About this informs TASS with reference to judge Anatoly Belyakov.

“To satisfy the investigation petition, to elect Plakhotnyuk a preventive measure in the form of detention in absentia,” the judge ruled.

According to the investigation, Plakhotnyuk resides in the territory of the United States.

Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in absentia accused Plakhotnyuk of smuggling and selling drugs and organizing a criminal community.