“Maxim Vasilyev was detained on suspicion of fraud in a particularly large amount during the construction of fortifications in Kursk region”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The Kursk Regional Duma deprived Vasilyev’s mandate at an extraordinary meeting, which took place on April 19. The report states that it was done “on the basis of his written statement.”
The TASS source states that investigative actions are currently being conducted with Vasilyev, and on April 21, security forces will go to court to elect a measure of restraint. TASS writes that the former deputy was detained in the case of theft of money during the construction of the defense line in the Kursk region. The detention is also reported by the Plavlya Telegram channel. According to the project, the phone of the deputy is disabled, he does not answer the message.
On April 18, the TASS agency wrote that Vasilyev testified to the ex -governor of Kursk region Alexei Smirnov and his deputy Alexei Dedov, accused of stealing more than 1 billion rubles in the construction of fortifications at the border with Ukraine. Smirnova and Dedova were sent to the pre -trial detention center this week. Interfax reported that the criminal prosecution of the former governor is related to the fraud case, which was initiated against the heads of the State Corporation of Kursk Region Development.
Volodymyr Lukin’s corporation was detained at the end of 2024. Prior to that, the police conducted searches at the company where Vasilyev works. In December 2023, builders who worked for the Syemi member related to the deputy complained of non -payment of salaries. Vasilyev said that his company does not pay the development corporation.
In January 2023, a video with Vasilyev appeared on social networks, which was shot during his vacation in Mexico. After that, he made the authority of the Deputy Chairman of the Permanent Committee of the Kursk Regional Duma from budget, taxes and economic development, but did not lose the deputy mandate. In December 2024, the Playliv Telegram wrote that Vasilyev signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense and went to the war. He earlier reported that he had been trained at the Russian University of Putin Special Forces in Chechnya.