Fire department ex-deputy head receives 15-year prison term.
Here's a refreshed take on that breaking news:
Fire Dept. Bigwig, Dmitry Daudashvili, Nailed for Corruption, Gets 15-Year Sentence
Looks like the firefighting world has its own Dirty Harry now. Dmitry Daudashvili, ex-deputy head of the Emergency Situations Ministry's fire department in Russia, has been slapped with a hefty 15-year sentence and a whopping 63 million rubles fine on allegations of corruption. That's right, the guy who once saved lives is now locked up for putting his hand in the cookie jar.
The Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow handed down the verdict on charges under article 290 of the Criminal Code, robbing a public official of a substantial bribe. The court also made it clear he'll be out of a state-serving job for ten years, stripped him of his rank, and called him Colonel no more.
Reportedly, the former official got payoffs from Victor Velikodny, a former head of the 36th Special Department of EMERCOM in the Altai region, for bestowing patronage. Apparently, Velikodny got caught embezzling over 700 million rubles from the budget using phony aid for employees, bonuses, and fake employment schemes.
According to Daudashvili's lawyer, Vladimir Sheluppakhina, he expressed a desire to jump back into the action, this time in Ukraine, to prove his innocence in court. The court's press service hasn't commented on the matter yet.
In a strange turn of events, Rosmorrechflot's ex-deputy head was detained on similar corruption charges just a while ago.
So, it seems the fire department's kitchen is a mess—burnt with illegal funds and boiling with legal trouble. Wish Daudashvili luck proving his innocence in that Ukrainian operation.
[1] Enrichment: The exact nature of the charges and amounts involved in the corruption case remain unspecified in accessible reporting. The penalties reflect particularly severe consequences compared to typical corruption cases in Russia, suggesting significant scope or severity of the offenses.
- The exact penalties imposed on Dmitry Daudashvili, the ex-deputy head of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry's fire department, for corruption charges, including a 15-year sentence and a colossal 63 million rubles fine, indicate a unique gravity of the alleged offenses, surpassing the norm in Russia.
- The specifics of Victor Velikodny's corruption case, a former head of the 36th Special Department of EMERCOM in the Altai region, and his alleged embezzlement of over 700 million rubles, are still not fully disclosed in mainstream reports.
- Dimitry Daudashvili's lawyer, Vladimir Sheluppakhina, has announced that Daudashvili intends to contest his conviction in a court in Ukraine.
- The fire department's corruption allegations, involving Dmitry Daudashvili and the detained ex-deputy head of Rosmorrechflot, underline the need for reform and accountability in ensuring integrity within Russia's public institutions.
