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Posted on February 27, 2026
1 min readLast updated: April 2, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleOn February 27, 2026, Russian police in St. Petersburg detained Gazprom Neft’s deputy chairman—reportedly Anton Dzhalyabov—suspected of accepting bribes totaling about 30 million roubles in assets, including a Sochi apartment and motorboat.
MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Russian police have detained a deputy head of oil major Gazprom Neft on suspicion of receiving bribes amounting to almost 30 million roubles ($390,000), a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Friday.
The spokeswoman, Irina Volk, said on Telegram that the alleged case dated back to 2020-2022, when the suspect worked as a director at a company called Gazprom Invest, part of Russia's largest natural gas producer Gazprom.
Neither Gazprom nor its oil arm Gazprom Neft replied to requests for comment. The ministry did not name the manager.
($1 = 77.1000 roubles)
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Alison Williams)
Reportedly Anton Dzhalyabov, deputy chairman of Gazprom Neft and former Gazprom Invest director.
Bribes valued at approximately 30 million roubles, estimated at around $388,000.
A motorboat and an apartment in Sochi on the Black Sea.
Between 2020 and 2022, while the suspect worked at Gazprom Invest, particularly 2021–2022.
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