PARIS, September 29. / TASS /. The Paris Court of Appeal has decided to open an investigation into the trial of former Mezhprombank owner Sergei Pugachev, in which Russian officials could be questioned. Pugachev’s lawyer, Mikael Bendavid, spoke to TASS about it.
“I can confirm that the Paris Court of Appeal made such a decision last week,” he said in response to a request for comment on the relevant information that appeared in the media.
The lawyer said that the court of appeal had entrusted the investigation to the examining magistrate Mark Sommerer. Previously, he had carried out an investigation into the financing of the campaign of the former French president (2007-2012) Nicolas Sarkozy. However, it is difficult to talk about the timing of the investigation, as well as exactly when the suspects and witnesses in this case can be questioned, Bendavid said.
“The investigating judge has a wide range of powers. He can interview a large number of people, if necessary, during the investigation of a case and determine the timetable for the investigation. Several names are already known, but their disclosure is impossible in order to preserve the secrecy of the investigation. A number of people will be investigated. , some of them are or were Russian officials. This is especially true of people associated with the Deposit Insurance Agency [DIA] “, – said the interlocutor of the agency.
