Mutko commented on the detention of former Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg – RBC

the head of the Russian football Union and Deputy Prime Minister on sport, tourism and youth policy Vitaly Mutko said that the detention of the former Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Marat Hovhannisyan in the case of fraud in the construction of the stadium “Zenit arena” has nothing to do with the construction of the facility, said the Agency “R-Sport”.

Mutko said that in this story there are “many nuances” because in the “long building” was changed several times by the contractor. According to him, both are “several criminal cases”, but they all — “a past that will not matter.”

“There are a few criminal cases go. No relation to the construction, they have not. There and with the change of contractor, subcontractor… Triggered things. I hope they will not affect the construction and delivery of object”, — said Mutko on the phone to the Agency.

According to Mutko, currently the site has a contractor, and the project of the stadium is final adjustments.

Previously TFR reported that the former Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Marat Hovhannisyan were detained in Moscow on suspicion of fraud in the construction of “Zenit Arena” for the sum more than 50 million rubles. According to the Investigative Committee, investigators of the Department and employees regional UFSB and Webirc during collaboration found that in 2014, when you purchase a giant screen to the stadium “Zenit arena” in St. Petersburg was stolen more than 50 million rubles.

Investigators believe that Hovhannisyan whose responsibilities included supervision of the construction of the stadium, had illegally brought to the execution of the contract as a subcontractor to joint-stock company “TDM”, which was organized by the payment of an advance in the amount of 50 million rubles. Subsequently, these funds were derived through the company,”phony”.

In may 2016, “Vedomosti” wrote that when Hovhannisyan to supply lighting equipment for the “Zenit Arena” was engaged by the company SAM No. 5, which was later suspected of fraud. Then in this case on “Zenit Arena” were searched.