OREANDA-NEWS  The Basmanny Court has authorized the arrest of Alexey Stepanov, the head of one of the structural divisions of PJSC Lukoil, accused of corruption crimes.

"The court has satisfied the petition of the preliminary investigation authorities for the election of a preventive measure against Stepanov Alexey Alexandrovich, head of one of the structural divisions of PJSC Lukoil, in the form of arrest until June 2," the press service of the court reported.

Stepanov was charged under Part 5 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Bribery), Part 3 of Article 183 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Illegal receipt and disclosure of information constituting a commercial, tax or banking secret).

The court clarified that Stepanov was in charge of the department for work with customs authorities of PJSC Lukoil.

The court also placed under house arrest the head of the department of round-the-clock technical support of ITS Sergey Petrovich, the deputy head of the energy customs post of the Central Energy Customs of the Federal Customs Service of Russia Alexey Akimov, as well as the unemployed Andrei Brekhov.

"The court refused to satisfy the request of the investigating authorities to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention and chose a preventive measure in the form of house arrest against the detainees until June 2," the court said.

Akimov, Petrovich, Brekhov are accused of committing crimes under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (receiving a bribe on an especially large scale), Part 3 of Article 183 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Illegal receipt and disclosure of information constituting commercial, tax or banking secrets).

The details of the charges were not reported in court. However, as an informed source clarified to Interfax, the defendants in the case were detained on April 3. They are charged with committing corruption crimes since the beginning of last year related to the illegal "receipt of data on foreign economic activity of oil refining organizations that constitute a legally protected tax secret."