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The arrest of the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev will only strengthen the business climate in Russia. President Vladimir Putin said this at a press conference in Lima, the Kremlin press service reports .

"Сам факт того, что это состоялось, - это очень печальный факт. Но я бы хотел сказать только, что мы и дальше будем нетерпимо относиться к любым проявлениям подобного рода, - сказал Путин. - На мой взгляд, я в этом глубоко убежден, такие действия правоохранительных органов не только не наносят ущерба деловому климату, а наоборот, только укрепляют деловой климат в России. Все должны знать, и наши партнеры, и внутри страны, We all must understand and know that, regardless of the official position of anyone, the law will apply equally to everyone. ”

The president emphasized that he has no complaints about the government. “This did not affect my attitude to the government as a whole. The government works professionally, despite all the criticism that is natural,” Putin seemed. “We all work not without errors, and, probably, it would be possible to make something quickly to the government. But in general, I repeat once again, I believe that the government works effectively and quite efficiently in the difficult conditions in which we have to function.”

In addition, Putin again assured that the case of Ulyukaev would not affect the transaction on the purchase of Rosneft Bashneft.

On the night of November 15, it became known that Ulyukaev was detained by the FSB . In the afternoon, Ulyukaev was charged under part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code (receiving a bribe by civil servants on an especially large scale with extortion), which provides from 8 to 15 years in a fine of a fine of up to a 70-fold bribe, or without it. According to the plot of the case, the minister demanded from the representative of Rosneft Money for the legitimate issuance of a positive conclusion and evaluating "regarding the purchase by this company of the state stake of Bashneft. Otherwise, they say in the TFR, the official threatened to create obstacles to the work of Rosneft.

Meanwhile, the media reported that the Ulyukaev case was initiated by the head of the Rosneft Security Service Oleg Feoktistov, who until recently was the first deputy head of the FSB Office . It was argued that Feoktistov personally participated in "operational-technical events."

It was claimed that the FSB listened to the official of the official from the summer. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that from the very beginning of the operational development of Ulyukaev, Putin received all the information about the events, but did not dismiss the minister, because “sufficient reasons are necessary for dismissal,” rather than “primary information”.

The media reported that in the operational development of the FSB, in addition to Ulyukaev , there were a number of officials , in particular, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and Putin’s assistant Andrei Belousov. All of them, like Ulyukaev,, in one way or another, opposed the participation of Rosneft in the privatization of Bashneft.

Ulyukaev himself does not admit guilt. According to his lawyers, he regards the initiation of the case as a provocation. The official refuses to testify until the charge is specified and evidence is presented.

On November 15, in the evening, the Moscow Basmanny Court sent Ulyukaev under house arrest until mid -January. A few hours later, Putin dismissed the minister from his position "due to the loss of trust."