The ex-head of Stavropol, who tried to fly to Istanbul with a fake passport, was detained at the Minsk airport. He was previously released on parole.

At the Minsk airport, during the check-in for the Minsk-Istanbul flight, border guards detained the former head of the administration of Stavropol. About it informs “Mediazone. Belarus” with reference to the Belarusian State Border Committee.

According to the agency, during the passage of border control, border guards noticed signs of forgery in the passport of a Russian citizen. It is reported that the ex-official also had a real Russian passport with him.

The State Border Committee noted that the ex-head of the Stavropol administration was restricted from leaving the country. In 2014, the ex-official was sentenced to 9 years in prison on charges of bribery. He was released on parole, which implies a restriction of the right to travel abroad.

According to the version of the department, the Russian citizen “hoped to go abroad and used a fake document.” A criminal case was opened against him for forging documents (Article 380 of the Criminal Code of Belarus).

According to Mediazona. Belarus”, in a press release, the department did not name the detainee, but the information about him coincides with the data of the former head of Stavropol Igor Bestuzhev.