of "abuse of power" and "abuse of power with grave consequences." However, he was ultimately found guilty of negligence, according to Siberian Express.

According to investigators, between 2017 and 2019, Sukhoruchenko failed to properly organize the procurement of housing for orphans. As a result, approximately 490 million rubles — they had to be returned to the federal and regional budgets.

Furthermore, the former minister was accused of "facilitating a settlement agreement" through which a third party obtained the right to lease 23 hectares of state-owned land in the town of Irkutsk, home to the Higher Military Aviation Engineering School. However, Sukhoruchenko was acquitted of this charge.

Ultimately, the former official was sentenced to one year of correctional labor, with a 15% deduction from his salary for the state. He was then released because the statute of limitations had expired.

In 2023, the authorities Irkutsk region 457 apartments were purchased for orphans. This cost the budget 1,5 billion rubles. One hundred apartments were given priority to orphans who fought in Ukraine.

At the end of October, a 20-year-old graduate of an Irkutsk orphanage Ekaterina Mankova She complained that she couldn't obtain a housing certificate because she was constantly being pushed down the waiting list in favor of war veterans, according to the publication Sibir.Realii. Afterward, she received threatening phone calls from the Investigative Committee, and investigators visited the technical school where she studies. The school's administration threatened to expel the orphan to "avoid problems."

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