Law enforcement officers detained the head of the Komi Republic, Vyacheslav Gaizer, and the Speaker of the Komi Parliament, Igor Kovzel, in Moscow, Interfax reports , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. The agency's interlocutor said that at the time of his arrest, Gaiser was on vacation and was planning to fly abroad. The speaker of the regional parliament was detained in St. Petersburg.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the creation of an organized criminal community against the head of the Komi Republic, Vyacheslav Gaizer, according to the department’s website. The Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Articles 210 (creation of a criminal community) and 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud) against 19 leaders and members of a criminal group for the events of 2006-2015.

The Prosecutor General's Office did not approve the indictment in the case of the crash of the plane of the head of the international oil and gas company Total, Christophe de Margerie, at Vnukovo airport, writes Kommersant with reference to the department's response to the wife of one of the defendants in the case, dispatcher-instructor Alexander Kruglov.