Serbia's former economy minister and ex-manager of the Belgrade Power Plants Company, Rada Basto, who advocated sanctions against Russia, was arrested on suspicion of corruption, Tanjug Agency and Blik newspaper reported.
Basta was arrested on the morning of November 11 at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport by anti-corruption service officers on the orders of the Belgrade Supreme Prosecutor's Office. According to Blik, the former minister tried to fly out of the country.
According to Tanjog, Basta is suspected of causing damage to the company worth tens of millions of dinars as the manager of the Belgrade power plants by approving unjustified donations to sports clubs and various companies. According to Belik, we are talking about 14.1 million dinars ($45.28 million).
RBC channel in "Max".