Ex-Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus made a deal with the investigation

Deputy Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus Andrei Vtyurin, General Director of the State Monopolist Beltelecom Sergei Siobodedov and a number of other officials removed from their posts after the arrest by the 2019 vein, concluded a pre-trial deal with the investigation. The accused in a high-profile corruption criminal case are also Russian citizens, the Belarusian state news agency BelTA reports following the results of the preliminary session in the Supreme Court of the Republic. It is reported that pre-trial agreements were concluded with the Chairman of the Board of JSC Belarusian Interbank Settlement Center Felix Kasperovich, Deputy Head of the Chief Information Technology Department of the National Bank Andrei Podgorny, General Director of RUE Beltelecom Sergey Siobodedov, Representative of IUP AMT-Group INTERNATIONAL Michael. There is no information on the provision of legal assistance to a Russian citizen through the Embassy. According to investigators, Kasperovich together with Podgorny received bribes in the amount of more than $868 thousand, and Sivodedov, not less than $470 thousand and 15 thousand euros. Prigara is accused of giving bribes for $285,000, and Kazantsev for at least $190,000 (huge amounts by Belarusian standards). Deputy Secretary of State of the Belarusian Security Council (in 2007 2014 Head of the Presidential Security Service) Andrei Vtyurin and General Director of RUE Beltelecom Sergei Siobodedov were detained in May by KGB officers red-handed. The KGB charged 16 officials and representatives of commercial entities, including two Russian citizens, under articles 430 and 431 (receiving and giving bribes). According to the Ministry, more than $1.650 million (including in bonds), 62 thousand euros, more than 1 kg of gold were seized from bribe recipients. A preliminary investigation into the KGB criminal case was completed in December. The Prosecutor General's Office sent a criminal case to the Supreme Court to determine jurisdiction in early January. Alexander Lukashenko commented on the high-profile criminal case. According to him, Vtyurin was a bribe, not an accomplice to the planned state revolution, as some TG channels reported. On the first person: Lukashenko: ex-deputy of the Security Council of Belarus bribery Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus Stanisław Zas, despite the corruption scandal, in 2019 was agreed to the post of Secretary General of the CSTO, received an appointment and in 2020 headed the organization. His predecessor in this post Yuri