Advisor to the head of Rosrybolovstvo detained for a bribe of three million dollars
In Moscow, on suspicion of taking a bribe, Yuri Khokhlov, adviser to the head of the Federal Agency for Fishery, was detained. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta, citing sources in the FSB. The official, according to Interfax , intended to receive three million dollars for assistance in being appointed to a senior position at the Kamchatka Scientific Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography. “He was detained while trying to receive part of this amount,” a law enforcement source told the agency.