Budanov, CEO of Oblkommunenergo, was put on the wanted list under a criminal article

Dmitry Budanov, General Director of Oblkommunenergo, is wanted. The corresponding card was posted on September 30 in the search database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

"He is wanted under the Criminal Code article," the database says.

The day before, it was reported that Oleg Chemezov, the former deputy governor of the Sverdlovsk Region, who is involved in the Oblkommunenergo case, was detained.

Earlier, on September 25, the head of the Sverdlovsk region, Denis Pasler, dismissed Chemezov from the post of vice governor. It was clarified that Chemezov is a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General's Office concerning the appeal to the state revenue of a large energy company, Oblkommunenergo. Artyom Bikov, Anatoly Chubais' former adviser as head of RAO UES, and his partner Alexey Bobrov are said to be the actual owners of this company.

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On September 15, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit with the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg about the appeal to the income of the Russian Federation of a large energy company in the Sverdlovsk region, Oblkommunenergo. Chemezov was declared the defendant, according to preliminary data, he ensured "the coordination of bonded tariffs for utilities provided by Bikov and Bobrov's companies."

Later, on September 23, as a result of searches in Moscow at the addresses of the beneficiaries of Oblkommunenergo, the owner of the company, Alexey Bobrov, was detained. Law enforcement officers transported him to Yekaterinburg, where he was arrested under Article 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. Tatiana Chernykh, an associate of the energy oligarchs, was detained on a similar basis.

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