In Minsk for receiving a bribe convicted the former head of the transport shop

In the premises of the Plant of reinforced concrete products, an exit court session was held - a Minsk citizen was tried for receiving a bribe, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

The criminal case was considered by the judge of the court of Pervomaysky district Maxim Trusevich. The meeting was attended by the management and employees of the plant.

The accused is a 41-year-old Minsk citizen with a higher education, he is married and has a dependent minor child. The man is currently working as a driver.

Since December 2020, he served as the head of the transport shop of the Concrete Products Plant and was an official authorized to perform legally significant actions. The investigation established that in the period from April to August 2024 from a representative of a private company in five receptions, the accused received a total of 5 thousand BYN. Illegal remuneration was intended for the choice of a company as a contractor, supplier for the performance of works, services, purchase of goods for the purpose of subsequent conclusion of contracts, their visa and signing, for prompt payment, unimpeded acceptance of work performed, etc.

When this became known, a criminal case was opened against the citizen. He fully admitted his guilt, sincerely repented of what he had done, and also voluntarily paid the income received by criminal means.

The court found him guilty of accepting by an official for himself material values provided solely in connection with his official position, for a favorable solution of issues within his competence and for performing in the interests of the person giving the bribe and representing him any action that this person should have and could have done with the use of his official powers (receiving a bribe), and on the basis of Part 1 of Article 430 of the Criminal Code, applying Part 1 of Article 69 of the Criminal Code, he was sentenced to a restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional institution for a period of 2 years 6 months with a fine of 300 basic values (13 500 BYN), with the performance of significant actions in legal positions, 5 years.

The sentence has not come into force, can be appealed and challenged in accordance with the procedure established by law.

After the end of the hearing, the Deputy Chairman of the Court of Pervomaysky District Natalia Dedkova addressed the audience. Corruption is a global problem, as it destabilizes national economies, violates human rights, undermines the principles of justice, provokes social tensions in society.

- Corruption in various spheres of state and public life is a serious danger, as a result of which it undermines people’s trust in the state, exacerbates economic inequality, creates organized crime, threatens the national security of the country, Dedkova said. This problem affects absolutely all citizens of the country. Corruption manifests itself in a wide variety of forms and forms, and the most common of them is bribery.

Unfortunately, for some, giving small bribes to solve household issues does not contradict their own worldview and moral limitations. They believe that it is all the fault of those who are rewarded. It is believed that those who offer a bribe or give it do not violate anything. However, two parties are always involved in the corruption process: the bribe-taker and the bribe-taker. And the bribe-taker is in many cases the primary source of corruption. Therefore, if there were not those who wish to obtain certain preferences or benefits by giving bribes, there would hardly be those who accept these bribes.

The Deputy Chairman of the Court also stressed that Belarus has created and implemented mechanisms of state anti-corruption policy that have proven their effectiveness. Moreover, this issue is under the constant personal control of the Head of State. He has repeatedly noted that in recent years, the joint efforts of the competent services have reduced the proportion of identified corruption crimes. However, the elimination of negative phenomena, alas, is not yet necessary to talk.

Photo court of Pervomaysky district