The Investigative Committee confirmed on Friday evening that Oleg Navalny - the brother of opposition leader and blogger Alexei Navalny - is under interrogation.

“Yes, indeed, Oleg Navalny is currently under interrogation by the Investigative Committee,” RIA Novosti quotes a statement from the official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin.

that Oleg Navalny is under interrogation . Alexei Navalny announced on his Twitter microblog

Earlier, Vladimir Markin confirmed that searches were being carried out as part of a criminal case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg. According to him, searches were carried out at the Kobyakovskaya wicker weaving factory, as well as in Oleg Navalny’s office.”

At the same time, Alexey Navalny himself reported on Twitter that searches were also carried out at his parents.

Earlier on Friday, the Investigative Committee of Russia announced the initiation of a criminal case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg on large-scale fraud and money laundering (Articles 159 and 174 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Navalny himself called the accusations “complete nonsense.”

The Investigative Committee is interrogating the brother of Alexei Navalny