Former BELAZ CEO Tried In Minsk Today

He faces up to 15 years of imprisonment.

Today, former BELAZ general director Siarhei Nikifarovich is being tried in Minsk in a criminal case on bribery - part 2 and 3 of Article 430 of the Criminal Code. He faces up to 15 years in prison, reports Onliner.

It is known that Siarhei Nikifarovich was detained almost a year ago, on December 21, 2023 - information about the detention then was confirmed at the enterprise.

In January 2024, Prosecutor General Andrei Shved addressed the management and employees of JSC ‘BELAZ’ with the issue of combating corruption, reports the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office. In his speech, Andrei Shved gave examples of criminal cases against managers and employees of industrial enterprises, including the management of JSC ‘BELAZ’. He also drew attention to that one is not exempted from criminal liability for corruption offences if the damage is compensated voluntarily, and there is no provision for the early release.

In April 2024, at a meeting on the state of industry, Lukashenka drew attention to the problem of growing corruption schemes.

The case is being considered by Leninski District Court of Minsk. Article 430 of the Criminal Code is an article on bribery. Part 2 (repeatedly, or by extortion, or by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, or on a large scale) - imprisonment from 3 to 10 years. Part 3 (bribery committed by a person previously convicted of bribery or occupying a responsible position, or on a particularly large scale, or by an organised group) - imprisonment for a term of 5 to 15 years.

Siarhei Nikifarovich became BELAZ CEO in 2020, before that he had been director of OJSC Kuzlitmash in Pinsk for 3 years - it is a machine-tool enterprise, also part of the BELAZ holding. And before that he was the first deputy director for marketing and production at this enterprise. He started his career also at BELAZ - he came to work as a foreman at the thermo-melting shop after the Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy, which was transformed into BNTU in 2002.

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