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Court Orders Ex‑Senator Dmitry Saveliev to Forfeit 609.6 Million Rubles to the State

Prosecutors say he hid unlawful earnings by moving assets into the shadow economy.

Overview

  • The Odintsovo City Court in the Moscow Region granted in full a claim brought by Russia’s first deputy prosecutor general.
  • The ruling orders Saveliev to pay 609,561,411 rubles to the state as income deemed to have come from unlawful sources.
  • The court acted the same day the lawsuit was filed, registering the claim in the morning and issuing the decision in the evening.
  • The case rests on a prosecutor’s inspection alleging breaches of anti‑corruption restrictions, failure to declare income, and covert management of assets for unfair business advantage.
  • Saveliev has been under arrest since August 2, 2024, in a separate case over organizing the preparation of a murder after a move to strip his parliamentary immunity.