Вертолёт Ми-8 сожгли вместе с мусором: с виновника не взыскали почти 600 млн рублей

Courts refused to recover 575 million rubles from Rosgvardia officer Nikolai Novoselov for the destruction of a Mi-8 helicopter with landing equipment.

The Southern District Military Court considered an appeal against the verdict to officer Nikolai Novoselov. The military investigation of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation accused the defendant of committing a crime under Art. 286 (abuse of power) of the Criminal Code.

According to the investigation, on September 4, 2024, Novoselov, while on the territory of the airfield, ordered the burning of garbage collected in a specially prepared pit. The fire spread to dry grass and then to the helicopter, which contained fuel, rescue and parachute landing equipment, as well as pyrotechnic equipment. As a result, the fire destroyed all of this, causing damage to the aviation regiment in the amount of 574 million 229 thousand 709 rubles.

Nikolai Novoselov fully admitted his guilt, and the court reclassified the charge to negligence (Art. 293 of the Criminal Code), resulting in especially large damages. For this, the serviceman was fined 350 thousand rubles and deprived of the right to hold positions related to organizational and administrative functions in the civil service for a year.

The military unit's civil claim for recovery of material damage in the amount of 574.2 million rubles was partially satisfied; 5 million rubles were recovered from the convicted person in favor of the injured regiment.

Representatives of the aviation regiment did not agree with the decision of the Novocherkassk Garrison Military Court and insisted on recovering the full amount of damage. However, the state prosecution supported Novoselov. His guilt was established, but the amount of recovery was deemed excessive, taking into account his income and the presence of young children.

Earlier, www1.ru reported that a batch of the latest Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopters was transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces.

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