“The bodies of the preliminary investigation, he is accused of committing crimes under Article. 289 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Illegal participation in entrepreneurial activity”), part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Fraud committed by an organized group or on a particularly large scale”), ”the statement said.
Shestun is also accused of legalizing funds on an especially large scale and receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.
The prosecutor’s office emphasized that the Shestun case would not be tried in the Serpukhov city court, since the impartiality of justice in this case “could be called into question”.
“In this regard, a request has been submitted to the Moscow Regional Court to change the territorial jurisdiction of the criminal case and send it to another district court of the Moscow Region,” the department added.
Earlier it was reported that the Investigative Committee completed an investigation into the criminal case against Shestun.