The Moscow City Court has extended the detention of Dagestani ex-Vice Prime Minister Magomedgusen Nsarutdinov until March 16, 2014, SKFO.ru reports.
Nasrutdinov was detained on January 21, 2014, and taken to the Lefortovsky Court in Moscow. His lawyers appealed the court’s decision. He lost his governmental post on January 23.
The ex-vice PM is suspected of high-scale fraud. He organized a deal between Dagestanregiongaz and Daggaz. He was a shareholder of the latter. His company purchased gas networks in 9 districts of Dagestan for 58 million rubles. The real price of the facilities totaled 197.73 million rubles.