The human rights activist said that the official was taken to the IVS at 05:30 on September 9, and half an hour later, the ward was announced.
“Tikhonov was interrogated all night, he didn’t sleep, didn’t have dinner and didn’t have time for breakfast - he was taken by the convoy,” Litvinovich said.
On September 8, TASS, citing a law enforcement source, reported that investigators had detained Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Tikhonov on suspicion of fraud.