Prosecutors Seek To Extend Detention Of STS Corporation Chair Chernykh And Beneficiary Bobrov

Overview

• The Verkh-Isetsky District Court in Yekaterinburg set hearings for November 12 to review the motions, with current custody orders in place through November 15.
• In court, the prosecutor said the whereabouts of all alleged group members remain unknown, creating risks of coordinated obstruction and evidence concealment.
• Defense counsel sought a softer measure, filing guarantor pledges from nine participants in the special military operation and an appeal from human rights council member Eva Merkachyova, along with a request to seize Chernykh’s passport.
• The judge noted investigators had consolidated cases over disputed regional subsidies of at least 508.7 million rubles and an alleged 10 million ruble theft from Uralsevergaz, plus a separate fraud case against Oblkommunenergo CEO Dmitry Budanov under Article 159(4).
• Chernykh told the court she is being moved between cells repeatedly as pressure, while a separate civil case previously resulted in an October 10 order granting the Prosecutor General’s asset-confiscation suit against STS holdings.