This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for Mordovia.
“The former deputy chairman of the government of the Republic of Mordovia was detained for two months on charges of bribery,” the agency was told.
Earlier, the Investigative Committee announced the arrest of Merkushkin on suspicion of giving a bribe.
According to the investigation, in 2015, Merkushkin, who is the actual shareholder of OJSC CB Mordovpromstroybank, together with two other people, transferred 7 million rubles to the manager of the branch of the National Bank for the Republic of Mordovia of the Volgo-Vyatka head office of the Central Bank of Russia.
The bribe was transferred for the withdrawal of the order following the results of the bank's inspection, since the revealed violations could lead to the revocation of the license.