In Kurgan, the sentence for a bribe to a Chelyabinsk citizen who worked on Sarmat was canceled

The Kurgan regional court overturned the conviction of the former top manager of the Chelyabinsk defense plant, Yuri Shubin, who worked on the creation of the Sarmat missile. Information URA.RU reported in the press service of the court.

“The guilty verdict against Yury Valeryevich Shubin has been canceled,” the outcome of the meeting in court was reported. The verdict handed down to the ex-manager of the Makeev GRC under Art. 69 part 3; Art. 204 part 4; Art. 290 part 5 paragraphs. a, c; Art. 290 part 6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (commercial bribery, taking a bribe on an especially large scale by prior agreement). The court examined the case for two sessions and sent it for a new trial in the first instance.

A man who worked on the development of “Sarmat” in the missile center of the city of Miass was found guilty in October 2022 of taking a bribe. According to the investigation, in 2014-2018, the company’s partners paid Shubin about 6 million rubles. The Chelyabinsk court sentenced the former deputy chief designer of the center, which is part of the Roscosmos structure, to 9 years in prison in a strict regime colony.

Earlier, URA.RU reported that an appeal against the sentence against the former top manager of the Chelyabinsk rocket plant would be considered in the Kurgan region. The place of the hearing was decided to be moved due to the fact that the closest relative of the defendant had previously worked in a high judicial position in the Chelyabinsk region.