Long and painstaking work
At the same time, according to the head of the National Anti-Corruption Committee Kirill Kabanov, who formerly worked in law enforcement, in order to accuse an official such as a governor needed “long and painstaking police work to gather evidence.”
“In this case we are talking about a person who was nominated by the president. Therefore, a full package of documents needs to be provided to the president,” said Kabanov, linking this with length of time taken to arrest Gaizer.
Kabanov also believes that the use of the article on organization of a criminal group is in this case adequate and the most rigid article that describes the essence of corruption, with its mention of a “multi-level business” based “upon receipt of revenues from the government budget.”
Kabanov said that corruption schemes are a highly organized system, which includes both government officials and businessmen. He said that there are gaps in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and there is no article capable of punishing embezzlement of state funds in proportion to the gravity of the crime.