The investigation asked to release from the pre-trial detention center the former deputy head of the Ministry of Education, Marina Rakova, who was arrested in a fraud case.

The investigation asked the Moscow City Court to replace the arrest of former deputy head of the Ministry of Education Marina Rakova with a more lenient preventive measure or cancel it altogether. this with reference to the press service of the court. reports RIA Novosti

The petition also refers to the abolition or mitigation of the preventive measure for the remaining defendants in the case of theft of more than 50 million rubles - Shaninka rector Sergei Zuev, former employee of the Foundation for New Forms of Educational Development Evgeniy Zak, his colleague Maxim Inkin, Shaninka executive director Kristina Kryuchkova and Rakova’s husband Arthur Stetsenko.

All of them are involved in a fraud case (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in 2019 Rakova obtained budget money for the fund, and her colleagues stole this money. Initially, the defendants in the case were arrested .

Later, Rakova, Zak and Zuev were also accused of “fictitiously employing” 12 employees of the Ministry of Education at the RANEPA Institute of Social Sciences, headed by the rector of Shaninka, in 2018. The investigation estimated the damage at 21 million rubles. another person involved in this case In June, Vladimir Mau, rector of RANEPA, became , but his criminal prosecution was stopped .

In August, the court replaced Zuev's preventive measure with house arrest. Rector Shaninka underwent several operations and spoke about serious heart problems and other diseases.