Swiss the court dismissed the charges with “Gazprom” top manager. He agreed with the defense’s arguments, contends that the Court had no authority to bring charges against an employee of the Russian gas company
According to the publication Swissinfo, the Federal Criminal Court of Bellinzona came to the conclusion that he was not authorized to conduct proceedings against the top -menedzhera Gazprom and former manager of the Swedish-Swiss ABB, suspected of corruption. Thus, the court accepted the defense, claimed that Russian gas company employee was not a government official. This means that it does not fall under the article of the Swiss Criminal Code for the punishment of corruption, which involved a foreign civil servant.
Although the court found that the fact that a bribe took place, both the helper will now have to receive compensation the amount of 160 thousand Swiss francs ($ 166 thousand.).
Swissinfo does not name the defendants’ names, but the edition of Forbes points out that we are talking about the director of the Department of transportation, underground conservation and utilization of gas, “Gazprom” Alexander Shaikhutdinova, as well as the former head of “ABB Russia” Vladimir Ushakov.
as previously wrote RBC investigation against the Russians due to the corruption case against Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery (SIT) of the Swedish company. Until 2003, this company was a joint “daughter» Alstom and ABB, and was called Alstom Gas Turbines (after it was bought and renamed Siemens).
In November 2013, the Swiss prosecutor’s office accused the SIT of bribing top managers of one of the “Russian state-owned companies “(without naming names). The bribes allegedly given in exchange for guarantees of contract for the supply of gas turbines for the gas pipeline Yamal – Europe. SIT in proceedings pleaded guilty and pledged to donate $ 135 thousand. In favor of the International Committee of the Red Cross and another $ 10.6 million to pay as a penalty. In total, she was accused of bribery in the amount of $ 3.79 million -. About 2-3% of the cost of the contract for the supply of compressor stations for the project
Another defendant in the case was a former member of the board of Gazprom Bogdan Budzulyak but the charges were dropped before him.
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