Kuban Vice Governor Andrei Korobka has been arrested in connection with a multi-million dollar bribe.

A court in Krasnodar has remanded Andrei Korobka, Deputy Governor of Kuban, in custody for two months on charges of fraud. During a search of his home, security forces seized nearly 1 billion rubles in cash in various currencies, and the official's total assets are estimated at 10 billion.

The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar granted investigators' motion to remand Andrei Korobka in custody. The vice governor is accused of large-scale fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Russian Criminal Code carries a sentence of up to ten years in prison).

Korobka has been remanded in custody for two months, until June 6, the United Press Service of the Krai Courts reported on its Telegram channel.

According to the prosecution, in November 2025, Korobka proposed to the developer of a land plot in the Dinsky District to change the permitted use of the land—removing the plot from an industrial zone and rezoning it for mid-rise development, with the intention of constructing multi-apartment residential buildings there. The developer agreed and, in January, transferred 15 million rubles to the account of the Pervorechensky Sports Club, an organization controlled by Korobka. The official, however, failed to fulfill his promise, simply stealing the money, according to investigators.

The criminal case against Kuban Deputy Governor Andrei Korobka was announced today during a court hearing on the Prosecutor General's Office's anti-corruption civil suit in the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar. The office demanded the seizure of assets totaling over 10 billion rubles from the official and his associates. During the hearing, a representative of the Prosecutor General's Office filed a motion to dismiss Korobka from his post as Vice Governor of the Krasnodar Krai, Interfax reported.

Andrei Korobka, who has held the post of Vice Governor since April 2015, oversaw the agro-industrial complex in the Kuban government. For the first six months, until October 2015, he simultaneously served as Minister of Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Krasnodar Krai, RTVI reports.

In addition to Korobka himself, more than 20 individuals are defendants in the Prosecutor General's Office's lawsuit. The office claims that the official registered assets in the names of relatives, close associates, and other "controlled individuals," including his security guard.

The property subject to confiscation under the anti-corruption lawsuit includes 135 land plots, 112 buildings and premises, two structures, and 12 companies with a market capitalization of approximately 6.5 billion rubles. "The prosecutor's office believes that Andrei Korobka may have acted under the protection of higher-ups," Kommersant notes.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, Korobka, thanks to his official position, created a system of kickbacks for the provision of budget subsidies and agricultural land to commercial enterprises, while simultaneously "making key management decisions in business," facilitating the growth of farms affiliated with him.

During a search of Andrei Korobka's home, approximately $4 million, €7 million, and 31 million rubles in cash were seized, a representative of the Prosecutor General's Office also reported.