“Regarding Irina Soldatova, a decision was issued to bring her as a defendant under paragraph“ c ”of Part 3 of Art.

286 of the Criminal Code of Russia, but since she evaded appearing abroad on repeated summons of the investigator, hiding abroad, at the request of the investigation, the court chose in absentia a measure of restraint in the form of detention, and Soldatova was put on the international wanted list, "the press release says. ...

According to the investigation, Soldatova, together with Viktor Babikov, Head of the Directorate for Servicing the State Healthcare System of the Omsk Region, “organized the preparation of documents and the conclusion of state contracts with affiliated commercial organizations for the supply of medical equipment at a clearly inflated cost ... as part of the development of budget funds allocated .. . to fight the spread of the new coronavirus infection. "

As a result, the region's budget was damaged in the amount of more than 105 million rubles.

Soldatova was dismissed in November following an incident with ambulances in Omsk.

On October 27, 2020, ambulances brought two patients with symptoms of coronavirus to the department building.

Ambulance doctors said that they could not transfer patients to a hospital in a medical facility.

Later, the patients were taken to the hospital of emergency medical service No. 2.