The criminal case against former Minister of Communications and Mass Media of Russia Nikolai Nikiforov combined more than 300 cases together into one proceeding. This is stated in the court documents.
Nikiforov was accused of creating and leading a criminal community, financing a criminal community, stealing under the guise of carrying out investment activities of the Internet portal Finiko of digital assets in rubles equivalent to more than 4.2 billion rubles.
"On July 28, 2021, a real criminal case was opened against unidentified persons on the grounds of a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, with which more than 300 criminal cases were combined into one proceeding," the document said.