About this TASS said Abyzov’s lawyer Sergei Drozd.

The lawyer said that the arrest was also removed from the personal account of the ex-official’s minor son.

“The Moscow City Court agreed with the defense’s arguments about the illegality of the Basmanny District Court’s decision of September 10 to seize property in a criminal case against Abyzov,” the lawyer said.

It is noted that, according to him, in this regard, the appellate court canceled the relevant decision of the district court.

Abyzov said earlier that his middle son had left for the United States because custody authorities could have seized him because of the seizure of the ex-official’s assets and, consequently, the inability to pay child support.

The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case against Mikhail Abyzov in March 2019. According to the investigation, acting with accomplices by deceiving the shareholders of companies that produce and transfer electricity in the Novosibirsk region, Abyzov stole 4 billion rubles.