The Russian Ministry of Defense is leading a campaign to get back several buildings and areas which it lost in the high-profile Oboronservis corruption case.
A court in Moscow on Thursday ruled the sales of the Northern Fleet’s fuel supply base in Mokhnatkina Pakhta invalid. The base was sold in October last year on orders from Oboronservis. The price was set to 452 million rubles, some 240 million rubles less than the value of the installations.
The base will be returned to the Northern Fleet as soon as the decision comes into force, the Main Military Prosecution’s web site reads.
Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov was dismissed in November 2012 to ensure the impartiality of the criminal investigation. He has so far been summoned for questioning as a witness in embezzlement cases linked to Oboronservis.
