The official arrested for embezzlement will continue to lead the federation of hockey on the grass

The hockey federation on the grass of Russia (FHR) is continued by Nikolai Alexandrov , who is currently under house arrest and is a defendant in two criminal cases of embezzlement of Metrostroy OJSC.

According to TASS in the Russian Olympic Committee, the elections of his successor in February this year were recognized as illegitimate, since Alexandrov was "alive and he did not submit the rest."

“The February elections in the hockey federation on the grass of Russia are recognized as illegitimate, Aleksandrov continues to remain the head of this public organization,” the elections said in violation of the charter, since the current president Aleksandrov alive -well and statements about his retreat did not submit. The deadline for his authority did not expire at the time of the February conference. ”

At the end of December last year, Alexandrov, who was at that time, was the head of Metrostroy, was arrested on suspicion of economic crimes. In particular, he is charged with the conclusion of a fictitious contract for the construction of the Frunze radius of the St. Petersburg metro.

In February, in connection with the arrest of Alexandrov , extraordinary elections of the President of the FHTR were held , at which the assistant deputy of the State Duma Mikhail Buger Andrei Kananin won.