Police Arrest Chelyabinsk Deputy Governor Accused of Accepting Bribes - The Moscow Times
Moscow Times
February 12, 2026
Authorities in the Chelyabinsk region said Thursday that law enforcement arrested a deputy governor following allegations that he accepted bribes during his time as mayor of the city of Kopeysk. “Deputy Governor Andrei Faleychik was arrested this morning,” regional Governor Alexei Teksler wrote on Telegram. “The investigation is connected to his previous position as Kopeysk mayor.” The Interfax news agency, citing law enforcement sources, reported that officers from Russia’s FSB security service and criminal investigators arrested Faleychik on allegations that he accepted a large bribe in exchange for transferring the ownership of a publicly owned children’s camp to a local businessman.
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Originally published on Moscow Times on 2/12/2026