“The court granted the request of the investigation, with regard to Efendiyev Gray Khalidinovich, a preventive measure was chosen in the form of detention,” RIA Novosti quotes the press secretary of the Basmanny Court Irina Morozova.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee reported that the investigator Efendiyev was detained in the case of mediation in bribery.

According to investigators, the detainee offered a colleague through him to receive a bribe in the amount of 5 million rubles for releasing a person from criminal liability.