The former mayor of Feodosia was arrested and is suspected of involvement in an organized crime group.
The former head of the administration of Feodosia, Andrei Lebedev, was taken into custody for two months. Lebedev is suspected of exceeding his official powers, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The former head of the administration was detained on Saturday morning. A search was conducted at his home, but law enforcement officers did not report this - the information was published by Crimean blogger Alexander Talipov. According to him, investigators spoke with several of Lebedev’s deputies, who still hold senior positions in the administration.
“Also in the attention of law enforcement officers is another ex-head of the administration, who is considered the organizer of all the schemes,” Talipov said and added that the issue of initiating a criminal case under Article 210 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Organization of a criminal community” is being decided.
Today, the Feodosia City Court granted the investigator’s request and chose a preventive measure for Lebedev in the form of detention for a period of 2 months, until March 28, 2023.
Lebedev resigned in July last year after serving as head of administration for less than a year.
In June, an extended meeting on problematic issues in the region was held in Feodosia. Before it was held, the head of the republic, Sergei Aksenov, announced the dismissal of the leadership of Feodosia if the parliamentary corps and public services were not mobilized to put the city in order within five days.
Students of Crimean universities and athletes arrived to help - more than 1 thousand people in total. Their efforts retained Lebedev in his post, who was given another month to eliminate the problems raised at meetings with residents - landscaping, water supply, sewerage, lighting and garbage removal.
Judging by the comments in Feodosia public pages, the city authorities did not maintain cleanliness after the departure of the “Council of Ministers’ landing”.
Officials were then more concerned about the issue of the revealed sublease of retail space, which was many times higher than the prices of the municipality, which leases out its property to merchants.
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