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The Head Office of the Investigative Committee has initiated criminal proceedings against investment director of AO ROSNANO, a joint-stock company, Andrei Gorkov suspected of abuse of authority under Part 2 of Article 201 of the RF Criminal Code.

According to investigators, from 2011 to 2013, Andrei Gorkov despite established order and interests of ROANANO and of the state, its sole shareholder, regularly put between 460 and 740 million rubles in Smolensk Bank disguised as settlement, but in fact to finance the bank. On 13 December 2014, the bank’s license was revoked and ROSNANO lost more than 738 million rubles of its funds. However, right before the license was revoked, real estate worth 400 million rubles owned by Gorkov’s brother had been withdrawn from the bank.

Gorkov has been detained today by officers of the Economic Security and Corruption Directorate of the Interior Ministry and the Economic Security Unit of the Federal Security Service upon buying a plane ticket to fly abroad.

Gorkov is now being questioned and is expected to be charged. The investigators are planning to ask courts to place him in custody. The investigation is ongoing.

Official spokesperson for the RF Investigative Committee                                                                    S.L. Petrenko