It has emerged who testified in the investigation against UrFU president Koksharov.

      Testimony implicating the managers of the B. N. Yeltsin Ural Federal University in the illegal sale of federally owned real estate was given by the arrested former head of Sverdlovsk Rosimushchestvo, Sergey Zubenko. 66.RU reports this, citing its source.

      Searches of working offices with seizure of documents were conducted last week at the offices of UrFU president Viktor Koksharov, first pro-rector Daniil Sandler and chief accountant Gavriil Agarkov. According to 66.RU, law enforcement officers did not find grounds to open a criminal case or make arrests following the operational activities at UrFU.

      According to a portal interlocutor, the investigators conducted the probe based on testimony from the former head of Sverdlovsk Rosimushchestvo, Sergey Zubenko. It allegedly concerns the sale of UrFU’s Peschanoe sports and wellness complex on Lake Peschanoe near Yekaterinburg.

      According to some rumors, the deal was carried out bypassing the Ministry of Education and Science, and the proceeds were siphoned off under the guise of employee salaries. According to others, the sale price was heavily understated, and the new owner later offered the property for sale at market price, which allegedly prompted law enforcement suspicions that the buyer was a front.

      On Tuesday, January 20, Kommersant-Ural learned that Sergey Zubenko was released from pretrial detention to house arrest.

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It has emerged who testified in the investigation against UrFU president Koksharov.

Testimony concerning the illegal sale of federally owned real estate against the managers of the Ural Federal University named.