The former head of the Department of Vnesheconombank was arrested

The former director of the Department of Natural Resources and the Construction of Vnesheconombank Ilgiz Valitov was arrested. It is reported by RBC with reference to two sources in VEB.

The message about the arrest of Valitov was confirmed by a source in the construction company LCR. After leaving Vnesheconombank, Valitov headed this company, but left it about a year ago.

The essence of the charges against Valitov is not reported. ​

The last time Valitov is mentioned in declarations of the income of VEB leaders in 2013. Then his income amounted to 322 million rubles. This is three times higher than the income of the then head of Vnesheconombank Vladimir Dmtriev (95 million).

On Friday, Vladimir Putin appointed Sergey Gorkov, the chairman of Vnesheconombank . Dmitriev was relieved of his position. Gorky, before his appointment, worked as a vice president of Sberbank. He oversaw the work of the Bloc of International Operations.

The new chairman of Vnesheconombank will be faced with the task of restoring the financial situation of the state corporation. The Web accumulated about 18 billion dollars of external debt, of which 3 billion must be paid in 2016. The state -owned state also has bad assets for billions of dollars. The total amount of funds necessary for VEB was estimated at 1.2-1.5 trillion rubles.

VEB is 100 percent belongs to Russia. The supervisory board of VEB Dmitry Medvedev is headed. It also includes the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, three deputy chairman of the government - Arkady Dvorkovich, Alexander Khloponin, Dmitry Kozak, Presidential Assistant Andrei Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev and Chairman of Vnesheconombank.