Yevtushenkov was released from arrest

The head of the AFC “System” by Vladimir Yevtushenkov was released from house arrest. About this with reference to unnamed sources reports TASS.

The entrepreneur took the obligation to appeal to the investigator. The reasons why the investigation changed the measure of restraint Yevtushenkov are not reported.

At the same time, the lawyer of Yevtushenkov Alexander Gofstein and the Moscow City Court told Interfax that they did not know anything about changing the preventive measure. In an interview with RIA Novosti, the defender of the head of the System Vladimir Kozin confirmed the liberation of his client.

The quotes of the “system” on the London Exchange jumped 5% after the receipt of reports about the release of Yevtushenkov and are traded at the level of $ 2.4 per share.

He was under house arrest since September 2014, Yevtushenkov was charged with legalizing income from the privatization of the Bashneft oil company. In November, house arrest of the head of the "System" was extended until March 2015.

In early December, Bashneft, by court order, was returned to the property of the state. During the investigation of the criminal case, the defendant of which is Yevtushenkov, the actions of the “system” fell seven times, and the “Bashneft” doubled.

Another defendant in this case is the former head of Bashneft, Ural Rakhimov (son of the former president of Bashkiria, Murtazi Rakhimov), who was put on the international wanted list. The structures of the Urals Rakhimov sold the control packages of the Bashneft shares to the System.

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