The former head of the Khrunichev Space Center was sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison.

According to a Moscow court ruling, Andrei Kalinovsky, former CEO of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, who had previously been placed on the international wanted list, was sentenced in absentia to seven years in a penal colony.

A criminal case was opened against a former top manager of a company within the Roscosmos structure for allegedly causing damage to the state-owned enterprise amounting to approximately 400 million rubles. The court found Kalinovsky guilty of abuse of office, leading to grave consequences. The investigation established that, while serving as the head of the Center, Kalinovsky facilitated the victory of Sandvik LLC in a tender for equipment supplies. Despite the fact that this resulted in a three- to five-fold increase in the cost of the equipment purchase, the former head of the space center insisted on awarding the contract to Sandvik LLC.

Kalinovsky claimed that Sandvik's products were the best in the world, and therefore should be used to replace the company's existing equipment. Under the terms of the contracts, Sandvik was supposed to supply the Roscosmos subsidiary with thousands of pieces of equipment at inflated prices. However, there was no economic or technical need to replace the existing tools.

The former head of the space center, taking advantage of the fact that investigators had released him on his own recognizance, fled the country and fled to Cyprus. Kalinovsky's assets were seized and sold to pay damages to the state.

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[Sky strike fighter]

The former head of the space center, taking advantage of the fact that investigators had released him on his own recognizance, fled the country and fled to Cyprus. Kalinovsky's property was seized and sold to pay damages to the state.

You can't just hire an effective manager. An effective manager knows how to run and hide effectively. They know in advance where they can effectively hide. Cyprus. Experience shows that the experience of an effective manager can't be squandered. And they've been breeding a ton of them for decades. And now they're even chasing them down the drain. Chubais, for example, will probably never be caught.

[LiSiCyn]

Quote: Sky Strike fighter

You can't just hire an effective manager.

There's one thing I don't understand: in Soviet times, such centers (design bureaus, research institutes, etc.) were headed by chief designers, people with specialized education. But now there are practically none of those. They exist, but they're not allowed anywhere near them.
Or rather, I understand everything...
Russia is a generous soul (c).

[ptt]

Quote: LiSiCyn

There's one thing I don't understand: why, in Soviet times, such centers (design bureaus, research institutes, etc.) were headed by chief designers, people with specialized education.

The question is certainly interesting and most likely rhetorical. You know the answer yourself; these are the times. We need "talking heads," not professionals. The results of this selection process are there for all to see. And the view is only getting worse!

[hector]

Quote: Ptt

The question is certainly interesting and most likely rhetorical. You already know the answer; these are the times. We need "talking heads" not professionals.

We need developers who sit on financial flows, not creators.

[astepanov]

Quote: Ptt

And the view becomes paler and paler!

No! The view is getting brighter! Not long ago, our Putin was perplexed: what's with Anatol Borukhovich, nicknamed "Redhead," so eager to please? After all, the man had a wonderful life, no one bothered him—and now he's skedaddled off to the Promised Land, where the earth oozes milk and honey. And he could have done so much more good!

[Sky strike fighter]

Quote: LiSiCyn

Quote: Sky Strike fighter

You can't just hire an effective manager.

There's one thing I don't understand: in Soviet times, such centers (design bureaus, research institutes, etc.) were headed by chief designers, people with specialized education. But now there are practically none of those. They exist, but they're not allowed anywhere near them.
Or rather, I understand everything...
Russia is a generous soul (c).

Because businessmen came to power. We're raking in the dough. Whoever does it more effectively is an effective manager, a good guy, and fits the concept. Ideologically aligned managers were appointed to enthusiastically revive Soviet enterprises as best they could, and ideally, to ensure these enterprises themselves were profitable. But as with the privatization of the 90s, it wasn't always possible to let clean hands into the business. Here, everything is seriously about money. In the USSR, it was all about technology; people dreamed of development, even at the expense of the economy. Here, the economy comes first, and we'll see what happens. It's like, "We'll buy what we need if we need it."

[Sensor]

Here, economics comes first.

Let me clarify, the economy is for a limited circle of people.

[LiSiCyn]

Quote: Sky Strike fighter

Because businessmen came to power.

Okay. Why does this work in other countries, but here it's "business as usual"? This isn't a slipper factory. Where's the oversight?

[hector]

Quote: LiSiCyn

Okay. Why does this work in other countries, but here it's "business as usual"?

Because we're still in the capital accumulation stage, and there they passed that stage 200-300 years ago. Read Marx's "Capital." We still have everything ahead of us.

[LiSiCyn]

Quote: ettore

We still have everything ahead of us.

Again, wait, hope and believe...
First communism, now developed capitalism.
Sometimes I ask myself: Could I have handled a firing squad? And the older I get, the more confident I am that I could.

[hector]

Quote: LiSiCyn

Again, wait, hope and believe

The main principle of religions.

[Vasily))]

Where does it work in other countries? In Europe, all the leaders are - stupid peopleEffective managers do not work effectively anywhere.

[vitaliy20091959]

You are mistaken, these are not businessmen (people of action - producers), they are just buy-sell, essentially speculators - parasites, like banks

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: Sky Strike fighter

Because businessmen came to power. We're raking in the dough.

Businessmen are those who create businesses... those who chop things down are called something else...

[lubesky]

Mr. Kalinovsky, posing as a talented and, most importantly, loyal leader, took charge of a strategic enterprise. Posing as an effective manager, he initiated the replacement of equipment with, excuse me, junk. Posing as an effective economist, he jacked up prices three to five times, and, posing as an efficient and understanding party member, he shared the proceeds with the most effective and unparalleled vertical power structure in the world.
Other citizens, posing as law enforcement officers and anti-corruption fighters, carried out a series of activities under the guise of protecting the federal budget... an effective citizen, posing as an honest and decent leader, "negotiated" a travel ban... And so on and so forth...

[hector]

Quote: lubesky

…. And so on and so forth…

Country imitation.

[papas-57]

"Other citizens, posing as law enforcement officers and anti-corruption fighters, carried out a series of activities under the guise of protecting the federal budget... an effective citizen, posing as an honest and decent manager, 'negotiated' a travel ban." You forgot that this gentleman most likely also paid an increased travel fee.

[Irokez]

Well, you should know perfectly well that during perestroika, effective managers (trained by the Anglo-Saxons) arrived and were supposed to effectively ruin our economy, and we still have many such managers and their descendants.
There were some like that about the USSR too, but there were few of them and they were parachutists from the CPSU who were kicked out and they needed to be placed somewhere, so they mastered some positions in production like "chief engineers", all sorts of deputy directors and the like, and in cushy positions in the sales and supply departments.

[Scientist]

When our Soviet-era CEO was forced out of our NPO and replaced with an effective manager, one longtime employee said, "Now we'll live like this; he even studied in Germany. How to ruin our economy." And, as if he were right, in six years he destroyed everything he could.

[novel66]

This is a crime.

Taking advantage of the fact that investigators released him on bail, he left the country and fled to Cyprus

There are no ice axes in Cyprus?

[Starover_Z]

Quote: novel xnumx

This is a crime.

Taking advantage of the fact that investigators released him on bail, he left the country and fled to Cyprus

There are no ice axes in Cyprus?

Unfortunately, there are no ice axes there because there is no ice.
We need to find our friend Katz so that he can start selling them there, getting the local people interested in this instrument!

[yuriy55]

Quote: LiSiCyn

One thing I don't understand is why, in Soviet times, such centers (design bureaus, research institutes, etc.) were headed by chief designers, people with specialized education. But now there are practically none.

It's easy to understand: they put their own people in lucrative positions everywhere, who provide kickbacks and keep information secret... Mayakovsky had a poem called "The Oversat"... It's time to write the poem "The Thieves"...

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: LiSiCyn

Russia is a generous soul

Yes, perhaps that is not the point.
I believe the judge made a mistake by releasing this character on bail.
This is called "defective work." I used to bear financial responsibility for any defective work. Why aren't judges held accountable for defective work? If you make an unjust decision, you're out of work. If you make a mistake, i.e., don't properly review the case, you lose a month's salary. Maybe then judges will start working responsibly. Responsibility is simply being held accountable for your own shortcomings, either in the form of financial damages or being stripped of your judicial title.

[commbatant]

Quote: Krasnoyarsk

I believe the judge made a mistake by releasing this character on bail.

What does the judge have to do with this? Where did you see the judge in the article? It's written there in Russian for Russian speakers that the investigators chose a preventive measure based on a written undertaking not to leave the country. The Russian Criminal Procedure Code specifies the grounds for this measure, and no one considers the investigators guilty. Meanwhile, the Investigative Committee hasn't filed a motion to ban this bastard from leaving the Russian Federation. The FSB needs to deal with this, as not only a thief but also a carrier of classified information easily flew to Cyprus.

[Seal]

Quote: LiSiCyn

There's one thing I don't understand: why, in Soviet times, such centers (design bureaus, research institutes, etc.) were headed by chief designers, people with specialized education.

Oddly enough, Kalinovsky is a specialist in this field.
Born on September 28, 1963 in Izhevsk.
In 1986, he graduated from the mechanical engineering department of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, specializing in robotic systems (electromechanical engineer).
From 1986 to 2002, he worked at the Izhevsk Experimental Mechanical Plant in the positions of engineer-technologist, head of bureau, deputy chief technologist, chief technologist, and deputy chief engineer.
But in 2003 he graduated from the International Institute of Management in the UK.
And apparently, after this training, he became a whore.

[Gomunkul]

And they have bred so many of these over the decades.

It looks like a cursed place.
Excerpt from the article 2015-07-20 12:22:10
Did 16 billion "fly" into space from the Khrunichev Center? — The Moscow Post

As The Moscow Post predicted, corruption scandals at the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center have continued. This time, the public has been given a detailed picture of embezzlement at the Khrunichev Center, which cost the Russian budget at least 16,3 billion rubles.

In total, investigative bodies opened 11 criminal cases related to illegal financial fraud at the Khrunichev Center, involving not only the heads of the FSUE itself, but also top managers of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).

Following a management change, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center faced unprecedented financial difficulties. The main problems cited included operating losses accumulating since 2007 (11,9 billion rubles), outstanding debt to suppliers (14,7 billion rubles), and production modernization costs.
Ultimately, stabilizing the Khrunichev Center's operations will require a record-breaking sum of 56 billion rubles, even by space industry standards.
Unfortunately, not only the former management of the FSUE was suspected of corruption, but the new top management of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, according to rumors, may also have been involved in embezzlement schemes. Especially since the new head of the FSUE, Andrei Kalinovsky, according to experts, allegedly controls one of the LLCs.
However, the head of the Khrunichev Center gets away with everything. After all, his patron is Roscosmos head Igor Komarov, who was previously the director of AvtoVAZ, a Rostec subsidiary.

Moreover, Andrei Kalinovsky himself comes from the state corporation Rostec, which is headed by the influential Sergei Chemezov.

It appears that Kalinovsky's arrival at the Federal State Unitary Enterprise hasn't stopped the financial scandals there. However, "Chemezov's lobby" has so far granted him immunity from investigation. But the security forces' patience is not limitless, so investigators may soon pay a visit to Kalinovsky himself.

But the security forces' visit to Kalinovsky dragged on for 11 years. That's what it means to have a good "roof."

[novel66]

According to rumors, he could also be involved in the embezzlement schemes.

How could he? He took charge!!!

[Thumbs]

I recently read that the unfairly forgotten name of Felix Edmundovich was recently reinstated at the FSB Academy. This is purely populist. Perhaps then, from the grassroots or at the level of local municipalities, special plenipotentiaries, special departments—"troikas"—should be introduced to enforce every citizen's constitutional right to law and order due to the government's ineffectiveness, riddled with corruption?

[Gomunkul]

They didn't take power from the people in 1991 just to give it back to them now. Corruption is part of the system of governance, and it's very convenient for the authorities.

[U-58]

And yet, it was literally yesterday. Kalinovsky's appointment, his announcements about the financial recovery program, the vast plans that would allow the company to climb out of the hole and thrive.
And this one stole it too. No comments.

[novel66]

Oh, they don't come to work for the good

[ptt]

Quote: U-58

And yet, it was literally yesterday. Kalinovsky's appointment, his announcements about the financial recovery program, the vast plans that would allow the company to climb out of the hole and thrive.
And this one stole it too. No comments.

And now he lives happily on his "honestly" earned millions and tells everyone to get lost from the veranda of his cottage overlooking the sea, especially if he had previously taken care of a second citizenship (and such people are never wrong in this matter)!

[Paragraph]

And no one will even look for them. That's not why they were released. One hand washes the other.

[fruc]

Andrey Kalinovsky, who was previously put on the international wanted list

Another effective manager has disappeared into thin air. It's all so familiar, it's almost boring to read about, like a joke.

[your vsr 66-67]

left the country and fled to Cyprus.

Is there no way to take it from Cyprus to Russia?
The KGB used to have such specialists!

[alexoff]

There's no extradition from Cyprus. In fact, such a crowd has gathered there that in the event of a world war, it would be worth sending a cobalt bomb there.

[Neo-9947]

It's already become a pain in the neck.
He stole 1,000,000,000 from the budget... disappeared... was given 7 years.

When will the country start executing such "top managers"?
Probably not under this President.

[fruc]

Neo-9947
When will the country start executing such "top managers"?

But there are nuances

[Hunter 2]

Kalinovsky was very upset in absentia! Now, what else needs to be done in absentia, confiscate what was stolen in absentia?

[Mouse]

It was definitely not stolen in absentia...

[bug120560]

I wonder if they would have released him on bail if the investigators knew that if something happened they would go to jail themselves?

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: bug120560

I wonder if they would have released him on bail if the investigators knew that if something happened they would go to jail themselves?

Buying off all the investigators is very expensive. But if the investigators receive orders from their superiors...
But with the Very Big Boss, "if something happens" doesn't happen.

[novel66]

Depends on the amount. If they deem it sufficient...

[Zoldat_A]

What a surprise - "he did a favor for a loved one" (c) at the tender... Since the introduction of these tenders, strangely enough, the same people have been winning them, with prices 3-5 times too high.
How about a tender for an administrator's desk, where the terms are spelled out down to the color of the table leg covers, and the price tag is nearly a million? It's clear who will win this tender. Only the company that makes million-dollar executive desks. And that's the district administration—just...

I don't know how to fight tenders... Should the FSB be inspecting every single purchase? Every inspector should be assigned five more "inspectors of inspectors."
If we cancel them, there will be total chaos...
If only we could get a machine gun crew involved... On Red Square, in front of the cameras. Like in China – it doesn't really help...

The whole system needs to be changed somehow... But, this way I'll now negotiate with the State Planning Committee and the state price... They'll throw slippers at me.

[Leshy1975]

Quote: Zoldat_A

What a surprise - "he did a favor for a loved one" (c) at the tender... Since the introduction of these tenders, strangely enough, the same people have been winning them, with prices 3-5 times too high.
How about a tender for an administrator's desk, where the terms are spelled out down to the color of the table leg covers, and the price tag is nearly a million? It's clear who will win this tender. Only the company that makes million-dollar executive desks. And that's the district administration—just...

I don't know how to fight tenders... Should the FSB be inspecting every single purchase? Every inspector should be assigned five more "inspectors of inspectors."
If we cancel them, there will be total chaos...
If only we could get a machine gun crew involved... On Red Square, in front of the cameras. Like in China – it doesn't really help...

The whole system needs to be changed somehow... But, this way I'll now negotiate with the State Planning Committee and the state price... They'll throw slippers at me.

The FSB doesn't exist in isolation, separate from the government, and it clearly understands that sometimes it's "someone's foot." A recent example is the Krasnodar region. Whether it's the estate stuffed with money, Korobki, or Kondratyev himself, it doesn't matter—they've been "not seen" point-blank all these years, that's the fact.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Leshy1975

The FSB does not exist on its own, separately from the authorities, and clearly understands that at times it is "the one who needs to get his foot in the door."

I said above that I don't know how to deal with this. Moreover, I'm not sure anyone knows...

[novel66]

Stalin was good at it. Let AI generate Stalin and let him lead a bit.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: novel xnumx

Stalin was good at it. Let AI generate Stalin and let him lead a bit.

And, like in that joke - repaint the Mausoleum green...

[novel66]

Yes, let's start with that. There will be no objections.

[Reptiloid]

Quote: Zoldat_A

..... I said above that I don't know how to deal with this. Moreover, I'm not sure anyone knows...

But a lot of people figured out how to join this process. Even a mentally ill person figured out how to become a deputy for his own benefit. They exposed him. But without punishment. Sick.

[Gomunkul]

I said above that I don’t know how to deal with this.

Those who need to know how to deal with this know, but apparently there has been no command yet.

MOSCOW, October 26, 2022. /TASS/. Russia has created the "Poseidon" system, which uses artificial intelligence to identify corrupt officials. This was announced by Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, who participated via videoconference in the 7th meeting of the Interstate Anti-Corruption Council, the press service of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office told reporters.

[Zoldat_A]

!

Quote: Gomunkul

Those who need to know how to deal with this know, but apparently there has been no command yet.

And they don't tell us either.

Quote: Gomunkul

Russia has created the "Poseidon" system, which uses artificial intelligence to identify corrupt officials. This was announced by Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov.

Are you sure this isn't one of Trump's super-disco-turbo-burbulators?
Sure, I can take apart and reassemble a home computer. Not as quickly as a Kalashnikov, but I don't use the services of a specialist. But the intricacies of AI, and other such esoteric matters, are a dark forest for me...

[Gomunkul]

The media write:

The Federal Protective Service is the operator of this system. It is responsible for security, ensuring that no one hacks into the system or changes anything there. The Presidential Administration's Anti-Corruption Directorate is affiliated with Poseidon. It will be responsible for coordination, as it is responsible for vetting individuals appointed to positions by Putin.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Gomunkul

The Anti-Corruption Directorate of the Presidential Administration is part of Poseidon.

I'm just saying that we were told something a little different about "Poseidon." For example, I only know one "Acacia." And other flowers and trees, too. So, there are two "Poseidons," then? We were told something like this—

[Gomunkul]

I'm just saying that we were told something a little different about Poseidon.

I can't say why the same name was chosen for two "products," but the system works. There are also videos online that show how Ukrainian intelligence agencies try to send their recruited compatriots into our country under the guise of refugees and how they filter them upon entry. There's a mention of a system that collects all the information on these people and how they expose saboteurs. Perhaps a similar program is used for filtering.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Gomunkul

There's a mention of a system that collects all the information on these people and how saboteurs are exposed. Perhaps a similar program is used for filtering.

It'll be interesting to surf the internet in my spare time. You've really intrigued me...

[LiSiCyn]

Quote: Zoldat_A

I don't know how to fight tenders... Should the FSB check every purchase?

OBKhSS. But there's a problem, the last two letters. For this to work, the system needs to change.
Oh, what was I talking about... I'm quiet, I'm quiet...

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: LiSiCyn

Quote: Zoldat_A

I don't know how to fight tenders... Should the FSB check every purchase?

OBKhSS. But there's a problem, the last two letters. For this to work, the system needs to change.
Oh, what was I talking about... I'm quiet, I'm quiet...

And remember how they told us that this was Soviet, that is, NOBODY’S, and that anyone and everyone was stealing it.
We waited. As my grandmother used to say: "The cat waited for help..." EVERYTHING became SOMEONE'S.
But it turns out that the MASTER'S stuff is being dragged away even more...

[commbatant]

Quote: LiSiCyn

OBKhSS. But there's a problem, the last two letters. For this to work, the system needs to change.

It is enough to change the second to last letter to "K".

[Sensor]

But now I'll negotiate with the State Planning Committee and the state price... They'll throw slippers at me.

No, the seeds have been sown, those who take above their rank are being rooted out, and perhaps elements of a planned economy will be introduced. But the law on taxes on bribes hasn't been passed for over twenty years.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Sensor

the grains are thrown, those who take them beyond their rank are uprooted

Well, if I don’t take the initiative... And according to the cell I occupy in the timesheet, there are no bribes, it seems...

I remember when I was in school, our headmistress "quit." Six months before retirement. My mother, even though she'd spent her entire life in higher education, quickly spread such rumors. I didn't really understand the circumstances at the time; it only dawned on me that a woman who had worked at the school her entire life (including 20 years as a headmistress) had been fired for 150 rubles. I also realized I couldn't tell anyone about it.
Probably, 150 rubles was not a high salary for a school principal back then... Half of her salary for a month.

[carpenter]

A criminal case was opened against a former top manager of a company within the Roscosmos structure in connection with the damage his actions caused to the state-owned enterprise in the amount of approximately 400 million rubles.

Yes, top managers can steal, but they are not trained to work, and what kind of work do they have anyway?

[alovrov]

Negative personnel selection is in full swing. In principle, we could safely round up absolutely every top official indiscriminately; there are no innocents there by definition; decent people, firstly, don't get into positions of power, and secondly, they're not allowed in. But of course, there's no one to do the rounding.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: alovrov

In principle, you can safely pack absolutely all top officials indiscriminately; there are no innocent people there by definition; firstly, decent people don’t go into power, and secondly, they are not allowed in.

In the early 2000s, I was approached about joining the district administration. It was my job, working on construction projects. I learned about the salary and was shocked! I asked, "Do you really have people working for that kind of salary?" To which they replied, "Take it. There will be 20 more candidates to take your place in 10 minutes..."

It's like that old joke from the 90s about the police.

- And I thought they gave me a gun and I could do whatever I wanted...

I don't know how it is now - I've been trying to avoid dealing with the administrations for a long time, but BUT THEN, it turns out they weren't working there for a salary?
I realize this is a stupid and unnecessary question—everyone already knows the answer. I just... To finish my comment...

[carpenter]

The former head of the space center, taking advantage of the fact that investigators released him on bail, left the country and fled to Cyprus.

It's all clear here, he shared it with the investigators and they released him on bail. "Where's the money, Zin??"

[andrey martov]

Until they recreate the "ice-picking troops" capable of getting any radish (on the crown) who has fled from justice and fair punishment, be it to Mexico or Munich... the endless animated series "Leopold the Cat and the Mice" will continue...

[alexboguslavski]

According to a Moscow court ruling, Andrei Kalinovsky, former CEO of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, who had previously been placed on the international wanted list, was sentenced in absentia to seven years in a penal colony.

Everyone steals. With the caveat that it depends on the position they hold.

It seems like there were purges in the Ministry of Defense, they are framing Timurka, And nothing has changed.

1,4 billion contracts and an 18 million kickback: Deputy head of Patriot Park arrested

Vitaly Melimuk, deputy director of the Ministry of Defense's Patriot Park, has been arrested in Moscow. Investigators believe he accepted kickbacks from government contracts.

At the end of 2025, the park signed contracts for building and grounds maintenance worth more than 1,4 billion rubles. The work was awarded to the company Hermes. According to investigators, Melimuk immediately set the terms: 10% for patronage. This was to ensure the contracts were signed and that no one would "interfere with the work" afterwards.

In April 2026, the businessman transferred 18 million rubles to him. At that moment, Melimuk was detained by FSB officers. The court sent him to pretrial detention.

This is far from the first scandal surrounding the park. In 2025, former Patriot director Akhmedov received a five-year prison sentence for fraud amounting to 25 million rubles. And Grigorkin, the head of the museum and temple complex in Kronstadt, received a six-year sentence for bribery amounting to nearly 20 million rubles. Former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov received an even harsher sentence – 19 years in a maximum-security prison.

This is not a trifle on your pockets tying.(C)

When will you get drunk? The question is rhetorical.

[Aleksandr_68]

How did you leave, ...at night on a raft sailed to Cyprus??

[Irek]

We need to send a specialist and carry out the sentence.

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

Quote: oleg-nekrasov-19

The former head of the space center, taking advantage of the fact that investigators released him on bail, left the country and fled to Cyprus.

What a treacherous thief he turns out to be, just like Chubais.

[Graz]

Taking advantage of the fact that investigators released him on bail, he left the country and fled to Cyprus

Not only is there no oversight of major government procurements, and they're hoping the people in charge aren't thieves, but they're also releasing him on bail and, for some reason, haven't confiscated his passport, so he managed to escape. He probably has a house in Cyprus and accounts in local banks.

[tralflot1832]

In the US, they've long since grown tired of fighting theft, replacing it with lobbying. But you have to pay taxes on these amounts. If you went to the tax office and they didn't bother you, that means you earned it honestly. China is also fighting, they're shooting, but it's not working out very well. Only they don't steal from Kim Jong-un - because the money can't be spent.

[Igor Borisov_2]

I always loved the anti-corruption package I collected at work in the spring. Bills, movable and immovable property. I passed the information on to my wife, a municipal employee. She was reprimanded for failing to report the 10 rubles remaining in the savings account my parents gave me when I graduated from college in 1992. Of course, there was a different amount in there, but I don't even remember where it is. And no one notices 300 million, just like they don't notice luxury mansions...

[alexputnik17]

The former head of the space center, taking advantage of the fact that investigators released him on bail, left the country and fled to Cyprus.

It always amazes me how people with such a secret clearance can escape abroad and how they are released on bail... What a surreal experience... A land of fools with a field of miracles...

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: alexputnik17

and how he is released on bail...

Aren't you surprised by how passport control works when travel restrictions are in place?

[Irkit]

It feels like there's only one thief on the hook. Posts

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: IrkIt

It feels like one thief

You have the wrong feeling, it's not just one, there are many of them

[tralflot1832]

Quote: alexboguslavski

The head of the museum and temple complex in Kronstadt, Grigorkin, received six years for bribes amounting to almost 20 million.

Shoigu's daughter was responsible for the renovation of Kronstadt and the forts—it went off without any financial scandals. Now she'll be working on rare earths in her father's homeland, apparently—and without any budgetary funds, like Kronstadt and the forts. We'll see.

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: tralflot1832

Now he'll be working on rare earth minerals in his father's homeland—and without any budgetary funds, like in Kronstadt and the forts. We'll see.

Why weren't you prepared for your comment? Did you really believe she had no budget? Where did she get her skills? Do you think she can work without a budget based on genetics?
In July 2023, it was reported that 12,5 billion rubles had been allocated from the federal budget for the reconstruction of three forts in Kronstadt: Kronshlot, Peter I, and Emperor Alexander I.
spb.vedomosti.ru
It was planned that restoration work on the forts would continue until 2024, and the structures would not become accessible to tourists until 2026.
And that's far from all the money allocated... And who was our co-director? "A year ago, the Russian Defense Minister's youngest daughter, Ksenia Shoigu, and the head of the Army Property, Troop Quartering, and Military Facilities Construction Department, Timur Ivanov, took charge of the ambitious "Kronstadt Islands" tourism project."

[Joker62]

Andrei Kalinovsky, former general director of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, who was previously placed on the international wanted list

This guy, who previously worked for us at the V.P. Chkalov Aircraft Plant, also ended up in financial trouble. He fled to the Far East, more precisely, to Komsomolsk-on-Amur, KNAAZ. He didn't work there for long, but some shaggy hand snatched him up and landed him a job at the Khrunichev Space Plant.
This Jew is very slippery, and they gave him a sentence that was a bit too short... but he should have gotten the full sentence - at least 25 years without the right to parole!

[phrases]

At one point, they got them with greyhound puppies, then with privileges, trips to capitalist countries, special rations, and finally, they got their hands on money from a common pot, so to speak. I don't even know what else to say to those who naively demand something that never existed—justice.

[Zheka111]

A product of the system that the ruling party has been building for 30 years.....
I wouldn't be surprised if Kalinovsky carried out this scam under duress from more influential people in the government, to whom he ultimately kicked back 90 percent of the stolen funds. Then the billions were funneled into offshore accounts, bouncing around to cover the trail, and then into accounts in hated America and the decaying EU.

[AshPoseidon]

It would be better if they actually bought new equipment and raised the workers' wages. They build rockets for next to nothing, they do it well, but you can't work like that for long. They don't get bonuses. That's why there's so much turnover. That's how it feels. The managers are crap!

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Truly, Africa was cheaper to support than today's leaders

[alexputnik17]

Quote: Vasilenko Vladimir

Aren't you surprised by how passport control works when travel restrictions are in place?

Surprising...
It's surprising that someone with security clearances is being allowed to go home without any problem... He's not only not been punished abroad, but he poses a threat to the country's national security.
But this isn't the first time this has happened to us. Starting with Gorbachev, everything was fine with his first top-secret clearance. He received an indulgence in the form of a decree and went off to get treatment and give lectures... Yeah... hard to believe...
Mathematician Berezovsky was actually Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council... I accept how all this is possible, but I can't understand...

[tjeck91]

What a villain! Judging by his story, they could make a movie about him, "The Wolf from Roscosmos."

[shtatsov]

Quote: novel xnumx

There are no ice axes in Cyprus?

There are probably ice axes, but no specialists. The last known specialist worked there almost 100 years ago. And even less so are the organizers and political will.

[isv000]

Is there really no way to get to Cyprus as a Russian tourist?! Drive an ice pick into a back alley once, or accidentally run someone over with a car six times...

[Karabin]

A criminal case was opened in connection with the damage his actions caused to the state enterprise in the amount of approximately 400 million rubles.

Taking advantage of the fact that investigators released him on bail, he left the country and fled to Cyprus.

Charming, charming. Followed the path of Chubais.

[opuonmed]

The former head of the space center, taking advantage of the fact that investigators released him on bail, left the country and fled to Cyprus.

Wow, that's brutal, I'm amazed at the loyalty of judges and the state to those who steal money and make offers!

[jovanni]

Quote: Sky Strike fighter

Chubais will probably never be caught.

They definitely won't catch you. If only because they don't catch you...

[Sergey3]

Some kind of underdeveloped, not entirely effective manager, he stole only 0,4 billion, he's as far away from Chubais and Gref as from another galaxy...

[Gavrilo Princip]

And why hasn't the ice axe been used yet? There's still that red-haired Chubais running around somewhere abroad. But why did they let them go? The question is.

[koksalek]

he will still receive a rather large pension in Cyprus or anywhere else

[Dedan]

The Jewish mafia has seized power in the country. It destroyed the USSR and is plundering and destroying Russia.

[sgrabik]

You can't understand Russia with your mind!!!

[the same doctor]

Andrey Kalinovsky? What good can Russia expect from a Pole? And from other "unpatriots" in leadership positions?

[Paragraph]

"The fact that the investigators released him on his own recognizance, he left the country, and fled to Cyprus. But here's a closer look at what kind of "investigators" these are who send defendants across the border en masse. And the "bigger the theft" (crime), the more freedom they have to leave. A walk-in, not an investigative department.