The former head of Rosalkogolregulirovanie Igor Chuyan, who was detained in Montenegro at the request of the Russian authorities, who accuse him of financial fraud, renounced the citizenship of the Russian Federation.
It is reported by “Kommersant”.
The former Russian official and banker is currently in a pre-trial detention center in the city of Spug. Soon the court of Podgorica should consider the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia for his extradition to his homeland.
The lawyers failed to challenge Chuyan’s arrest in absentia, which was sanctioned by the Moscow Basmanny Court on December 25, 2018. Based on this decision, Russia put him on the international wanted list.
On October 1, 2021, it became known that the police of the city of Tivat in Montenegro detained Chuyan on an Interpol order. The official was charged in absentia under Article 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Abuse of official powers that entailed grave consequences”). According to investigators, he, as the beneficiary of OFK Bank, organized the issuance of loans to fly-by-night companies that were not returned.
