The leaders "VIM-Avia" are placed under house arrest

The general director and chief accountant of VIM-Avia are placed by the court under house arrest until November 25.

Alexander Kochnev and Ekaterina Panteleeva are accused of large fraud. The punishment under this article of the Criminal Code provides for imprisonment for up to 10 years.

Speaking in the Basmanny court, the investigator said that the company's management deduced assets with the aim of theft. The co-owners of VIM-Avia hidden abroad Rashid and Svetlana Mursekaeva will be put on the wanted list.

“VIM-Avia”, closing the top ten leading Russian air carriers, on September 25 announced the cancellation of all charter flights due to financial problems.

On September 28, Rosaviasia said that the total volume of the company's debt is about seven billion rubles. On the same day, the government ordered the allocation of 98 million rubles from the reserve fund to prolong the aircraft of the company, more than 40 thousand passengers of which cannot return to Russia.