The court postponed the hearing of the bribe due to the failure of the defendant

The Vladimir Garrison Military Court has not yet been able to hold a preliminary hearing in a criminal case on receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. The hearing, scheduled for November 9, was postponed due to the fact that the defendant did not appear in court.

We are talking about the case under part 6 of article 290 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation. Earlier, information about his arrival appeared on the court website, but the name of the defendant in the case file is not indicated. It is not yet known whether the identity of the accused will become public.

Tomix previously suggested that the case may concern the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Vladimir region, police major General Valery Medvedev. There is no confirmation of this version. A similar situation has already arisen when considering the case of ex-military commissar Vladimir Viktor Molodanov: information about the defendant was also not disclosed at that time, and the process passed without widespread media attention.

The case is currently at the preliminary hearing stage. Under Article 234 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, such meetings are held in closed mode. The court then decides whether further proceedings will be open or closed. The grounds for limiting the publicity of the trial are listed in Article 241 of the CCP.

The reasons why the defendant was not brought to the hearing on November 9 have not been officially disclosed. If a person is in custody, his delivery is provided by the convoy, so he does not make the decision not to come to court himself. Possible circumstances may include illness, quarantine in a pre-trial detention center, a shortage of FSIN employees or a lack of free transport for escort. These are only possible explanations, not confirmed reasons for the transfer.

A new date for the preliminary hearing was set for November 17. If the meeting takes place, the question of whether the case will be considered in public may be clarified in the future.