Former Deputy Governor of the Rostov Region Okunev has been arrested in absentia.
The Leninsky District Court of the Rostov Region has arrested in absentia the region's former deputy governor and former director of a state unitary enterprise, Vladimir Okunev, who is suspected of abuse of office and restricting competition.
As reported by Kavkazsky Uzel, on December 25 it became known that a criminal case had been opened against the former deputy governor of the Rostov Region and former director of a state unitary enterprise, Vladimir Okunev. He is suspected of abuse of office and restricting competition.
At the end of November 2025, it became known that the Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit naming former Vice Governor of the Rostov Region Vladimir Okunev, his former deputy Svetlana Shapovalova, and their relatives as defendants. The office believes that the officials have been running a shadow auto business for many years. On December 25, a Moscow court seized the property of former Vice Governor of the Rostov Region Vladimir Okunev and his former deputy Svetlana Shapovalova for state control. Thirty-six real estate properties in Moscow and the Rostov Region were seized for state control, including five apartments in luxury residential complexes, as well as 25 trucks and luxury vehicles worth more than 600 million rubles. In addition, Okunev was ordered to pay over 100 million rubles.
According to investigators, while serving as the company's director, the suspect, through trusted and controlled individuals, effectively controlled another legal entity—a competitor in the road construction, repair, and maintenance market. In this way, he facilitated the conclusion of an anticompetitive agreement between organizations that jointly participated in procurement and worked to create conditions for the award of contracts at the highest possible price, Interfax reported today.
"The Leninsky District Court reviewed the petition and ordered pretrial detention in absentia," the agency's source said. The press service clarified that the measure of restraint was chosen for a period of two months from the date of actual detention.
Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/419434
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