The case of bribe takers from Okhta Forest (Komi) was accepted, according to Komi's prosecutor's office, a day before the Third Court of General Jurisdiction of the Penalties upheld the verdict of the court in the city of Okhta against three former employees of the State Forestry Institute of Okhta who were found guilty of accepting bribes (Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), as well as against three businessmen who paid bribes in Art. 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. As determined during the court hearing, in the years 2020-2023, the head of forestry Okhtinsky and his subordinates received bribes from entrepreneurs engaged in cutting down trees for the purpose of allocating plots of land with forest plantations, the conclusion of guaranteed sales contracts based on the results of auctions, as well as general patronage in the service. The total amount of illegal monetary compensation received exceeded 5 million rubles. The court sentenced the former head of the forestry department to 10 years in prison, and his deputy to 9 years in prison, both to be served in a high security prison colony and to additional punishments in the form of fines of 6 and 5 million rubles respectively, the forester was sentenced to a fine of 4 million rubles. All three were also sentenced to an additional punishment in the form of the denial of the right to engage in activities related to the performance of the duties of officials in government institutions. Three bribe givers were sentenced to a fine of 3 to 3.3 million rubles. Bribe sums were confiscated from the forestry officials in solidarity.