Is there a roundup of high-ranking university officials in Nizhny Novgorod?

This morning, on March 13, the first vice-rector of the Volga Research Medical University (PIMU) Sergey Vozhik and the head of the procurement service of this university Vyacheslav Matveichev were detained in Nizhny Novgorod. The day before, handcuffs were put on the director of the RANEPA branch, Alexander Paramonov. All of them are suspected of corruption crimes.

According to the telegram channel "Opera Writes", searches are taking place in PIMA. According to him, Vozhik and Matveichev are suspected of embezzlement of budget funds allocated under the national project "Science and Universities".

"The Federation allocated huge sums for the purchase of expensive equipment to improve the equipment of the university. The competitions were organized by officials in such a way that affiliated firms won them. After that, the equipment was purchased at inflated prices," Oper Writes pointed out.

This is the second case of detention of high-ranking officials of universities in the region, the Readovka telegram channel draws attention. Yesterday it became known about the detention of the director of the RANEPA branch in Nizhny Novgorod, Alexander Paramonov, who is also a deputy of the regional Legislative Assembly. Regional The Investigative Committee, based on the materials of the FSB of Russia in the region, opened a criminal case on the fact of receiving a bribe by an organized group on an especially large scale (part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to investigators, Paramonov and his subordinate received 1 million rubles from the student in exchange for a diploma without passing exams.