Culprit bridge collapse in Yekaterinburg escaped a fine

Nedvizhimost27-04-2007 The cause of bridge collapse in Yekaterinburg was fined 120 thousand rubles, and a 2-year disqualification from leadership positions in government service and in local government. This is the decision of the Kirov District Court in Yekaterinburg. In Yekaterinburg sentenced Director ME "Accomplishment" Victor Menshchikova, the defendant in a criminal case of a bridge under construction collapsed on the street. East. According to the press service of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court, W. Men'shchikov began construction of a bridge without a positive conclusion of state examination on the project documentation of the object, a building permit. "He also has not notified about the beginning of construction works in a supervisory body," - noted the official. "There have been violated SNIPS and guests with the design of flyovers. His guilt V. Men'shchikov accepted in full, Interfax reported. Court at the request of the accused was held in a special manner - without a court trial", - told the press officer. According to him, the prosecution asked for Menshchikova 120 hours of compulsory work. The court sentenced him to a fine of $ 120 thousand and 2 years deprived opportunities to assume leadership positions in government service and in local government. September 4, 2006 in Yekaterinburg bridge under construction collapsed. Part of the structures fell on railway lines, so that was blocked by the movement of trains, following the Trans-Siberian Railway. Movement on railway tracks was restored on September 6. Victims of fracture structures were not. Upon collapse of the criminal case was opened on st.293 Part 1 of the Criminal Code (negligence), which manages the investigation of the Prosecutor General of Russia in the Urals Federal District. Damage from the collapse of a bridge under construction has exceeded 38 million rubles. Oleg Zolotov