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Chief of Russian State Dumaâ€™s engineering section arrested - PHOTO

Chief of Russian State Dumaâ€™s engineering section arrested - <font color=red>PHOTO</font>

02 November 2012 11:03 (UTC +04:00)

â€œBy authorizing the arrest, the court answered a request by the prosecutors to appoint a pretrial measure in the form of custody to Vostrov,â€ she said.The man will stay in custody through to December 31.

Andrei Vostrov, the chief of the engineering section of the Dumaâ€™s general affairs department, is suspected of â€œsellingâ€ the positions of aides at the Russian parliamentâ€™s headquarters staff. Charges have been issued to him on the basis of Article 159.4 of the Criminal Code, which cites punishment for swindling.

Investigators say, among other things, Vostrov received 1.2 million rubles from two persons for an ostensible assistance in getting appointments them to the positions of MPsâ€™ aides. According to Moscow police sources, Vostrov was detained in the act on Moscowâ€™s downtown Tverskaya Street October 30. If the information on â€œsellingâ€ positions in the Duma gets confirmation, maximum punishment envisioned for such cases should be authorized for the swindler then, Irina Yarovaya, the chairperson of the Dumaâ€™s Security Committee said Thursday.