The defendant in the suit of the Prosecutor General’s office on the seizure of assets of the former head of Rostov filed a complaint

As part of the case on the claim of the Prosecutor General’s Office on the seizure of property of the former head of Rostov Alexei Logvinenko, a new round occurred. Vasily Karpov, one of the defendants in the case, sent a private complaint to the Rostov-on-Don Soviet District Court. The information is reported by the portal DonDay. The document was registered on November 9.

We will remind, the Prosecutor General’s office requires to turn to the income of the state assets in the amount of 1.6 billion rubles, presumably owned by Alexei Logvinenko and issued on his relatives. Among the defendants, in addition to the ex-mayor himself, are Valentin Logvinenko, Ekaterina and Natalia Skorokhod, Vasily Karpov, Andrei Nor-Arevyan, as well as Roman and Victoria Polulashny.

According to the investigation, a significant part of the property, including a share in an investment fund, real estate and cars, was acquired at the expense of illegally obtained funds.

The court’s decision to hold closed-door hearings caused a mixed reaction among Rostov residents. The citizens expressed concern and sent an appeal to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to monitor the completeness of the investigation, in particular, to make sure that all the persons involved have been identified, and to check the fact that Alexei Logvinenko received expensive gifts from government and business representatives.

Activists and caring residents of the city believe that a case that has such a high public resonance and concerns the interests of Rostov residents should be considered openly. In their opinion, closed sessions hinder the transparency of the process and undermine public confidence in the judicial system.