MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Basmanny court in Moscow on Wednesday authorized the arrest of an aide to the governor of the Sakhalin Region in Russia's Far East on bribery suspicions, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the courtroom.
Judge Natalia Mushnikova ruled that Andrei Ikramov should be kept in pre-trial detention until April 27 and will face official charges in the next 10 days.
Ikramov and Sakhalin governor Alexander Khoroshavin are suspected in involvement in a bribery scheme while choosing a contractor for construction of a power unit at the South-Sakhalin thermal power plant.
