“The Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee informed Mikhail Abyzov of the decision to institute a new criminal case against him on August 23 under Art. 289 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Illegal participation in entrepreneurial activity,” Interfax quoted the lawyer as saying.
According to investigators, in 2018, an official, in violation of the ban imposed on him as a member of the government, carried out entrepreneurial activities.
Asnis noted that the described circumstances are not related to the events of 2011-2014, which are the subject of an investigation into the case of fraud and the creation of a criminal community.
Earlier it was reported that property, real estate and cash worth more than 27 billion rubles were arrested in the Abyzov case.