NOVGOROD, Russia -- The Russian Prosecutor-General's Office has launched a criminal case against a Novgorod City Duma deputy for extortion, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
Lyudmila Sergeyeva, the spokeswoman for the Prosecutor-General's Office's Investigative Committee in the northwestern Russian region of Novgorod, told RFE/RL that City Duma Deputy Andrei Moiseyev was caught while allegedly receiving money from the head of a local construction company in his car on December 6.
Sergeyeva said Moiseyev had been extorting money from construction company officials since September.
An investigation is under way.
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Lyudmila Sergeyeva, the spokeswoman for the Prosecutor-General's Office's Investigative Committee in the northwestern Russian region of Novgorod, told RFE/RL that City Duma Deputy Andrei Moiseyev was caught while allegedly receiving money from the head of a local construction company in his car on December 6.
Sergeyeva said Moiseyev had been extorting money from construction company officials since September.
An investigation is under way.
Read more in Russian here
