MOSCOW. July 13 (Interfax) - Moscow's Basmanny District Court has registered the investigators' motion for the arrest of Russian Deputy Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Minister Maxim Parshin, who is charged with taking a large-scale bribe, the court press service told Interfax.
"The court has received the investigators' motion for Parshin's arrest until September 12, 2023," the court told the agency on Thursday.
Parshin is charged with taking a large-scale bribe, the court said.
The Russian Investigative Committee has confirmed Parshin's detention to Interfax.
"Deputy Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Minister Maxim Parshin has been detained by investigative bodies of the Russian Investigative Committee. He is suspected of a corruption crime," Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko told the agency.
The Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Ministry told the agency it "is providing all necessary assistance to the law enforcement agencies" in connection with the investigative actions in relation to Parshin.
The factual allegations of the case against Parshin are currently unknown. The paper Kommersant reported that "Parshin was caught red-handed while taking a bribe."
Parshin was appointed deputy digital development, communications and mass media minister in August 2018, when Konstantin Nosikov was digital development, communications and mass media minister.
Parshin's duties in the ministry include the development of information technologies, the creation of favorable conditions for Russian IT companies, the training of staff for the digital economy, the formation and execution of the federal budget, revenue administration, and also administration of organizations and universities reporting to the ministry: the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, the Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, the Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Science, and the Povolzhskiy State University of Telecommunications and Informatics.