Putin: The investigation materials are enough for the removal of Ulyukaev

The investigation materials were enough to remove from the post of former Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev, accused of receiving a major bribe, Russian President Vladimir Putin at the annual large press conference said on Friday. He specified that he himself did not talk to Ulyukaev and emphasized that it was inappropriate to draw conclusions about his guilt before the end of the investigation.

Answering the question of the journalist of Echo of Moscow Alexei Solomin about resonant criminal cases related to corruption - in particular, about the case of the former head of the Federal Customs Service Andrei Belleininov, the president called the “schedule of information in the media” unacceptable.

Solomin also asked whether the president was monitoring the murder of Boris Nemtsov, and how to make a former police officer Ruslan Geremeyev a former police officer called as a witness. Putin replied that he was following the progress of the case, but did not report details. At the same time, he noted that former law enforcement officers often commit crimes, cosing an example of the murder of the Russian ambassador to Turkey.

Radio Liberty conducts online broadcasting Putin’s press conference.