The prosecutor in the debate on the case of former deputy mayor Aramily Alexander Melnikov announced the punishment, which insists the prosecutor's office.

Ex-official tried for a bribe. According to investigators, in the spring of 2017, Melnikov, who oversaw the construction sector in the Aramili mayor's office, extorted an apartment from a construction businessman Zakhar Ivachev in an unfinished apartment building on Tekstilshchikov Street. Vice-mayor prepared the ground for extortion. Ivachev built a house in accordance with the program for resettlement of dilapidated and emergency housing, and when the house was ready, the mayor's office suddenly refused to fulfill the terms of the contract and buy out apartments worth 40 million rubles. Because of this, Ivachev was on the verge of bankruptcy, and then Melnikov suggested to the developer to solve his problems in exchange for an apartment that needed to be issued for his notable.

May 12, 2017 Ivachev handed Melnikov a warrant for an apartment with an area of ??52 square meters worth 2.

3 million rubles. On the same day, the official was detained by the siloviki. In July 2017, he was dismissed from the post of vice-mayor.

Given the cynical nature of the actions of the vice-mayor, the state prosecutor asked the court to appoint him a 9-year colony of strict regime and a fine of three times the amount of the bribe - 7,105,500 rubles, as well as deprivation of the right to hold positions in government bodies and local self-government bodies for 9 years.