A court in Moscow arrested Bogashov, the former vice-governor of the Chelyabinsk region.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has chosen a preventive measure in the form of detention against the former vice-governor of the Chelyabinsk region, Alexander Bogashov. This was reported on July 24 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the courtroom.

It is noted that the defendant will remain under arrest until September 22.

According to investigators, the official, together with other defendants, organized the illegal construction of a health complex. At the same time, the prosecution claims that they acted through the director of a real estate developer. The amount of construction costs exceeded 50 million rubles.

The investigation also believes that a fictitious document flow was organized to conceal violations.

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The day before, law enforcement agencies detained Bogashov. It was clarified that he was detained as part of a criminal investigation into abuse of office during the construction of a health complex.

In addition to Bogashov, Roman Menzhinsky, the governor's office and the government of the Chelyabinsk Region, and Eldar Belousov, the Minister of Property of the region, were also detained.

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