They were ultimately charged with creating a criminal community, fraud, money laundering, commercial bribery, and illegal participation in entrepreneurial activities.

“The investigation plans to start implementing the provisions of Art. 217 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Russia ("Familiarization of the accused and his defender with the materials of the criminal case," - RT ), after which it will be transferred to the supervisory authority for approval of the indictment, "they said there.

On August 7, the Prosecutor General's Office demanded that more than 32 billion rubles be withdrawn from Abyzov.

On June 24, the Moscow City Court extended by three months the term of arrest of the ex-minister accused of several economic crimes.

The first criminal case was related to the theft in 2011-2014 of 4 billion rubles from large energy suppliers and their withdrawal abroad.