"Izvestia publishes footage from the apartment of the RUDN ex-prorector suspected of embezzlement

On November 28, Izvestiya published footage from the apartment of former PFUR vice-rector Angela Dolzhikova, who is suspected of large-scale embezzlement.

Earlier in the day, the official representative of the Interior Ministry Irina Volk said that operatives had detained the former vice-rector of one of Moscow's leading universities on suspicion of embezzlement of budget funds on a particularly large scale. Izvestia's source said that Dolzhikova was the one detained.

Police conducted searches at the detainee, as well as those involved in the embezzlement, the report said. Investigators have opened a criminal case under the article "Fraud".

Earlier "Izvestia" wrote that in July this year was detained the Director General of LLC "Simatex United "Center for Russian Education" Emma Britvina. She was detained in the framework of a criminal case under the article on fraud - law enforcement agencies initiated it on the fact of illegal payments in favor of Simatex. In 2020, a contract was signed between PFUR and Simatex. Under its terms, for each attracted foreign student Simatex receives from the university 5-15% of the amount paid for the first two semesters of study.

In 2022 alone, the university transferred more than 17 million rubles to the center for the recruitment of 325 foreigners. However, according to the investigation, some of these people entered the university on their own, without using the services of intermediaries. Accordingly, no payments for them were due to the agency that helps foreign students enroll in Russian universities.