The court recovered about 1 billion rubles from the company of the founder Readovka Kostylev

The Moscow Arbitration Court recovered about 1 billion rubles from the organization of the founder and former editor-in-chief of Readovka Alexei Kostylev. This is reported by TASS with reference to court documents.

According to the agency, the court decided to recover from OOO “Barhat Tim” in favor of ANO “Congress and Exhibition Bureau of the city of Moscow” 976.9 million rubles. debts under two delivery contracts, as well as 5.3 million rubles. expenses on the state duty. The case was considered in the absence of a representative of the defendant, who did not appear at the hearing and challenged the claim.

The firm “Velvet Tim” appears in a criminal case against Kostylev himself, accused of fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the former editor-in-chief Readovka involved in the theft of about 1 billion rubles. budget funds in the execution of state contracts with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the supply of drones in 2023. Kostylev was detained on February 27 and placed in jail.