Zaytsev Yuriy Viktorovich

Police Major Yuri Viktorovich Zaitsev, head of the narcotics control department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Khakassia, was detained in March 2019. He was accused of receiving a bribe of a significant amount and disclosing a state secret. According to the investigation, in December 2018, Zaitsev agreed with the operator of an online store selling drugs that for a bribe in bitcoins worth 52 thousand. rubles will detain a person who stole drugs from the operator." "According to the investigation, Zaitsev also reported secret information about planned operational-search activities to the operator and instructed him on how to avoid detention. The correspondence with the administrator of the Killer Diller drug store was mentioned in the case. Abakan City Court chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention for the defendant in the case on March 13, 2019. In November 2019, Zaitsev was released under house arrest. At the same time, the man recorded a video address to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he spoke about the scheme of 'roofing' drug trafficking by Khakassia security officials. He accused the head of the drug control department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Khakassia Yevgeny Lysykh, his subordinates and FSB employees. September 22, 2020, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Khakassia found Yuri Zaitsev guilty and sentenced him to 8 years in a general regime colony with a fine of 156 thousand. rubles, and also stripped him of the rank of police lieutenant colonel. On March 12, 2021, the Fifth Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction changed the verdict, details are unknown.