The former head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Lieutenant General Sergei Umnov, was arrested in a case of abuse of power that entailed grave consequences, Interfax reports . The decision was made by the Basmanny Court of Moscow.

Umnov was arrested for two months, until September 5, the corresponding decision was announced by judge Lena Lenskaya. The court session was held in a closed mode from the media and listeners. Earlier, on July 6, Umnov was detained and taken to a Moscow detention center at 38 Petrovka. Umnov pleads not guilty.

The court also arrested Ivan Abakumov, a retired major general and former deputy head of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. He is also accused of abuse of power. The deadline for the investigation of the case is set to October 5.

Later, the capital's court will consider a petition for the arrest of the last detained defendant - the head of the UGIBDD of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Alexei Semenov.

As Kommersant reported , Umnov, Semyonov and Abakumov became defendants in a criminal case on abuse of power with grave consequences (Part 3 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code), which was opened two years ago. On July 5, officers of the FSB and internal security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted searches in their houses, apartments and offices. According to investigators, from 2016 to 2020, they “persistently recommended” businessmen in St. Petersburg to donate funds to the “Fund for Assistance to the Programs of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.” At the same time, with the proceeds, the generals bought property for personal use.