State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, who was Russia’s Investigative Committee intends to announce an international arrest warrant in connection with the criminal case of embezzlement, said, “Interfax” that do not intend to ask the United States, where last year, for political asylum.
«No way, under any circumstances,” – he replied to a question about the possibility of appeal to the US authorities for political asylum. He also, as before, said that Russia has no intention to return.
«Go back to jail I’m not going, it is clear that such a plan is the part of fellow investigators” – said the opposition leader .
08:55 April 7, 2015
Ponomarev also said he had not received formal notification of excitation in the criminal case against him. “No assistants, no reception, no one in the community did not notify anyone,” – he said.
At the investigators, according to the deputy, has all his phones. “I spoke with the investigator before, it seems that in August, including when I was in the States. Mark knows everything. Therefore wanted – this is pure speculation, grandstand play “- he said.
In this case, Ponomarev does not plan to take any legal action in Russia, since it would mean” legitimization of obviously illegal actions of the Investigative Committee. ”
On ensuring the legal protection outside Russia, he agreed with the famous lawyer Robert Amsterdam, who, in particular, defended the former head of NK “YUKOS” Mikhail Khodorkovsky. “I agreed with him that he would protect me, and Interpol, accordingly, we will explain,” – he added.
Also, Ponomarev said it expects to close in June, the debt at the suit of the “Skolkovo”. According to him, it is necessary to pay 700 thousand rubles.
The oppositionist called “pathetic attempts” intention head of the faction “Fair Russia” Sergei Mironov, State Duma to deprive its mandate. According to Ponomarev, the legal grounds for this.
In explaining what he was doing in the United States, the MP said that he had two activities – public speaking and working with innovative projects. “In general, at a political level, I actively working with the Russian diaspora in order to in some way to involve her in what is happening in Russia”, – he added.
At the end of April 2015, in respect Ponomarev was prosecuted on suspicion of complicity in embezzlement (Part 5 of Article 33, Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code). Until April 7, the State Duma adopted a decision to deprive him of his parliamentary immunity.
According to the investigation, in 2010, “Skolkovo” foundation signed an agreement with Ponomariov to perform research work with payment in the amount of 750 thousand dollars . Further, the amount of the contract was reduced to 450 thousand dollars in exchange Ponomarev got the right not to provide interim reports on the project. The investigation believes that this has been done, “it was impossible to monitor the progress of research,” and thereby create the conditions for the theft of the fund. To legalize the amounts were made two reports, which are estimated TFR, “did not represent absolutely no scientific value and failed to meet the requirements of technical specifications».
Another 300 thousand dollars, as noted in the TFR, have been assigned to help Agreement for Ponomariov lectures on the commercialization of new technologies. The investigation alleges that on reading these lectures deputy reported cycle blitz of speeches lasting from 3 to 18 minutes each at events not associated in meaning with the stated theme of the course.
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