Savva Mikhail Valentinovich

On 11 April 2013, a criminal case was initiated in Krasnodar against a 48-year-old local resident, director of grant programmes at the Krasnodar regional public organisation 'Southern Regional Resource Centre', professor at Kuban State University, Doctor of Political Sciences Mikhail Savva, and his acquaintance Viktoria Remmler. On April 12, 2013, they were detained. Savva was accused of fraud and fraud in obtaining payments using his official position on a large scale. According to the investigation, the scientist fraudulently obtained a grant from the administration of the Krasnodar Territory in the amount of 366 thousand. rubles for conducting a sociological study, which, according to the FSB, was paid for from other sources. He was also accused of receiving 90 thousand from Kuban State University. rubles for an unread course of lectures. Savva himself claimed that he was innocent and that all the work on the grant was completed in full. On April 13, 2013, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar sent Mikhail Savva to a pre-trial detention center." On December 4, 2013, the Krasnodar Regional Court changed the measure of restraint to house arrest. On April 2, 2014, the Primorsky District Court of Krasnodar found Mikhail Savva guilty and sentenced him to 3 years of imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years and a fine of 70 thousand rubles. rubles. September 30, 204, the Krasnodar Regional Court left the sentence unchanged. In January 2015, Savva was placed on federal wanted list due to the fact that he allegedly left for Ukraine, fearing further persecution. On March 2, 2015, the Sovetsky District Court of Krasnodar in absentia replaced the suspended sentence with 3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony-settlement. On April 20, 2015, it became known that a new criminal case had been initiated against Savva for fraud committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy: he was accused of embezzling budget funds when receiving payments totaling more than 150 thousand. rubles - according to the investigation, the classes declared in the training course were not conducted in full: a number of teachers who were paid an honorarium did not actually read lectures and did not receive money for them. In October 2023, Savva was included in the register of "foreign agents. No later than 2025, a case was opened against him for failure to fulfill the obligations of a "foreign agent.