Alexey ulyukaev arrest search

The last several months have featured a series of scandalous, high-profile arrests and resignations that have shaken up the Russian political establishment.

None of those episodes lived up to what happened earlier today.

Ulyukayev, who was fired by President Vladimir Putin hours after his arrest in the middle of the night in November , is the highest-ranking Russian official.

Ulyukayev, who was fired by President Vladimir Putin hours after his arrest in the middle of the night in November , is the highest-ranking Russian official.

Alexey Ulyukaev was put under house arrest under a court verdict passed on 15 November and was dismissed by the president one day later.

Russia's Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been charged with taking a bribe to endorse a state takeover.

Former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $m for soliciting bribe.

Former Russian Economy Minister Aleksei Ulyukayev, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in for bribery, has been released from prison.

This time, the case is of legitimately historic proportions: a Russian federal minister, Alexey Ulyukaev, was arrested on suspicion of extortion.

Ulyukaev is easily the most senior official ever detained and arrested in Russia.

Defense Minister Anatoly Serdukov was involved in a high-profile case where several billions in public funds were alleged to be embezzled. But Serdukov was never detained nor charged. The Head of the Federal Custom Service, Andrey Belianinov, recently had his properties searched and had almost $1 million in cash found in his home.

In an unexpected turn of events, the deputy defense minister was arrested immediately after a meeting with Defense Ministry colleagues—including.

He was never charged, however, although he did lose his job. And technically, Belianinov was not a minister. The Federal Customs Service had ministerial status until January 2016, at which point it was subjugated t