MOSCOW/TOMSK, June 26 – RAPSI. Investigators brought charges against TVEL official Timur Bukeykhanov, the third suspect in the case of bribery involving Siberian Chemical Plant top management, the regional investigative department reported on Tuesday.

Investigators believe that the plant’s CEO, Vladimir Korotkevich, his deputies, Yuri Kungurov and Leonid Romanenko as well as Bukeykhanov assisted the International Center for Technology and Trade Director General in concluding a contract on coal procurement worth 557.2 million rubles ($16.75 million). They also agreed that the centre would pay them kickbacks on a monthly basis.

The centre’s management and Bukeykhanov allegedly received a total of 6.79 million rubles ($204,200) from the centre’s CEO, which investigators say was divided between them. On Sunday, Korotkevich, Kungurov and Bukeykhanov were arrested.

Investigators named three defendants (Korotkevich, Kungurov and Bukeykhanov) and one suspect (Romanenko) in the case.

Siberian Chemical Plant is one of four Russian plants involved in uranium enrichment. The company provides nuclear power plants with uranium for nuclear fuel, for the production of heat and electricity.