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Thu, 08/04/2011 - 07:59
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Continent airline director-general accused of fraud freed in courtroom.
MOSCOW, August 4 (Itar-Tass) -- Moscow's Meshchansky Court on
Wednesday, August 3, refused to issue an arrest warrant for Continent
Airline Director-General Vladimir Krasilnikov, who was detained on August
2 on charges of fraud and deliberate bankruptcy.
The court thus rejected the investigator's request for Krasilnikov's
arrest and let him go in courtroom.
The investigator insisted that Krasilnikov could hide, put pressure on
witnesses or otherwise obstruct the investigation.
But the prosecutor said the criminal case against Krasilnikov had been
opened in violation of legislation.
"The preliminary inquiry did not determine the exact number of
defrauded passengers or stolen money," the prosecutor said, adding that
the case only contained the testimonies of several passengers and the
defendant himself.
The prosecutor stressed that according to presidential amendments to
legislation the defendant cannot be put in custody if the charges brought
against him concern entrepreneurial activities.
He also noted that there is not enough proof that the airline
director-general can hide from the investigation or obstruct it. Besides,
Krasilnikov is 62 years old and has a five-year-old daughter in addition
to three adult children.
"The investigation did not prove the impossibility of using another,
milder, measure of restraint," the prosecutor said and asked the court to
reject the investigator's request for arrest.
Krasilnikov himself and his lawyer asked for a milder measure of
restraint than arrest.
After the Federal Agency for Air Transportation (Rosaviatsia) recalled
the license from Continent, which had found itself on the brink of
bankruptcy because of a multi-million-rouble debt, the company suspended
flights from July 30. Sixty-nine flights were cancelled on July 29-31,
leaving more than 3,000 passengers stranded at airports.
The Continent airline went bankrupt because of the purchase by
Krasilnikov of several planes using the airline's proceeds without the
consent of the principal shareholder, a source at Rosaviatsia told
Itar-Tass.
Wednesday, August 3, refused to issue an arrest warrant for Continent
Airline Director-General Vladimir Krasilnikov, who was detained on August
2 on charges of fraud and deliberate bankruptcy.
The court thus rejected the investigator's request for Krasilnikov's
arrest and let him go in courtroom.
The investigator insisted that Krasilnikov could hide, put pressure on
witnesses or otherwise obstruct the investigation.
But the prosecutor said the criminal case against Krasilnikov had been
opened in violation of legislation.
"The preliminary inquiry did not determine the exact number of
defrauded passengers or stolen money," the prosecutor said, adding that
the case only contained the testimonies of several passengers and the
defendant himself.
The prosecutor stressed that according to presidential amendments to
legislation the defendant cannot be put in custody if the charges brought
against him concern entrepreneurial activities.
He also noted that there is not enough proof that the airline
director-general can hide from the investigation or obstruct it. Besides,
Krasilnikov is 62 years old and has a five-year-old daughter in addition
to three adult children.
"The investigation did not prove the impossibility of using another,
milder, measure of restraint," the prosecutor said and asked the court to
reject the investigator's request for arrest.
Krasilnikov himself and his lawyer asked for a milder measure of
restraint than arrest.
After the Federal Agency for Air Transportation (Rosaviatsia) recalled
the license from Continent, which had found itself on the brink of
bankruptcy because of a multi-million-rouble debt, the company suspended
flights from July 30. Sixty-nine flights were cancelled on July 29-31,
leaving more than 3,000 passengers stranded at airports.
The Continent airline went bankrupt because of the purchase by
Krasilnikov of several planes using the airline's proceeds without the
consent of the principal shareholder, a source at Rosaviatsia told
Itar-Tass.
