Penza, 17 December 2013. PenzaNews. Alexander Shevtsov, the owner-builder of the 100-apartment house in Mezhdurechie, which was illegally built and is subject to demolition, filed an application to the law enforcement bodies informing them that in the actions of the first deputy head of the Penza administration Lyudmila Kipurova there were elements of offenses under seven Articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

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Among them there are Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Neglect of Duty,” Art. 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Extortion,” Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Exceeding Official Powers,” Art. 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Abuse of Official Powers,” Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Defamation,” Art. 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Falsification of Evidence” and Art. 165 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Infliction of Damage on Property by Deceit or Breach of Trust.”

As newspaper “Ulitsa Moskovskaya” reports, the officials of the city administration first allegedly promised patronage to Alexander Shevtsov but then they switched up, and so the owner-builder suffered financial losses amounting to 47 million rubles.

According to the newspaper, along with the name of the deputy mayor, the application of the owner-builder also includes the names of the head of the city administration Roman Chernov, the governor of the Penza region Vasily Bochkarev and the regional prosecutor Natalia Kantserova.

“Alexander Shevtsov believes that outrage against the house in Mezhdurechie is nothing but “the scheme previously tested on other owner-builders, which is a thoroughly planned way of extorting money.” In his opinion, the judicial system of the Russian Federation is used “as weapons of intimidation,” the publication said.

Lyudmila Kipurova confirmed the existence of the application and said that she had already communicated with the investigator on the case.

“Everyone has the right to speak and to write what they want. But everything I did is consistent with the applicable law,” she pointed out.

“Ulitsa Moskovskaya” also cited Lyudmila Kipurova when she speaks of her willingness “to handle the situation” and save the house despite the court’s decision to demolish it.

According to her, the main problem of this building remains the same – the lack of fire-rated passages.