The head of the Investigative Committee announced this. According to Alexander Bastrykin, for the first nine months of 2024, the damage from corruption crimes amounted to 14,2 billion rubles, of which 4,9 billion was reimbursed. For the same period last year, the amount of damages reached over 15,9 billion. The head of the Investigative Committee stated this in an interview with RIA Novosti on International Anti-Corruption Day.
Moreover, the damage caused only by the actions of generals and officials of the Ministry of Defense is assessed approximately 3 billion rubles, of which the former deputy minister Timur Ivanov accounts for 2,18 billion.
In 2024, more criminal corruption cases reached court than in the previous year. Of the 9, half involved bribery, 13% involved fraud, and 5% involved embezzlement.
Ninety-four local government deputies, 14 judges, and 70 lawyers were implicated in criminal cases. According to Bastrykin, the largest number of corruption cases were investigated in Moscow и Moscow area, Krasnodar Territory, Saint Petersburg, Volgograd area и TatarstanOver the past 9 months, corrupt officials have had their property seized. 18,5 billion rubles.
Yesterday, in an interview with TASS, the Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov He reported that over five years, prosecutors have recovered more than 760 billion rubles from corrupt officials for the state's benefit, which, according to him, could have been used to build more than 250 schools... But, apparently, they didn't build them; they made missiles.