The investigation has long put him on the federal wanted list.
The beneficiary of the damage worth 650 million rubles is the owner of the Israeli company Elsmed Healthcare Solutions, German Tsvilikhovsky, who is also the head of the now liquidated large supplier of health care services, JSC Ezra. 
According to the Investigative Committee, at Nikonov’s go-ahead, Tsvilikhovsky’s group of companies was given an advantage in the process of awarding contracts for the supply of medical equipment. In return, Nikonov received a kickback of 10% of the contract amount.
On Nikonov’s instructions, in the interests of Tsvilikhovsky’s companies, over the course of four years, 29 government contracts were concluded for the purchase of medical equipment at an inflated cost and with worse technical parameters. The amount of damage amounted to 650 million rubles.
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VChK-OGPU
Source of the Cheka-OGPU about the detention of the deputy head of the government of the Khabarovsk Territory Evgeny Nikonov:
“The place under it began to shake more than a year ago. In Moscow, employees of a capital company engaged in the supply of medical supplies were detained and transferred to the region…
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