03:58, 30 June 2025

Investigation of Rufat Ismailov's criminal case completed

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The Investigative Committee of Russia has completed its investigation into the criminal case of former employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, including former Deputy Minister Rufat Ismailov. Currently, the defendants in the case are familiarizing themselves with 214 volumes of the case.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, in November 2023, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs for Dagestan Rufat Ismailov and Deputy Head of the Investigative Department of this Ministry of Internal Affairs Dalgat Abdulgapurov were arrested in Moscow on charges of receiving a large bribe and abuse of power. Ismailov claimed his innocence. In December 2023, Abdul Abakarov, an investigator for the Ministry of Internal Affairs' control and methodological department, was arrested in this case and accused of taking a bribe. In August, it became known that investigators are conducting 13 examinations in the criminal case of the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, Rufat Ismailov, who is accused of taking a bribe and abuse of power.

According to investigators, Ismailov and Abdulgapurov received 300 thousand rubles for refusing to initiate a criminal case on the illegal construction of a house and one million rubles for a decision on the distribution of budget funds for maternity capital. The episode of abuse of power is related to businessman Frolov, to whom, according to investigators, the accused gave 100 million rubles to purchase equipment for cryptocurrency mining. After the businessman "began to evade his obligations," Ismailov and Abdulgapurov initiated criminal prosecution against him "based on statements from fictitious victims" in order to force Frolov to return the money.

The investigation of the criminal case involving former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs for Dagestan Rufat Ismailov, his deputy for management Dalgat Abdulgapurov, several investigators and two businessmen has been completed, Kommersant writes today.

The former police officers are accused of accepting bribes, exceeding and abusing official powers, and falsifying evidence (parts 5 and 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation; points "a," "g" and "e" of part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation; part 1 of Article 85 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and part 3 of Article 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). One of the entrepreneurs is accused of bribery (Part 5 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the other - of mediation in bribery (Part 4 of Article 2911 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Currently, the defendants are familiarizing themselves with 214 volumes of the criminal case, after which the indictment will be submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office for approval.

Eight land plots, cars and other property have been seized, which, according to the investigation, belong to Rufat Ismailov, although it is registered to fictitious persons.

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