17:50, 13 January 2026

The property of relatives of the former head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Kabardino-Balkaria has been seized.

The property and accounts of relatives of Mikhail Nadezhin, former head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Emergency Situations, have been frozen until the end of February in a bribery case.

As reported by Caucasian Knot, in early October, Moscow's Basmanny Court arrested Mikhail Nadezhin, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Emergency Situations, for two months in a bribery case.

On September 30, Mikhail Nadezhin, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Emergency Situations, was detained in a bribery case of 2 million rubles. Businessman Anzor Nogmov, whom investigators suspect of bribing Nadezhin, and Khasan Appoyev, deputy head of the republic's Ministry of Emergency Situations for counterterrorism, have also been detained. The prosecution of Mikhail Nadezhin, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Emergency Situations, was initiated in the republic and is linked to the interests of local clans, not the federal authorities. Analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe that bribes to officials for resolving issues are common in all regions of the North Caucasus.

The investigation established that the suspects distributed the criminally obtained funds among their close relatives and trusted individuals. Five bank accounts, two residential properties, half a share in a residential property, a plot of land, and a 2023 Chery automobile were seized.

Which specific properties and accounts belong to Nadezhin's relatives and which to the relatives of the second suspect in the case were not specified, RIA Novosti reported today.

The property was seized in October, and a court subsequently upheld the decision. The seizure has now been extended until the end of February, the agency clarified.

In November 2016, Mikhail Nadezhin was investigated for abuse of office with grave consequences. The case concerned a state contract for the development of an automated landslide monitoring system, signed in May 2012 between the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Kabardino-Balkaria and Larti LLC. A month after the contract was signed, the contractor presented a system "which was essentially just a meteorological station analyzing air temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and precipitation." The development did not meet the contract terms, as it "could not perform the functions required to ensure safety during avalanche and mudflow threats," the Investigative Committee for Kabardino-Balkaria reported at the time.

The investigation concluded that Nadezhin was reliably aware that the developed system did not meet the contract's objectives, but signed the acceptance certificate, causing budget losses equal to the entire amount of the state contract—6.2 million rubles.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/419893