In the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, former high-ranking officials are accused of embezzling 57 million rubles
The Cherkessk City Court will consider a criminal case of fraud against the former adviser to the head of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic and Deputy Prime Minister Eldar Baichorov and the former head of the economic security department of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs Temirlan Baikulov.
 
According to investigators, the defendants and their accomplices stole about 57 million rubles from the budget in 2016–2017, which were allocated under the state program for the development of the agricultural sector of Karachay-Cherkessia.
 
Baychorov and Baikulov fully admitted their guilt. The prosecutor's office also demands that the former adviser to the head of the republic and former police officer pay 51.8 million rubles. Eldar Baichorov held the position from 2011 to 2020.
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