As reported in the media, in April this year, the Investigative Committee of the Primorsky opened a criminal case under Art. 286 part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation «abuse of power» in relation to the head of the Nadezhda district Gregory Vedernikova.
The basis for initiating a criminal case was the results of a joint inspection by the Federal Security Service of Russia Primorsky Krai and the Office of Rosselkhoznadzor for Primorsky Krai and Sakhalin Oblast in July — August 2012 in respect of one of the companies leading the development of quarries druss, near the p key .
Conducted a joint inspection has shown that the administration of the Nadezhda district in violation of the law of the land allocated for-profit company agricultural land with total area of 1.7 hectares for the development of quarries sedimentary rocks. However, in order, signed by the head of the Nadezhda district, the approval of the layout of land, the category of the two plots of land was listed as industrial land, leaving it with such appointment and they were put to the cadastre.
As a result of these actions, for 4 years on agricultural lands operated quarry mining operations that do not correspond to the permitted type of use of the land.
Held Maritime Interregional Veterinary Laboratory Rosselkhoznadzor (Ussuriysk) calculation showed that the size of the damage caused soil as object of protection of the environment, was 11.4 million rubles.