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The Moscow City Court rejected the complaint against the arrest of the former head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region
The Moscow City Court rejected the defense's complaint against the arrest of the former head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, accused of fraud. It is reported by TASS.
Thus, Shestun was kept under arrest until November 13. The court also seized his bank accounts, salary card, half of the house and half of the plot, and a Mercedes car.
- Shestun was detained in June 2018, accused of abuse of office (Article 286 of the Criminal Code) and fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the official, in violation of the law, provided four land plots worth about 62 million rubles for the construction of shopping centers. Shestun does not admit his guilt and believes that the case was initiated against him in order to prevent his re-election and the fight against landfills.
- Prior to his arrest, the head of the Serpukhov district announced threats of a criminal case because of the approval of a rally against garbage dumps. He said that he was threatened by the governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov.
- At the end of May, were two deputies of Alexander Shestun searched. The interlocutor of Radio Liberty said that during the search one of them was told that she would “sit together with Shestun in the same cell.”
- At a meeting to appeal against the arrest, Shestun spoke about the threats from the FSB officer Ivan Tkachev and the head of the presidential department for domestic policy Andrei Yarin. “If you go to the polls, we will imprison you; if you fight against landfills, we will imprison you,” conveyed the essence of the threats. Shestun
- Already under arrest, Shestun went on a hunger strike due to the fact that he was not allowed to participate in the election of the head of the Serpukhov region. He went on a hunger strike for a month. During this time, he lost 20 kilograms.
- from Shestun . were dropped On September 21 , charges of abuse of office