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Rusnano Former Chief Financial Officer Svyatoslav Ponurov has been arrested in the criminal case of embezzlement. He is suspected of committing a crime under part 4 of article 160 of the RF Criminal Code (misappropriation of property entrusted to the state corporation on a large scale using one's official position).

According to investigators, in 2007-2009, Former Director General of the Corporation Leonid Melamed, being at the same time a co-owner of the investment and financial corporation "Alemar" (IFC Alemar, JSC), organized the conclusion of an agreement on the provision of consulting services between Rusnano and the said corporation. After he quit, Svyatoslav Ponurov and Andrey Malyshev, pursuant to the decision of the former director general, illegally transferred more than 220 million rubles allocated to the corporation by the Russian Federation as a property contribution.

At the request of investigators, Ponurov has been remanded in custody. Investigative actions aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the crime are now underway. Operational support to the criminal proceedings is being provided by employees of the Economic Security Service of the Federal Security Service and the Main Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Enforcement of the Russian Interior Ministry.