Alexander Nesterenko remains under house arrest

The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar denied the defense of former Kuban Vice-Governor Alexander Nesterenko's request for release from house arrest on his own recognizance.

As reported by Kavkazsky Uzel, in early May 2026, the case of former Krasnodar Krai Vice-Governor Alexander Nesterenko was submitted to the court. Previously, the official was accused of abuse of office; investigators later reclassified the charge to three counts of abuse of office.

On May 18, the preliminary hearing of the criminal case against Alexander Nesterenko began in the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar. Due to the expiration of his house arrest, the state prosecutor filed a motion to extend the measure for another six months, TASS reported today.

Nesterenko asked the court to reduce his house arrest to a written undertaking not to leave the country. The defense argued that the defendant had committed no violations during his entire house arrest. Furthermore, due to the ban on mobile phone and internet use, Nesterenko is temporarily unemployed, and his family, with two minor children, has found themselves in a difficult financial situation, according to his lawyer.

The court, however, ruled to uphold his house arrest. His arrest was extended for six months. The hearing on the merits was postponed until May 29.

The former vice governor's criminal case is related to the poor-quality overhaul of School No. 3 in Henichesk, Kherson Oblast. The total cost of the repairs was 300 million rubles, and the damage was preliminarily estimated at 27 million rubles. According to investigators, Nesterenko, while still head of the Main Construction Directorate of the Krasnodar Territory, wanted to "embellish" the results of his work and failed to file complaints against the builders regarding the quality of the repairs, RBC Krasnodar reports.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in early April, a court in Krasnodar confiscated andconfiscated property belonging to Kuban Vice-Governor Andrei Korobka, his relatives, and associates, valued at over 10 billion rubles. The court also dismissed the arrested official from his post.