Profile updated: 30.10.21
Ruslan Popov
procuror
procuror
Date of Birth: 18.08.1976
Place of Birth: vllage of Milestii Mici, Ialoveni district
Citizenship: Republic of Moldova
Ruslan Popov has spent all his adult life in the prosecution service. His career began at the age of 21 as an interim assistant and then as an investigator at the Leova District Prosecution Office. In 1998 he obtained a post at the Buiucani District Prosecution Office in the capital, and six years later Mr. Popov earned a job at the Prosecutor-General’s Office. In 2013 he acted as the interim chief of the Anti-corruption Prosecution Office for eight months, and subsequently returned to the previous job in the Prosecutor-General’s Office.
In 2014 Mr. Popov was appointed as deputy chief prosecutor of the capital and chief of the Ciocana District Office. In a four-year time he returned to the Prosecutor-General’s Office and in December 2019 - when Alexandr Stoianoglo took over as the prosecutor-general - he became his deputy.
In January 2020, a journalist investigation on Mr. Popov’s properties forced the prosecutor-general to request the National Integrity Authority (ANI) to launch an official probe into the allegations. Anticoruptie.md, a Moldovan investigative portal, said Mr. Popov’s parents owned a business which in reality belonged to their son. ANI has started a formal enquiry.
It was not the first time this prosecutor falls under ANI’s screening. In 2013 the authority found that Ruslan Popov had failed to declare all of his assets and properties. Amid an investigation at that time the Higher Council of Prosecutors demanded Mr. Popov’s suspension from office but the case was closed over what was cited as “lack of evidence” and Ruslan Popov continued his activity in the public service.
Ruslan Popov owns a house that measures 211 square meters but is worth more than 111,000 lei in official registration papers. In 2019 he sold an apartment on the Melestiu Street in the capital, which he had procured in 2011 thanks to government subsidies.
In 2014 Mr. Popov was appointed as deputy chief prosecutor of the capital and chief of the Ciocana District Office. In a four-year time he returned to the Prosecutor-General’s Office and in December 2019 - when Alexandr Stoianoglo took over as the prosecutor-general - he became his deputy.
In January 2020, a journalist investigation on Mr. Popov’s properties forced the prosecutor-general to request the National Integrity Authority (ANI) to launch an official probe into the allegations. Anticoruptie.md, a Moldovan investigative portal, said Mr. Popov’s parents owned a business which in reality belonged to their son. ANI has started a formal enquiry.
It was not the first time this prosecutor falls under ANI’s screening. In 2013 the authority found that Ruslan Popov had failed to declare all of his assets and properties. Amid an investigation at that time the Higher Council of Prosecutors demanded Mr. Popov’s suspension from office but the case was closed over what was cited as “lack of evidence” and Ruslan Popov continued his activity in the public service.
Ruslan Popov owns a house that measures 211 square meters but is worth more than 111,000 lei in official registration papers. In 2019 he sold an apartment on the Melestiu Street in the capital, which he had procured in 2011 thanks to government subsidies.
Political Affiliation
Private Function
Public Function
Career
12.2019
General Prosecutor Office
deputy chief-prosecutor
08.2018
General Prosecutor Office
12.2019
chief prosecutor in the Department of criminological analysis, endorcement and legislative proposals
10.2014
Chisinau Prosecution Office
08.2018
prosecutor, deputy to the chief prosecutor
10.2014
Ciocana Prosecution Office, Chisinau
08.2018
chief prosecutor
08.2013
General Prosecutor Office
10.2014
prosecutor, chief of Criminal Investigation Control and Methodical Assistance Directorate
01.2013
Anti-corruption Prosecution Office
08.2013
interim chief prosecutor
2010
General Prosecutor Office
01.2013
chief of Criminal Investigation Control and Methodical Assistance Directorate
2004
General Prosecutor Office
2010
prosecutor, chief of Unit no. 1 of the Criminal Investigation Control and Methodical Assistance Directorate
2000
Buiucani District Prosecution Office, Chisinau
2004
prosecutor, deputy to the prosecutor
1998
Buiucani District Prosecution Office, Chisinau
2000
prosecutors aide
1997
Leova District Prosecution Office
1998
interim assistant, investigator
Income
2020
Total: 29.990,00 EUR
632.398,51 MDL
2019
Total: 1.457.982,41 MDL
4.247,00 USD
2018
Total: 250,00 EUR
876.902,55 MDL
2017
Total: 14.000,00 EUR
1.625.328,28 MDL
2016
Total: 494.941,67 MDL
2015
Total: 260.900,66 MDL
2014
Total: 257.847,47 MDL
2013
Total: 198,34 EUR
294.069,73 MDL
2012
Total: 167.856,10 MDL
Real Estate
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 5.515,00 MDL
Area: 0,4 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 5.516,00 MDL
Area: 0,4001 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 6.065,00 MDL
Area: 0,4399 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 6.066,00 MDL
Area: 0,44 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 6.066,00 MDL
Area: 0,44 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 6.066,00 MDL
Area: 0,44 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 6.066,00 MDL
Area: 0,44 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 7.445,00 MDL
Area: 0,54 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 7.583,00 MDL
Area: 0,55 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 7.583,00 MDL
Area: 0,55 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 8.936,00 MDL
Area: 0,6481 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 9.100,00 MDL
Area: 0,66 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 10.420,00 MDL
Area: 0,7558 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 10.642,00 MDL
Area: 0,7719 ha
Ownership: 100%
2019 - 2019
Agricultural land
Value: 11.766,00 MDL
Area: 0,8534 ha
Ownership: 100%
2013
Urban land
Value: 4.642,00 MDL
Area: 0,0831 ha
Ownership: 100%
2013
Urban land
Value: 4.642,00 MDL
Area: 0,24 ha
Ownership: 100%
2011 - 2018
2 garages
Value: N/A
Area: 44 mp
Ownership: 100%
2011 - 2019
Apartment
Value: 52.752,00 EUR
Area: 122,8 mp
Ownership: 100%
2006
House
Value: 111.753,00 MDL
Area: 211,8 mp
Ownership: 100%
Mobile Assets
2020
Car
Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 CRDI
Value: 38.000,00 EUR
2018 - 2018
Car
Toyota Corolla
Value: 10.000,00 MDL
2017
Car
Hyundai Santa Fe
Value: 506.310,00 MDL
2017 - 2020
Car
Hyundai Grand Santa Fe
Value: 739.534,90 MDL
2016 - 2017
Car
Hyundai Tucson
Value: 333.900,00 MDL
2016 - 2017
Car
BMW X5
Value: 1.128.940,00 MDL
2013 - 2017
Car
BMW X5
Value: 300.000,00 MDL
2012 - 2015
Car
Renualt Megane
Value: 30.000,00 MDL
2004
Car
Audi A6
Value: N/A
Company
DAAC HERMES SA
Value: N/A
Loans (Taken)
2018 - 2030
Alexandru Popov (Ruslan Popov's son)
(0%)
125.000,00 MDL
Maria Popov (Ruslan Popov's mother)
2016 - 2036
Iulia Popov
(0%)
50.000,00 EUR
Pelaghia Oprea
2014 - 2034
Iulia Popov
(0%)
10.000,00 EUR
Ion Oprea
Loans (Given)
2020 - 2021
(0%)
8.010,00 EUR
Ruslan Popov
2019 - 2040
Alexandru Popov (Ruslan Popov's father)
(0%)
1.050.000,00 MDL
Ruslan Popov
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Connections
chief at the General Prosecutor Office
Association of Prosecutors of the Republic of Moldova
member
DAAC Hermes
holds 80 shares