In Voronezh detained the husband of the head of the IZO Galina Smirnova
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In Voronezh, law enforcement officers detained Dmitry Tolchenitsyn, the husband of Galina Smirnova, who since October 2026 heads the city administration of property and land relations (IZO). This is reported by sources of “Notepad”. Tolchenitsyn is suspected of receiving illegal remuneration. The official qualifications of the case and the circumstances of the alleged crime have not yet been disclosed.
According to open sources, Tolchenitsyn holds the position of head of sales support department in JSC Concern Sozvezdie, a Voronezh defense enterprise of the radio-electronic industry that is part of the Rostec state corporation. In 2023, he was mentioned when signing a cooperation agreement with Kalugapribor JSC.
Since the detainee works in a commercial structure, his actions under certain circumstances can be qualified under Article 204 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (commercial bribery). The penalty depends on the amount of illegally obtained funds. Accurate data on the article, which is attributed to Tolchenitsyn, yet.
Galina Smirnova is a native of Voronezh, a graduate of the law faculty of VSU in 2002. She worked as a lawyer, then in the territorial bodies of the Federal Registration Service and the Ministry of Justice. Since 2009 - in the regional department of housing and communal services and energy, since 2014 - deputy head of the department, in 2017-2019 she headed the department of housing and communal services and energy of the Voronezh region. Since October 2019, she headed the department of the head of the Voronezh administration, in November 2024 she headed the department of municipal procurement, and in October 2026 she moved to the post of head of the IZO. In publications, Smirnova is called a creation of Vitaly Shabalatov, a former economic deputy prime minister of the government of the Voronezh region, now chairman of the government of the Samara region.
There were no official comments from the investigative authorities or representatives of Constellation at the time of publication.
