Overview

• The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has logged a motion to remand Mikhail Abyzov in custody in connection with a newly reported case.
• Court data specify Article 159 part 4 of the Russian Criminal Code, and the materials have been assigned to a judge with no hearing date set.
• Case materials cited by RIA Novosti say detention is sought because his status in the new proceeding is that of a suspect rather than a convicted inmate.
• RIA Novosti previously reported, citing an unnamed source, that a new criminal case for fraud on a particularly large scale had been opened against the former Open Government minister.
• A participant in his ongoing cassation review said Abyzov was brought to Moscow and placed in a city SIZO for investigative actions without clarifying which case prompted the transfer.