Baku – APA. A Russian deputy of Azerbaijani origin could face 15 years in prison over giving bribe to an official, RIA Novosti reported.
A criminal case was launched against Sarraf Mammadov, a deputy of the Ivanovo Oblast Duma, who is accused of giving bribe to Vyacheslav Sverchkov, deputy speaker of the Ivanovo Oblast Duma, who is also charged under the relevant article of the Russian Criminal Code.
The investigation revealed that Sverchkov, who was Ivanova mayor in 2014, took a bribe of 12 million rubles from businessman Mammadov for allocating him 37 plots of land in the city center. Mammadov had planned to construct trade pavilions in those areas.
The crime was solved by employees of Federal Security Service’s Office in Ivanovo Oblast.
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