The media learned about the lack of law enforcement claims to Guriev
The Russian law enforcement authorities have no claims against the former rector of the Russian economic school (NES) Sergei Guriev, “Interfax” was told familiar with the situation source.
“Russian law enforcement agencies have no claims to Guriev, any investigative action it is foreseen”, — leads edition of the words of the interlocutor.
The Investigative Committee of Russia, in turn, on the Agency’s request, indicate whether the interview Guriev during his stay in Moscow, said that “in the process of a criminal investigation, the investigating authorities are not required to announce in mass media the carrying out of other procedural or investigative actions”.
Last week, November 1, it became known that now occupies the post of chief economist at the EBRD, Sergei Guriev for the first time since emigration to France will visit Russia. “I will speak at the conference “Vedomosti”, the Russian economic school and the school “SKOLKOVO”. Also scheduled to speak at the conference, the Eurasian development Bank”, — said Guriev.
Abroad, the economist left because of fear of persecution by the authorities on the so-called “business experts” — professionals in the field of law and Economics, who worked on the examination of the verdict in the second “Yukos case”. Earlier Guriev claimed that he will not return as long as he is not sure that he did not face prosecution.
In early 2013, Sergei Guriev was summoned for questioning to the Investigative Committee, also in its house passed a search.
In may 2015, “Interfax” reported the termination of the investigation in respect of a group of lawyers and economists, but a month later, RBC found that the investigation against the experts did not stop. This conclusion proceeded from the received publication of the answer of the investigator for particularly important cases of the TFR. Including for this reason the experts have not returned the seized during interrogations property contrary to the relevant applications which were submitted in may after the appearance of data on the termination of the case. Themselves experts and lawyers then told RBC that after a pardon Khodorkovsky in December 2013, investigators never bothered.