Advisor to the governor of the Oryol region, Sergei Lezhnev, was arrested until June 24 in a case of major fraud. According to Mash, he was surrendered by a former Belgorod deputy and founder of the Remspetsstroy company. She was a contractor on the Red Bridge, which collapsed five days after it opened.
Lawyers asked to release Lezhnev on bail of 30 million rubles. He did not admit guilt. According to the case materials, the damage to the budget due to the adviser’s machinations during the construction of the Red Bridge amounted to 76 million rubles.
After the scandal with the crossing, a case was opened against the director of the contractor company, Evgeniy Podrezov. He received a sentence for embezzlement of budget money. According to our data, the founder of the same company, Alexander Molchanov, brought the investigation against Lezhnev.
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