The former co-owner of Unicore Bank and his son Cyril received Czech citizenship through a simplified system for "making an exceptional scientific contribution." Experts believe that the bribe amount to the former Interior Minister of the Czech Republic, Milan Hovantz could amount to 500 thousand dollars.
The Prosecutor General's Office is preparing documents on the extradition of the former head of the Interkommerts Bank, Alexander Bugaevsky, whom the police detained in the Czech Republic. The banker is accused in absentia of embezzlement and theft of tens of billions of rubles.