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| Court arrested the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Umnov |
| 2022-07-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has arrested Assistant Minister of the Interior of Russia Sergei Umnov, accused of abuse of power, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. "The court ruled: to satisfy the investigator's petition, to choose a measure of restraint in the form of detention," the judge announced the decision. She motivated her decision by the presence of the defendant's many years of experience in law enforcement - he is familiar with the methods of investigation and at large he can try to oppose him, hide and agree on a position with accomplices. The judge also pointed to the confirmation of involvement in the crime - the testimony of witnesses and evidence. The defense, in response, announced the expiration of the statute of limitations and the positive characteristics of the accused. The meeting was held behind closed doors in order to protect the data of prosecution witnesses and prevent disclosure of information on the investigation. The deadline for the investigation of the case was set until October 5. In addition, the court arrested Ivan Abakumov, retired Major General, former Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Alexei Semenov, Head of the UGIBDD of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, and bailiff Elena Kopeva on a similar charge. Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case in June 2020 on the grounds of a crime under article 285 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Abuse of power”). Former Deputy Prosecutor Arrested in Absentia in Case of FCS General According to law enforcement agencies, from 2016 to 2020, several officials from among the senior staff of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region committed abuses of official powers in the form of acquiring property for personal use using funds from the Fund "Assistance to the programs of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region". Now the defendants in the criminal case are the assistant to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Lieutenant-General Sergey Umnov, the head of the UGIBDD of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Major General Alexei Semenov, and the former deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Major General, retired Ivan Abakumov. |
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