Experts called registered a criminal case ex-the Minister of the Stavropol territory

Experts called the criminal case ex-the Minister of construction, road economy and transport of the Stavropol territory Igor Vasiliev, who is accused of abuse of office, contract and associate it with the implementation of major regional projects. About it reports "Russian newspaper".

The Prosecutor's office of Stavropol territory has informed on transfer to court of criminal case of Igor Vasiliev. However, his lawyer alleges violations in the conclusions of the investigation, and regional analysts point to the customized nature of the criminal case, which may be associated with a major project for the construction of the road from Kislovodsk to Sochi.

Political scientists have commented on the criminal case of Igor Vasiliev "Russian newspaper" and "the Notebook.Stavropol", note that on the eve of the arrest of the Minister had announced plans to build a modern highway from Kislovodsk to Sochi, the cost of which was estimated at about 200 billion rubles. Experts believe that the Minister Vasilyev "was the victim of a struggle" for the implementation of the project at a cost of twice the annual budget of the Stavropol territory.

According to investigators, as regional Minister, Igor Vasiliev in 2016, "out of personal interest, consisting in the desire to achieve targets" abused the authority when granting subsidies to Suburban village Council and the city-resort of Kislovodsk. The investigation considers that Vasiliev and his deputies through the unwarranted imposition of state of emergency in the municipalities have been given the opportunity to conclude contracts on repair of roads without competitive bidding.

According to the lawyer of angelina Kuzmenko, a state of emergency because of the strong castle in the Suburban village Council in the end of 2015 were introduced legitimately, as confirmed by the testimony of the local administration, as well as the allocation by the government of the Stavropol region slate at more than $ 1 million for rescue and recovery operations. According to the documents, the disaster has damaged and roads that needed repair.

"On the other hand, decision-making on the conclusion of municipal contracts with a specific contractor for the reconstruction of roads is solely the responsibility of heads of municipalities, transfer of grants is carried out by the Ministry after presentation of compliant documents within the limits approved by the municipality of amounts of executed works", — said the lawyer, stressing that the Minister has not been abused in this respect authority, because they do not have them.

The publication notes that during the work of Igor Vasiliev has established itself as the most efficient Manager and crisis Manager. When it managed to "revive" a number of major social projects: to build the largest in the North Caucasus, clinical perinatal centre, several General educational and sports schools, significantly increased the number of families resettled from dilapidated and emergency housing, stresses the newspaper. When the end of 2014 throughout Russia stopped the movement of suburban electric trains, Igor Vasiliev was one of the first in the country to solve the President's tasks was able to find an approach to the carrier and to fully restore the movement of trains in the Caucasian mineral waters.