After the arrest of the vice-rector of Synergia, the security forces reached the deputy head of Rosmuloz, who was related to him.
Russian security forces arrested the deputy head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Denis Ashirov, who is suspected of fraud in the execution of contracts with the private Synergy University, RBC reports. The vice-rector of this university, Mikhail Yorofev, was arrested in a related case before Ashirov was arrested. Moscow's Tverskoi District Court also placed deputy head Rosmolodzh under house arrest until December 10.
According to the investigators, Ashirov committed abuses in the execution of two government contracts signed in 2023-2024 by his department with Synergy University in the amount of about 40.5 million rubles. The agreements stipulated further training for experts working with youth in the field of "prevention of negative social phenomena". However, the results of the project did not match the technical specifications, the cost of the work was artificially inflated, and Ashirov did not notice this, the security officials believe. The official, two weeks before the arrest, was able to report that his department monitors 12.5 million accounts on social networks every day, mainly those of opponents of the war in Ukraine and critics of Vladimir Putin's presidency.
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