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At the airport of Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region, investigators arrested 47-year-old Muscovite, suspected of embezzling 273 million rubles. during the construction of the cosmodrome East. It is reported by the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry. The name of the detainee is not called, it is placed in a temporary detention facility.
The investigation revealed that in July 2013 the federal state unitary enterprise have been concluded with some two subcontracting company. The company had to build a processing complex construction, solid waste and housing facilities with the necessary infrastructure.
«According to investigators, arrested the founder Ltd., is actually his leader, spent listed him under these agreements cash about $ 273 million. rubles for purposes not connected with the construction of facilities on the territory of the cosmodrome “East”, – said in a statement.
As previously soobschael RBC, in the case file of embezzlement during the construction of the cosmodrome East already included the amount 5.4 billion rubles. Cosmodrome Svobodny East being built in areas of Szymanowski and the Amur region. The area of the cosmodrome will be about 700 square meters. km. The decision to start construction was made in 2007.
The first launch from Baikonur was to be held in December 2015. Back in April, in charge of construction Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian Space Agency, and Igor Komarov at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin stated that the launch will take place in December. But then officials have acknowledged that the preparation of the cosmodrome is delayed. In October, President Vladimir Putin announced that the launch should be postponed until the spring. According to him, in the space industry are unacceptable rush jobs, so you need to finish all the construction and commissioning.
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