The former head of the Kursk Region Development Corporation, who was responsible for building a defensive line in border areas, received a nine-year prison sentence.

Court of Fontaine recognized Vladimir Lukin guilty of embezzling 152 million rubles intended for the construction of fortifications on the border with Ukraine. According to investigators, the official and his accomplices created the appearance of work, but in reality, no construction took place. As a result, several districts Kursk region were occupied by the Ukrainian army.

Lukin was sentenced to nine years in prison and a fine of 900,000 rubles, and was stripped of his Order "For Merit to the Fatherland," 2nd class.

His deputies Igor Grabin и Dmitry Spiridonov received eight and seven years in prison, with fines of 700 and 600 thousand rubles. 

In total, the Kursk Region Development Corporation received over three billion rubles for the construction of fortifications, but the majority of the work was never completed. This project also involved arrested former governor of the Kursk region Alexei Smirnov and former vice-governor Alexey DedovAnd another ex-governor Roman Starovoit, who took the seat of the Minister of Transport of Russia, done away with with him amid reports of an imminent arrest.

In August last year, the Kursk Region Development Corporation was liquidated.It is impossible to clear karma», - explained then the current head of the region Alexander Khinshtein.