The arrested head of Komi refused to cooperate with the investigation

The head of Komi, Vyacheslav Gaizer, who was arrested on charges of creating a criminal community, refused to cooperate with the investigation. about this . The official representative of the UK, Vladimir Markin, told the Interfax agency

Markin also said that the damage from the activities of the criminal group in Komi is estimated at billions of rubles. According to the representative of the UK, the exact amount has not yet been established.

A total of 19 people are involved in the case. 15 of them are taken into custody, one is under house arrest. According to Markin, three defendants in the case remain at large, one of them, Alexander Zarubin, is abroad. The UK promises to put him on the wanted list in the near future.

• Komi leader Vyacheslav Gaizer, along with other high-ranking officials, was detained on September 19. A criminal case has been initiated against the detainees under articles on the creation of a criminal community and on fraud. The defendants in the case are suspected of fraud with state shares of enterprises.
• In addition to Gaiser, among the suspects are deputy head of Komi Alexei Chernov, chairman of the republican parliament Igor Kovzel and deputy chairman of the government of the republic Konstantin Romadanov.