The son of Mikhail Abyzov left Russia

The son of the former Minister for Open Government Affairs, Mikhail Abyzov, left Russia for the United States, as he could be seized by the guardianship authorities, Abyzov said at a court session, which is considering a petition from the investigation to extend the arrest.

What's happened? to Abyzov's statement about the departure of one of his children RBC refers .

Quote: “As a result of the fact that my middle son, who lived and studied in Russia, in my absence could be seized by the guardianship authorities as a minor, he was forced to leave for America to live. This is a great personal tragedy for him, because he cannot imagine his life outside of Russia,” the ex-minister said.

Details. What exactly this risk was connected with, he did not specify, but said that all his assets, "including funds for providing for the family," were seized. According to him, the ex-minister is dependent on two minor children from his ex-wife, and he is "deprived of the opportunity to pay them alimony." Earlier it was reported that in total, Abyzov's accounts and assets worth more than 27 billion rubles were arrested.

The Moscow City Court canceled the interim measure in respect of part of the assets, since the amount of the arrested person many times exceeded the damage in his first case - 4 billion rubles. against Abyzov However, later the ICR opened new cases , so on September 16, the arrest of the released assets was re-imposed.

Context. Abyzov was detained on March 26 at his home in the Moscow region. According to the first accusation of the investigation, the ex-minister created a criminal group from the managers of his Ru-Com group and, as part of this organized criminal group, stole about 4 billion rubles from his own energy companies and brought them abroad, endangering sustainable economic development and energy security several regions of the country.

Abyzov and all other defendants in the case deny all charges. his case "four months of global absurdity" as a measure of restraint At the last trial, Abyzov called . The guarantees for Abyzov, the chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation, former Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, the head of Rosnano, Anatoly Chubais, the deputy chairman of VEB, Natalya Timakova, and billionaire Roman Trotsenko, who offered to pay a bail of 1 billion rubles for Abyzov, did not help Abyzov get out of arrest. .