“Yesterday, during a meeting of the Human Rights Council, Putin said that Zuev had no place in a pre-trial detention center.
In this regard, the rector's lawyers filed petitions ... for his release, "said a member of the Moscow POC, Alexander Khurudzhi, in a commentary to TASS.
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously noted that he sees no reason for the detention of Rector Shaninka.
Zuev is accused of embezzling over 21 million rubles.
According to the investigation, in 2018, he, together with ex-Deputy Minister of Education Marina Rakova and former Deputy Director General of the Foundation for New Forms of Education Development Yevgeny Zak, conspired to steal money from RANEPA.
On December 3, a Moscow court extended Zuev's arrest for three months.