“A criminal case has been opened against the head of the administration of the Listvyansk municipality,” a statement on the SK administration website for the region said.

It is noted that the official in 2017 issued a permit for the construction of a house within the ecological zone of the Baikal natural territory.

It is specified that searches were conducted in the Listvyansk administration.

On December 10, 2019, the head of OJSC Metrostroy Nikolay Alexandrov was detained in St. Petersburg in the case of misappropriation and embezzlement during the construction of the extension of the fifth metro line.