The mayor of Tuapse was caught receiving a bribe

Law enforcement officers detained the mayor of Tuapse Alexander Chekhov on receiving a bribe. On held detention and on the fact of bribery of officials reported the senior assistant of the head of Krasnodar SU IC of Russia Natalia Smazka.

It is reported that the detention was carried out upon receipt of a mayor of a big amount of money that can qualify as a bribe, but this subsequently will make the investigator. The detainee called it a gift for birthday. The representative of sledkoma said that now the mayor is detained not in procedural and physical sense. Currently conducted preliminary examination.

It is noted that on 7 December the mayor had intended to fly to Moscow, but it was prevented by the security forces. Since that time Chekov was on leave, his duties are fulfilled by Yuri Kuzmenko. Previously, he was head of municipal Service of drug control. Accountable to the area were the city of Hot Key, and also Tuapse, Apsheronsky, Belorechensky areas. For his merits he was awarded the title “Honored lawyer of the Kuban” and “Honorary worker of the drug control authorities”.