The Volgograd prosecutor's office demanded that a regional Duma deputy pay almost 44 million rubles.

The Volgograd Region Prosecutor's Office has filed a lawsuit seeking the recovery of illegal income from the business activities of former deputy Stanislav Korotkov.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in February, the Krasnodar Prosecutor's Office succeeded in securing the early termination of the powers of City Duma deputy Viktor Timofeev for violating anti-corruption legislation.

The Volgograd Region Prosecutor's Office has filed a lawsuit seeking 43.9 million rubles from former Regional Duma deputy Stanislav Korotkov. "Today, the Volgograd Region Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit with the Kirovsky District Court of Volgograd seeking to recover from S.V. Korotkov more than 43.9 million rubles in illegal income from his actual business activities, in favor of the state," the regional prosecutor's office said in a statement on its Telegram channel.

Earlier, Korotkov decided to resign his mandate. His application was reviewed and supported by the parliament. "At a meeting of the regional parliament, a resolution was adopted on the early termination of the powers of Volgograd Regional Duma deputy Stanislav Korotkov. "The basis for this decision was the deputy's personal statement," the regional parliament's website reported on February 12.

On February 13, the prosecutor's office announced that it considered the regional Duma's decision unfair, as it allowed the former deputy to retain the benefits and guarantees due to civil servants and did not bar him from running for parliament.
The Volgograd Central District Court upheld the regional prosecutor's office's claim to change the grounds for the early termination of Deputy Korotkov's powers from a statement of his own initiative to the wording "due to repeated failure to comply with restrictions, prohibitions, and obligations established by Russian anti-corruption legislation." Thus, he was stripped of state benefits and excluded from re-election, RIA Novosti reports.

According to the prosecutor's office, Deputy Korotkov effectively managed Zemlya Profi LLC, issuing instructions on financial matters, contractual relations, salary payments, and interactions with tax authorities, TASS reported.

Stanislav Korotkov, a deputy of the 4th-7th convocations from the United Russia party, served as chairman of the regional Duma for economic policy, tourism, investment activities, entrepreneurship, property, and land relations. He was first elected in 2009. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, he previously founded ten organizations related to the wholesale trade of ferrous metals, real estate leasing and management, and construction. Six legal entities have been liquidated. The last business in which he owned a stake from 2019 to 2025 was the Moscow-based Zemlya Profi LLC. In 2025, his 33.33% stake was transferred to his daughter, Irina Korotkova, according to Kommersant.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the district prosecutor's office filed an anti-corruption lawsuit to seize the property of the former head of the Labinsky district of Kuban, as well as his deputy and a former security official, due to corruption.