MP from the Communist party Valery Rashkin has proposed to hold a parliamentary investigation of detainee’s Minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev. The appropriate request sent to the office of the speaker of the Duma, reported by RT on Tuesday, November 15.
In his opinion, the case speaker has a precedent, it is therefore necessary to use to investigate all the tools.
“I’ve decided to take the matter under special control, and to contact the Chairman of the state Duma with a request to consider the initiative to start a parliamentary investigation,” — said the MP.
Earlier Tuesday, the Chairman of National anticorruption Committee Cyril Kabanov has expressed the opinion that after the arrest of the speaker can be criminal cases against other officials.
On 15 November in relation to the head of Ministry of economic development initiated a criminal case under part 6 of article 290 of the criminal code of Russian Federation (“bribe reception in especially large size”). We are talking about extortion on the part of the Minister, coupled with threats in the address of representatives of “Rosneft”.
According to the investigation, on 14 November, the official received two million dollars for the MAYOR issued a positive evaluation, which allowed Rosneft to acquire the stake of Bashneft in the amount of 50 percent. While the deal itself the subject of an investigation is not. The investigative Committee filed Ulyukayev charges and asked the court for election of a measure of restraint.
In 2015, the Communist faction in the state Duma three times, demanded to hold a parliamentary investigation of the activities of Anatoly Serdyukov as defense Minister of Russia. All three times they were denied.