Overview
- A regional court placed the suspect in custody for two months at the Investigative Committee’s request, prosecutors said.
- The accused is Viktor Vitvitsky, who resigned as regional agriculture minister on November 10.
- He is charged with two counts under Part 6, Article 290 of the Criminal Code for receiving bribes in an especially large amount.
- According to the case file, the payments occurred from 2020 to 2025 and were tied to access to subsidies and grants worth more than 30 million rubles.
- Regional units of the FSB and Interior Ministry conducted the operations that uncovered the alleged offenses, and the investigation remains active.