In Stavropol, the first defendant in the Arashukov case about gas theft in the North Caucasus who pleaded guilty was sent under house arrest

The Leninsky District Court of Stavropol sent Vladimir Kozlov under house arrest until December 22, learned Interfax . An agency source called him "an entrepreneur associated with [ex-senator Rauf and his father Raul] Arashukovs in gas fraud."

According to a TASS source, during the interrogation, Kozlov “admitted guilt in stealing gas together with other defendants,” thus becoming the first defendant in the case to make a deal with the investigation.

The day before, the same court arrested Rauf Arashukov's cousin Beslan, who headed the procurement department of the Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Stavropol branch, in the case. On October 25, the choice of a preventive measure was appointed for the brother of Raul Arashukov's wife, Akhmed Kotsba, deputy director of the branch of the same company. According to the press service of the company, Kotsba and Arashukov have not worked there for more than six months.

On October 24, it also became known that the investigation released the chief engineer of the Stavropol brewery, Vitaly Belozerny, on bail. He is suspected of "in collusion stealing gas from Mezhregiongaz in order to operate the brewery," told TASS. his lawyer

The youngest senator Rauf Arashukov was detained during a meeting of the Federation Council on January 30 and accused of organizing the murders of the deputy head of the Adyge-Khase movement Aslan Zhukov and adviser to the head of Karachay-Cherkessia Fral Shebzukhov, as well as pressure on a witness.

In addition, he, along with his father Raul Arashukov, was charged with participation in the theft of gas from Gazprom for 30 billion rubles. In total, 11 people were brought to justice, three are wanted. These are not the first arrests in the case in Stavropol: shortly after the arrest of the Arashukovs, were arrested . Nikolai Romanov, former director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Stavropol, and Guzer Khashukaev, executive director of the Mineralnye Vody Gas Company,