Belykh lawyers, unable to save the governor from the arrest, took up the salvation of his turtles

Colleagues of the ex-governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh, who takes place in the defendants in the case of receiving a bribe, sheltered the turtle of the former official. Previously, an animal house was an aquarium in the residence of the head of the region. When the property of the White was removed from the building, the Kirov residents took the turtle to educate.

The lawyer of the former governor Vadim Prokhorov told Interfax about the fate of the animal. "The turtle lived in an aquarium in a residence in which Nikita Belykh lived when he was a governor. After the seizure of his property from the residence, the Kirovites took her to educate her, fortunately, the security arrest did not spread to her," the defender said.

The lawyer specified that the animal was taken by the former colleagues of the whites. “At present, she is fine, we are following her fate,” Prokhorov noted.

According to him, among those seized in the residence of the Governor of things were also gilded watches donated by white leadership of the Chechen Republic. “The residence has still been sealed, the new head of the region has not entered there,” the lawyer added.

Earlier, as part of the investigation of the case against the White, the court imposed a security arrest on the land plot belonging to the ex-governor in the suburbs. The decision was appealed by the protection of the former head of the Kirov region, who categorically denies his guilt.

Nikita Belykh was detained on June 24 in Moscow. According to the investigation, the Kirov governor personally and through the intermediary received bribes on an especially large amount of 400 thousand euros for performing actions in favor of the bribe giver and controlled by him "Novovyatsky Ski Plant" and LLC "Forestry Management Company".

On June 25, the Basmanny Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of the White until August 24, not satisfying the request for another extent to the suppression in the form of house arrest in the Moscow region or pledge. Since then, the accused has been contained in the metropolitan pre -trial detention center Lefortovo. On August 22, the court extended the arrest until December 24. According to the investigator, a number of examinations must be carried out over this period. The Moscow City Court recognized the decision to extend the arrest legitimate .

On July 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin resigned with the wording "in connection with the loss of confidence in the president." The head of the Rosreestr Igor Vasiliev was appointed temporary acting Kirov Governor. In mid -August, it became known that he intends to participate in the 2017 governor.

Under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("receiving a bribe on an especially large scale"), the ex-head of the Kirov region may face eight to 15 years in prison. Some people personally familiar with white politicians and public representatives expressed doubts that the former governor could take a bribe. According to one version, the arrests of the White and St. Petersburg entrepreneur Dmitry Mikhalchenko are associated with the struggle of the "clans" of the FSB and the FSO.