“The court granted the investigator’s petition for the election in absentia of a preventive measure in the form of detention against Balakin,” the court said.
The report specifies that the term of arrest will be two months from the moment of detention or extradition of Balakin.
Earlier, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow convicted the former director of the Chertanovo football academy, Nikolai Larin, in a case of fraud on an especially large scale.