Court rejects complaint against prosecution of Bank of Moscow first vice president
MOSCOW. April 19 (Interfax) - Moscow's Tverskoi court has ruled that the prosecution of Bank of Moscow First Vice President Dmitry Akulinin in the criminal inquiry into a fraudulent extension of a loan, is lawful.
"Defense lawyer Timofei Gridnev's complaint against the order by senior investigator of the Interior Ministry's Investigative Committee to prosecute Akulinin as a defendant in the case in compliance with Article 125 of the Criminal Code, has been rejected," Tverskoi Court's press secretary, Yekaterina Ilyina, told Interfax on Tuesday,
The defense lawyer filed the complaint on April 7, she said,
Neither Bank of Moscow President Andrei Borodin, nor his defense lawyers have filed a similar complaint with the court, Ilyina said.
A source close to Borodin told Interfax early in April that Borodin had left Russia in connection with a criminal investigation into an about 13 billion ruble loan, fraudulently extended to the Premier Estate company.
The money received under the loan arrangements were allegedly transferred to the personal bank account of Inteco head Yelena Baturina.
An investigator on March 28 ruled to prosecute Borodin and his deputy Akulinin on counts of abuse of authority. But no charges were officially brought against them as neither of them reported to the court at an appointed time.
In Interfax source in law enforcement services later confirmed that Borodin was placed on a wanted list on April 6.
Borodin said on April 9 that if the situation takes a negative turn he would have to consider applying to Britain for political asylum.
Moscow's Tverskoi court on April 12 suspended Borodin and Akulinin as Bank of Moscow president and first vice president at investigators' request.