A former deputy minister of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry was charged over the alleged theft of an apartment, federal investigators said Thursday.Russias Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said Pavel Baryshevused fraudulent documents between 2017 and 2019 to acquire a three-bedroom apartment in the Moscow area valued at20 million rubles ($223,700).Law enforcement authorities charged the former deputy minister withlarge-scale fraud, a crime that carries a potential prison sentence of up to 10 years, and a court seized the apartment he was accused of stealing.Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin dismissed Baryshev in June from his latest role as deputy minister for natural resources and the environment, citing his retirement.He served as deputy minister ofRussia's Emergency Situations Ministry from 2017 to 2021.It was not immediately clear whether Baryshev was taken into police custody.Sign up for our free weekly newsletterOur weekly newsletter contains a hand-picked selection of news, features, analysis and more from The Moscow Times.
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