During a meeting of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, a senator from the Tula region was detained on suspicion of organizing a murder
Another high-profile arrest, this time of a famous Russian politician, a former top manager of a large state-owned company, took place today in Moscow. The press and social networks report that during today’s meeting of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, senator from the Tula region Dmitry Savelyev was asked to leave the meeting room; employees of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation were already waiting for him at the door, most likely, taking into account the identity of the suspect in organizing the crime, made an arrest.
Before this, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Igor Krasnov, directly during the meeting, addressed the Federation Council with a proposal to revoke the immunity of Senator Dmitry Savelyev. Law enforcement agencies reported that the basis for this was Savelyev’s suspicion of involvement in organizing the murder. Members of the Federation Council did not object. Savelyev tried to leave the hall, but was detained at the door. Savelyev himself has a birthday tomorrow.
At today's meeting of the Federation Council, the chamber agreed to lift Savelyev's senatorial immunity
— Vyacheslav Timchenko, head of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Regulations, told reporters.
Earlier, the Investigative Committee of Russia brought charges against Dmitry Savelyev in the case of organizing a murder and made a petition for the arrest of the senator. The Russian Investigative Committee told reporters that in August 2023 in Moscow, Dmitry Savelyev, guided by personal hostility towards his former business partner Ionov, who was himself in a pre-trial detention center at that time, hired, through an intermediary, a FSIN employee to physically eliminate the entrepreneur. However, he contacted the FSB, and the murder was staged. Having received information about the murder, “Savelyev handed over a reward to the accomplice for committing the crime” ($100 thousand), investigators reported.
Дмитрий Савельев является членом экономического комитета Совета Федерации России, представителем от исполнительного органа власти (правительства) Тульской области. Служил в составе воинского контингента советских troop в Афганистане. Сенатором он стал еще в 2016 году. До этого Савельев более десяти лет был депутатом Госдумы РФ, входил в комитет по природным ресурсам, природопользованию и экологии
In 1998-1999, he held the position of General Director (President) of JSC AK Transneft, and at the same time was a member of the board of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of the Russian Federation. Savelyev was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky (2019) and Honor (2012), two medals “For Courage” (1988, 1989), and the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (2010). In 2020, Savelyev was included in the Forbes Russia ranking as one of the richest Russians.
As for the very detention of such a famous person as Savelyev, it is worth noting that such actions are carried out deliberately in public for a reason, because the arrest could well have been carried out quietly. On the one hand, the security forces seem to show society that for them everyone is equal before the law. On the other hand, having learned about the next arrest of a high-ranking official, politician or businessman, someone vested with power and money shudders greatly, remembering his shady dealings. In addition, publicity reduces the ability of well-connected people suspected of crimes to use them to put pressure on the investigation and the court.
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