This is reported by TASS with reference to the information of the court.
In addition, the former Minister of Finance of the region, Vitaly Shvedov, was sentenced to five years and six months in a general regime colony for the same crime.
In 2019, a criminal case was opened against the former head of the Astrakhan region Rasul Sultanov and the regional finance minister Vitaly Shvedov on suspicion of abuse of office.
The damage in this case amounted to 212 million rubles.