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Baring Vostokâs founder Calvey set to seek verdict of acquittal in court
The defendant said the case was groundless as there were neither victims, nor corpus delicti, nor any evidence
MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. Founder of the Baring Vostok private equity firm, Michael Calvey, who is accused of embezzling 2.5 billion rubles ($33.7 mln), said in court on Wednesday that he is going to seek the verdict of acquittal to continue investing in the Russian economy, a TASS correspondent reported from the courtroom.
Read also We look forward to continuing hearings on the merits and an early completion of the process in order to return to what we do best: invest in Russian companies, Calvey said after a regular hearing in the Meshchansky Court of Moscow was over.
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A former Islamic State militant returns to Russia
Who were the people arrested?
The detainees are suspected members of the Takfir wal-Hijra Islamist group, an organization which was founded in Egypt and has ties to al-Qaeda.
Ten out of the 19 arrested were organizers, and the rest were active participants, Russian news agency RIA said.
The members were spread across the Rostov, Krasnodar and Karachay-Cherkessia regions, as well as Crimea, the peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
Footage from the arrest showed FSB operatives climbing an apartment building and entering through a window to detain a suspect.
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