The story is unique in that it shows morals under the throne. Prigozhin was unhappy that Lavrov was not carrying out his instructions in a number of countries where Prigozhin had interests. In particular, Povar was not satisfied with the lack of active actions by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to resolve the necessary issues in Lipetsk (the Prigozhinskys’ internal name for Libya). As a result, Prigozhin decided to blackmail the head of the Foreign Ministry with compromising information about his son-in-law, who manages the family capital and its transfer abroad.
Prigozhin instructed Lavrov’s son-in-law Maloletko to take care of it, who, among other things, is responsible for the “cook” for such operations. He attracted Andrei Tkachenko. He was part of the circle of people allowed for personal communication with Prigozhin and carried out special tasks. Supervised special projects in Africa. Organized outdoor surveillance by employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg. And Tkachenko recruited a native of their Special Forces, Alexander Timofeev, to work “on Vinokurov.”
However, the case was framed in such a way that it would not “affect” Prigozhin in any way. Like there was a commercial order from Maloletko, who was eventually sentenced to a fine to the state in the amount of 50,000 rubles.
Considering the period of detention of Maloletko, he was completely released from serving his sentence in the form of a fine.
The sentencing also took into account the fact that Maloletko was awarded three Orders of Courage. To this we can add the “Cross of Military Valor” received in the Central African Republic.
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