"The Basmanny Court received materials on the investigator's petitions to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention of Ivan Belozertsev, Boris Shpigel, Evgenia Shpigel, Anton Koloskov, as well as Gennady Markov and Fedor Fedotov for a period until May 20, 2021," RIA Novosti reported. press secretary of the court Irina Sofinskaya.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee announced that the Governor of the Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev and other defendants in the case were formally charged with bribery.