A criminal case of large-scale fraud was opened against Alexey Navalny

It has been intiated under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (large-scale fraud).

"It has been established that for the needs of a number of non-profit organizations, including the Anti-Corruption Fund, the Fifth Season of the Year Media Support Fund, the Fund for Organization and Coordination of the Protection of Citizens' Rights, the Fund for Legal Support of Citizens, "The Foundation for the Protection of Citizens' Rights "SHTAB", more than 588 million rubles were collected from individuals as donations. These funds were intended exclusively for the purpose of the funds", - the website of the Investigative Committee reported.

At the same time, according to the official representative of the Investigative Committee, Svetlana Petrenko, the investigation came to the conclusion that, being "the actual head of these organizations, acting together with other persons", - Alexey Navalny spent more than 356 million rubles of this money on his own needs. We are talking about the acquisition of personal property, other material values and payment of expenses, including expenses for holidays abroad. "Thus, the funds collected from citizens were stolen", - the message says, - At present, investigative actions are being carried out to establish all the circumstances of the crime, as well as other persons involved in its commission".

According to some media reports, Alexey Navalny made 21 trips abroad in three years and spent more than three million rubles from donations on his daughter's education at Stanford. And another head of FBK Volkov bought a house in Luxembourg for 700 thousand euros, - said the telegram channel Mash.

Yesterday, December 28, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) threatened Alexey Navalny with replacing the suspended sentence with a real one due to the fact that he "does not fulfill the duties imposed on him by the court and evades the control of the criminal executive inspection", in particular not is in the criminal executive inspectorate (UII), while abroad. The Federal Penitentiary Service ordered him to appear there today, December 29 at 09:00, while Alexei Navalny's probationary period in the Yves Rocher case expires on December 30. The politician himself is in Germany, where, according to him, he is undergoing a course of medical rehabilitation.