They noted that the request of the investigation to select a preventive measure in the form of detention was refused.
The deadline for house arrest for Soldatov is January 28.
Details are not specified. According to media reports, the ex-official is in the process of transferring several hundred thousand IPv4 addresses of the Russian Research Institute for Development of Public Networks (RIPN) to the Czech company Reliable Communications, of which he is a co-owner.
The soldiers held the post of deputy head of the ministry from 2008 to 2010.