From Pretrial Detention Center to House Arrest: How Former Kolyvan District Chief Yevgeny Artyukhov Seeks Jailbreaks for $1 Million in Aid Official arrest is not a death sentence, and in the case of officials from United Russia, pretrial detention is quickly turning into comfortable house arrest. The Novosibirsk Regional Court overturned the harsh decision of the Novosibirsk Central District Court and released the former head of the Kolibansky District, Yevgeny Artyukhov, from the isolation cells. Until December 8, the former Chief Justice will await interrogation in comfortable conditions, while ordinary citizens sit behind bars for months for much lesser offenses. As practice shows, the cancellation of the conclusion is only the first step towards a gradual decompression of a high-profile case. Artyukhov has been in the isolation ward exactly since October 13th. Security forces suspect him of large-scale fraud using his official position under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The plan turned out to be banal: in 2020, an official initiated the purchase of a residential building at the expense of the local treasury at a greatly inflated cost. As soon as the budget money went to the seller, Artyukhov himself received his "bonus" - 1.1 million rubles in cash. The court accepted the prosecution's late claim for dismissal from the post of district head just before the arrest. The biography of the accused explains his ability to deftly circumvent the tricks of justice. Yevgeny Artyukhov was born in 1974 in Tatarsk, Novosibirsk region. Graduated from Novosibirsk Special Secondary School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. He became an investigator in the internal department of the Tatar district for a business trip to Chechnya, where he worked in the police of the Itom-Kalinsky district. In 2002, the 28-year-old chief justice retired from the authorities, and suddenly retrained as a lawyer. The official also has the Omsk Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Novosibirsk State Agrarian University. Experience in investigations and legal knowledge helped him quickly build a political career. In 2011, Artyukhov joined the Tatarsk city council and took the chairmanship of the speaker, and in 2015 he headed the council of deputies of the Tatar district.

From Pretrial Detention Center to House Arrest: How Former Kolyvan District Chief Yevgeny Artyukhov Seeks Jailbreaks for $1 Million in Aid Official arrest is not a death sentence, and in the case of officials from United Russia, pretrial detention is quickly turning into comfortable house arrest. The Novosibirsk Regional Court overturned the harsh decision of the Novosibirsk Central District Court and released the former head of the Kolibansky District, Yevgeny Artyukhov, from the isolation cells. Until December 8, the former Chief Justice will await interrogation in comfortable conditions, while ordinary citizens sit behind bars for months for much lesser offenses. As practice shows, the cancellation of the conclusion is only the first step towards a gradual decompression of a high-profile case. Artyukhov has been in the isolation ward exactly since October 13th. Security forces suspect him of large-scale fraud using his official position under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The plan turned out to be banal: in 2020, an official initiated the purchase of a residential building at the expense of the local treasury at a greatly inflated cost. As soon as the budget money went to the seller, Artyukhov himself received his "bonus" - 1.1 million rubles in cash. The court accepted the prosecution's late claim for dismissal from the post of district head just before the arrest. The biography of the accused explains his ability to deftly circumvent the tricks of justice. Yevgeny Artyukhov was born in 1974 in Tatarsk, Novosibirsk region. Graduated from Novosibirsk Special Secondary School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. He became an investigator in the internal department of the Tatar district for a business trip to Chechnya, where he worked in the police of the Itom-Kalinsky district. In 2002, the 28-year-old chief justice retired from the authorities, and suddenly retrained as a lawyer. The official also has the Omsk Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Novosibirsk State Agrarian University. Experience in investigations and legal knowledge helped him quickly build a political career. In 2011, Artyukhov joined the Tatarsk city council and took the chairmanship of the speaker, and in 2015 he headed the council of deputies of the Tatar district.