Illness saves Russian ex-Minister of Defense Serdyukov from court

The hospitalization of Yuri Grekhnev, a suspect in the Oboronservice case, has freed Russian ex-Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov from having to go to the Presnensky Court on December 23 as a witness, Interfax reports.

Serdyukov will be in court on December 24 instead, depending on the health condition of the suspect.