"The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has increased to one million five hundred thousand rubles the remuneration for helping in the search for Mavridi Alexander Nikolaevich, born on January 16, 1971, who is accused of murder, extortion, illegal imprisonment and escape from custody," - said in a statement to the police.

Those who contact the police with information are guaranteed confidentiality and security, the department stressed.

On Friday, August 6, five people escaped from the IVS in Istra near Moscow.

One of them is Alexander Mavridi, accused of the murder of the owner of the "Meat Empire" Vladimir Marugov.

Initially, the amount of the award for help in finding a man was 1 million rubles.