This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the West Siberian Investigative Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

According to preliminary data from the department, from August to December 2020 in Novosibirsk, the head of a state institution personally and through an intermediary (brother) received bribes in the form of money in the amount of 100 thousand rubles and 5 million rubles from two representatives of commercial organizations.

The Investigative Committee reported that the actions of the suspect were stopped by the FSB officers for the Novosibirsk region as part of the ongoing operational search activities.

The suspects have been detained.

Earlier, "Amber Territory" reported that the prosecutor's office of the Kaliningrad region revealed 1511 violations of the law in the field of combating corruption in January-November 2020.

11 officials were dismissed for violations of anti-corruption legislation due to loss of confidence.