The head of the region in Central Russia has been detained and a criminal case launched, spokesman of Russia's Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin announced on Friday.
The governor Nikita Belykh, was caught red-handed while receiving the money in euro currency at a Moscow restaurant, he added, saying that investigators will seek the governor's arrest.The official was getting the money from a company associated with the criminal case of anti-corruption activist Aleksey Navalny.
The euro notes were apparently marked by police.
According to investigators, Belykh was getting the money for his actions in favor of the bribe-giver, who controlled two companies – the Novovyatsky Ski Plant and Forestry Managing Company.
The latter entity is associated with Russian opposition figure Aleksey Navalny. Among its co-founding companies in 2010 was the Kirovles (Kirov Forest), which was later involved in the criminal case against Navalny. In 2013, the activist was found guilty by a Kirov court of embezzlement within the Kirovles. Originally sentenced to five years in prison, Navalny's sentence was later changed to suspended, with a fine of 500,000 rubles ($7,700).
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