“Today we learned about this, when the lawyers came to visit him in the pre-trial detention center, they told us that he was being convoyed,” RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.

She noted that her husband's whereabouts are still unknown.

In December, the court sentenced Shestun to 15 years in a maximum security colony with a fine of 49 million rubles in a corruption case with multibillion-dollar damage.

In addition, the ex-official was ordered to pay 64.5 million rubles in favor of the municipal budget of the Serpukhov region.