16 Nov 2012 10:02

Two detained over theft of Russian garrisons' maintenance money

MOSCOW. Nov 16 (Interfax) - Two people have been detained as part of an investigation into claims that 53 million rubles worth of Russian garrison maintenance fees was misappropriated, an Interior Ministry spokesman told Interfax.

"Security and Communications company general director A. Yelkin and the firm's chief accountant Y. Rotanova were detained. A decision regarding their pre-trial restrictions will be made soon," he said.

Several items and documents were confiscated from the suspects, including fraudulent accounting reports, $5 million and 125 million rubles, the spokesman said.

The inquiry is being carried out by the Interior Ministry's Department of Economic Security and the Fight against Corruption, he said.