The court extended the arrest of the ex-deputy governor of the Rostov region Fedotova

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of former deputy governor of the Rostov region Lilia Fedotova, who is accused of abuse of power. This was reported on April 1 by the RIA Novosti news agency, citing a law enforcement source.

It is specified that the term of Fedotova's detention has been extended until July 2 of this year.

Fedotova was arrested on February 4 for two months in a case of abuse of authority. It was clarified that in 2020, the deputy governor unreasonably attracted loans from a commercial bank in the amount of 12 billion at rates of more than 6% per annum for the needs of the region, which violates the requirements of the region's debt policy. The damage to the regional budget amounted to 1.9 billion rubles. According to media reports, Fedotova does not admit her guilt.