Court Upholds Detention of Ex–Rostov-on-Don Administrator as Abuse-of-Power Charge Filed
The appellate ruling keeps Aleksey Logvinenko in custody during the probe into his commercial-loan decisions.
Overview
- The Rostov Regional Court left unchanged the Leninsky District Court’s order to detain Aleksey Logvinenko for two months.
- Judges rejected the defense appeal seeking a softer measure such as restrictions on actions or house arrest.
- Investigators formally charged the former city administrator with exceeding official powers.
- The accusation concerns his role in arranging commercial loans linked to municipal finances.
- TASS reported the decisions from inside the appellate hearing as the pre-trial investigation continues.