Communist lawmaker [Rashkin] faces illegal hunting charges, says Russia’s top investigator

Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin is pressing criminal charges over an illegal hunting incident against a lawmaker from the Communist Party faction (CPRF) in Russia’s State Duma (lower house of parliament)

Valery Rashkin faces up to five years in prison

2 December 2021

https://tass.com/society/1369623

Rashkin is a member of the Communist Party, Russia’s most prominent opposition faction, and is known for being outspoken in his criticism of the government and President Vladimir Putin’s administration. He has been an MP since 1999, and in recent times has become the most prominent voice of the party's radical wing

29 October 2021

https://www.rt.com/russia/538838-police-case-valery-rashkin-hunting/

Rashkin compared the terror under Putin to the Oprichnina under Ivan the Terrible, that involved executions and expropriation of property all designed to consolidate Ivan's absolute power. In a bit of hyperbole, Rashkin even claimed that the current repression exceeded the Stalinist terror of the 1930s.

February 23, 2021

https://www.memri.org/reports/moscow-communist-boss-claims-repression-under-putin-eclipses-stalinist-terror

The FBI makes an arrest for corruption in Gurabo

“All I can say at the moment is that one person was arrested for corruption. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office will give more details in a press conference at 10:30 am,” said Cruz Rubio.

At the moment, the FBI is expected to confirm whether or not this arrest is linked to the investigation of mayors and former mayors linked to alleged illegalities in the granting of million-dollar contracts for the [management of solid waste].

The arrest comes in the midst of a wide public discussion about an alleged corruption scheme in which the former mayor of Cataño Félix “el Cano” Delgado is involved.

2021-12-02

https://gossiparchive.com/political/the-fbi-makes-an-arrest-for-corruption-in-gurabo/

The contracts total $117.7 million and include $13.2 million in the municipality of Cataño awarded during Delgado Montalvo's nearly five years in office that ended last night. (Google translated)

Dec 01, 2021

https://www.noticel.com/politica/ahora/tribunales/top-stories/20211201/contratista-al-centro-de-una-red-de-corporaciones-con-117-7-millones-en-contratos-publicos/

Fraud worth 90 million: a tax judge is also under arrest

A tax judge and a tax consultant are among the four arrested by the Brescia Guardia di Finanza for episodes of corruption in judicial acts connected to an articulated system of tax evasion for over 90 million euros.

purchase of over 17 million euros in chips

The investigation, as a whole, led to the reporting of 90 people to the judicial authorities, involved in various capacities in the crimes of corruption in judicial acts, self-laundering, as well as various tax crimes, including that of fraudulent declaration and issuing of invoices for nonexistent operations.

about 5 hours ago

https://www.italy24news.com/local/285344.html