Khoroshavin, accused of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale, Interfax On Monday, April 6, the reports . Moscow City Court recognized as legal the arrest of ex-governor of the Sakhalin region Alexander

Thus, the court rejected the complaint of Khoroshavin’s defense, which insisted on canceling the arrest order on the grounds that the trial court, when choosing a preventive measure, violated the principles of a fair trial. The prosecutor and the investigator, for their part, called the decision legal and justified, noting that it was made in compliance with the law. They asked the court to dismiss the complaint.

Previously, the Basmanny Court authorized the arrest until April 27 of the defendants in the case of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale - Alexander Khoroshavin and his adviser Andrei Ikramov.

Khoroshavin was detained on March 4 and transferred to Moscow for investigative actions after the FSB conducted an inspection of the ministries and departments of the government of the Sakhalin region. Later, a criminal case was opened against him for receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.

On March 5, the governor was taken into custody . Earlier, Andrei Ikramov, adviser to the governor of the Sakhalin region, was also taken into custody. He is suspected of mediation in bribery on an especially large scale by prior conspiracy.

On March 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin prematurely dismissed Governor Alexander Khoroshavin from his post “due to loss of trust.” acting governor of the Sakhalin region Oleg Kozhemyako was appointed .

The Moscow City Court rejected the complaint against the arrest of ex-governor of Sakhalin Khoroshavin