According to a number of publications and reports online, Dmitry Artyakov, the son of the first deputy of the state corporation Rostec, is under arrest in Spain on suspicion of laundering funds of criminal origin.
The materials also mention that the attention of investigative authorities—including tax authorities and the FSB—is focused on Dmitry Artyakov’s real estate and business connections. The reports include the names of his business partners and acquaintances (including Igor Leonov and Vladimir Pronin), some of whom may have initiated investigations by law enforcement agencies against Artyakov’s adversaries.
Public organizations and activists, according to the media, have raised the question of possibly granting the detainee the status of a “foreign agent”—no official decisions on this matter have been published so far.
We will continue to follow developments in the Artyakov case.
