The former Minister of Natural Resources of Udmurtia was fined for building a bathhouse and hotel complex in a specially protected natural area.

To Alexander Nesterov He was given a small fine—100 rubles. While serving as minister, he began building a bathhouse and hotel complex on the territory of the Chekerovsky State Hunting Reserve, where construction is prohibited.

As a result of the construction, an entire section of forest was cut down - 183 trees, the fertile soil layer was destroyed, the land was littered and a dangerous weed, hogweed, was introduced to it. reported press service of the courts of Udmurtia.

Nesterov began to build bathhouses and hotels on the verbal instructions of the chairman of the government of the republic, who was then Victor Saveliev, clarifies telegram channel "Udmurtia against corruption".

The complex was intended to host high-ranking guests and accommodate hunting and fishing trips for high-ranking officials. To secure budgetary funding—3,5 million rubles—the complex was, according to the documents, designated as a facility for "research and development" in environmental conservation. Of the four planned buildings, only one was ever built.

The head of government, however, allegedly was unaware that construction was prohibited in the nature reserve and avoided liability. Nesterov also narrowly escaped prosecution—in 2023, the court reclassified the crime from abuse of power to negligence and dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. However, the prosecutor's office successfully secured a retrial.

When imposing the fine, the court took into account the former minister’s “advanced age and state of health.”