The detainee Gaiser led not only to the Komi, but also criminal group – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, September 19 – RIA Novosti. The Investigative Committee said on Saturday on the suppression of activity of criminal community headed by the governor of the Komi Vyacheslav Gaizer that for ten years engaged in fraud for the appropriation of state property. The president has already informed about the detention of the head of the region in the coming days is expected the appointment of acting in his place, suspended membership Gayzer in the “United Russia”.

Gaiser (48 years) in 2003, became the Minister of Finance of Komi, in 2010 led the region and in 2014 he was re-elected in direct elections (79%). In 2015, he entered the top five best governors in Russia, a year earlier, he shared with the Chechen leader of the sixth and seventh places. The reason for the growth rankings Gayzer experts called the high trust and assessment of the work by the residents of the region.

Komi – one of the largest but least populated regions of Russia (870,000 people) with a density of two people per square kilometer. In terms of the economy of Komi – Average area, but due to the small population of one of the ten subjects of the Federation with the highest regional product per capita (more than 500 thousand rubles). The basis of the economy of Komi – mining (32%), the construction account for 15% to manufacturing and transport with communication – even by 10%. Komi – one of Russian leaders in the manufacture of paper and plywood.

Nature

“Russia’s FSB and Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation stopped the activity of a criminal group, headed by the Head of the Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer, his deputy Alexey Chernov and Alexander Zarubin and Valeriy Veselov, “- said the SC in the morning release.

© Photo: Freeze operative video, provided by the Russian IC

Management IC for particularly important cases on Friday opened a criminal case against 19 leaders and members of the criminal community, committed between 2006 and 2015, “the offenses referred to in Articles 210 (criminal association) and 159 (fraud) of the Criminal Code.” “The purpose of the headed Zarubin, Gaizer, Chernov and Veselov criminal community was serious crimes aimed at the seizure of state property crime,” – said the SC.

The criminal community is different scale operations – inter-regional and international nature of criminal acts, hierarchical structure, unity and close relationship managers and participants, strict subordination of junior members superiors, tested system of secrecy and protection from law enforcement, described the Investigative Committee.

Position

President Vladimir Putin is known about the detention Gayzer, and in the near future to resolve the situation with the appointment of an acting head of the region, said the president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.

“Yes, the president reported on the detention of a group of persons, including the head of the Komi Republic, and about the ongoing investigative actions, “- said Peskov told reporters. He added that the decree on the appointment of the Acting Head of the Komi Republic is no, “but apparently we can expect that one of these days the situation is somehow resolved.”

The Secretary of the General Council of “United Russia” (the second man in the ruling party), Sergei Neverov said that if a person against whom criminal proceedings were initiated, is a member of the party, “his membership is suspended automatically, according to the charter party.” Gaiser was a supreme council of the EP.

In this Neverov expressed confidence that the investigation will be conducted objectively – and that “regardless of their position or party affiliation and status, responsibility should be the same for all”.

The search

Investigators have conducted in the office of Gayzer search, during which found a safe with money, a collection of expensive watches, documents, several offshore companies and projects of acquisition of aircraft Bombardier and Hawker.

Only one seized during a search of watches are worth about $ 1 million, and investigators found a whole collection. In addition, printing and seized documents, including a project for the acquisition of aircraft Bombardier Learjet and Hawker 800XP.

According to the operative shooting SC, was also detected a tax certificate issued by the Internal Revenue Service of Cyprus in January 2013. According to the report, the company Greettonbay Trading Ltd. – A tax resident of Cyprus and in accordance with the Russian-Cypriot Convention 2007 is taxable on the island. The investigators also found evidence of a proper legal status of Afina Management Ltd., registered in the Seychelles in 2004.

To comparison, in March, during the search of the arrested head of Sakhalin Alexander Khoroshavina found about 1 billion rubles in different currencies and 800 expensive jewelry, including a pen for 36 million rubles.

The reaction of colleagues, parliamentarians , community members

For the Komi administration reported that the head of the region could lead the criminal community, came as a surprise. “This unexpected information that you need to check” – told RIA Novosti source in the administration.

In turn, elected from the Komi State Duma deputy from the “United Russia” Tamara Kuz’minykh said he did not believe in crime Gayzer, and its reputation in the region is very high. “I know Gayzer very well know as a decent man. I do not believe it. His reputation in the country is very high, it is a worthy man, fair and honest. This is my opinion, as there is really – I do not know,” – she said RIA Novosti.

According to the head of the Regional Committee of the Federation Council Dmitry Azarov, a criminal case said that, apparently, was collected all the necessary evidence base in relation to Gayzer. “We will follow this … information about it for many was totally unexpected, but I think it was preceded by great work of investigative bodies. We must not forget about the presumption of innocence, but as against the highest official of the Federation initiated the case, I think, on the evidence base job enough “, – he said.

In the Russian Popular Front called the case a sign Gayzer system to combat corruption. According to co-chairman of the central headquarters ONF Aleksnada Brechalova, “is not episodic manifestations, and continuous work”.

“In recent years, it is amplified and becomes systemic in nature … I do not want to make any conclusions in relation to the head of the Komi Republic , you need to wait for the final charges. But the fact speaks for itself already, “- he said. Co-Chairman of the Central Staff of the Popular Front added that in this context becomes even more important struggle with inefficient expenditure of budgetary funds by officials waged its movement.