The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan confirmed the arrest of Konstantin Voronkin, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard, reported the national portal "Adyrna".
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs confirms that the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard has been detained on suspicion of illegal activity. At present, competent authorities are conducting investigations together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry expresses its principled position of intolerance to any manifestations of corruption in its ranks. In this regard, within the framework of the current legislation an objective and comprehensive investigation will be conducted," the report said.
On the website of the National Guard, it is written that Konstantin Voronkin is the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard for equipment and weapons. He was appointed to this position on November 24, 2020. He was born in Shymkent, 53 years old.
He graduated from the Samarkand Higher Military Vehicle Command School named after the Supreme Council of the Uzbek Socialist Soviet Republic, the National Defense University named after the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy, and the higher academic courses of the Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Since November 24, 2020, he has been serving as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard for equipment and weapons.
It should be noted that earlier it was reported that the akim of Ile district of Almaty region, Bagdat Karasaev, was detained. According to the Almaty regional prosecutor's office, the mayor was suspected of corruption during the inspection of the landfill in Ile district.
