RFRIT CEO Alexander Pavlov testified in the case of Maxim Parshin

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On September 23, another hearing was held in the Khamovnichesky Court on the fact of possible bribery (by an official on an especially large scale - Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, up to 15 years in prison) by former Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maxim Parshin from the former head of Budget and Financial Technologies (BFT) LLC, Alexander Monosov (Part 5 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code - bribery, up to 15 years in prison). From the beginning of the hearing, the defense petitioned that, according to Article 241 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the consideration of a criminal case in court may lead to the disclosure of state or other secrets protected by federal law, and therefore asked the judge to hold the hearing without third parties in a closed format. Judge Olga Zhelyazkova rejected this petition.

The state prosecution bahamas whatsapp number databa se presented to the court and read out transcripts of audio and video materials, thanks to which it became clear what the general director of the Russian Foundation for the Development of Information Technologies (RFRIT) Alexander Pavlov discussed at meetings in the restaurant "Uryuk" at the address Presnenskaya Embankment, 10s2 with Alexander Monosov. The subject of the conversations was a list of companies, which, according to Alexander Pavlov and according to the state prosecution, Alexander Monosov and Maxim Parshin wanted to promote outside the procedure for consideration by the supervisory board of RFRIT and to appoint these companies in the amount of 12-13 pieces for grants.

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The CEO of RFRIT, Alexander Pavlov, testified in the case of former Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Maxim Parshin. During the interrogation, Alexander Pavlov said that the former Deputy Minister of Digital Development, when promoting the list of companies for grants, said that if the instructions were not followed, Alexander Pavlov could lose his position.

On October 14, 2022, the head of RFRIT wrote a statement to the head of the operational department of the FSB of Russia Dmitry Andronov: "I, Alexander Pavlov, am the CEO of RFRIT. In the course of performing my official duties, I learned that the Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Maxim Parshin, who, by virtue of his official position, coordinates and controls the activities of RFRIT, lobbies for a bunch of grants from individual commercial companies. I have been instructed to assist them and provide all the necessary information to Alexander Monosov on the progress of consideration of applications for grant support measures that interest him. Taking into account the above, I ask you to check the information for the presence of a crime in accordance with Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation." (abuse of power - ComNews note .)

During the hearing, the state prosecution found out from Alexander Pavlov that the Center for Information Technology Competence (CIT) headed by Ilya Massukh, who is still a member of the RFRIT Supervisory Board, did not consider Alexander Monosov’s list a priority and that the maximum grant amount for one project was adjusted from 226 million rubles to 100 million rubles during the discussion by the grant committee.

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