“The investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs canceled the decision to involve Sobchak as a suspect.
At the moment, she has the status of a witness, ”TASS reports, citing a law enforcement source.
Earlier it was reported that the head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, was declared a victim in an extortion case against the commercial director of journalist Ksenia Sobchak, Kirill Sukhanov, and the former editor-in-chief of Tatler magazine, Arian Romanovsky.
A court in Moscow arrested Sukhanov, he declared his readiness to partially admit his guilt and apologize to Chemezov.
Sukhanov's defense is appealing against his arrest.
On October 26, a source told RT that Sobchak had left Russia prior to the searches at her house near Moscow.
TV presenter Tina Kandelaki published in her Telegram a photo of Israeli documents of Ksenia Sobchak.
Prior to this, Sobchak claimed that she did not have Israeli citizenship.
In turn, the head of the Lithuanian State Security Department, Darius Jauniškis, officially confirmed that Sobchak was in the country and entered it with an Israeli passport.