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Parshin Maxims Viktorovich
Parshin Maxims Viktorovich

Biography

Born July 23, 1976 in the city of Mytishchi, Moscow Region.

He graduated in 1998 from Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov.

In 2001 he graduated from the graduate school of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, and in 2008 - Moscow Institute of International Business at the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade (MBA).

2002: Ministry of Economic Development

In 2002-2013, he worked in various positions at the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, where, among other things, he was responsible for the development of electronic public services.

In 2010, he was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Russian Federation signed by Vladimir Putin "for his great personal contribution" to the launch of the first version of the public services portal.

2013: Deputy General Director of Russian Post

In February 2013, Maxim Parshin was appointed Deputy General Director of FSUE Russian Post.

Parshin came to Mail with the understanding that he would have to work with a new team. " In April, the general director of the enterprise, Alexander Kiselev, was dismissed, and ex-president of Tele2 Russia Dmitry Strashnov was appointed in his place.

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After Strashnov's appointment in April, we repeatedly discussed the prospects for the development of projects related to public services at the Post, Parshin said. - We agreed that I will develop this topic. Naturally, in cooperation with other areas, first of all, with commercial, for which Inessa Galaktionova is responsible at the Post
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But in October 2013, Parshin left the company, explaining to CNews the reasons for his dismissal as follows:

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I was forced to do this, - said Parshin. - General Director (Dmitry Strashnov, - editor's note) told me that the projects that I initiated and developed at the Russian Post will be further dealt with by another person - Rodion Shishkov (previously worked at Yota, - editor's note). According to him, this decision was made in the Ministry of Communications. He did not explain the reasons for this decision to me, he only indicated that he had no complaints about my work personally
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The dismissal was unexpected for the manager.

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I was not ready for such a turn of events, was completely absorbed in work at the Post, associated myself with it for at least three years (design took place for the same period), - he said
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The Ministry of Communications, which at that time worked under the leadership of Nikolai Nikiforov, denied their role in the decision to dismiss Parshin.

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All issues related to the operational activities of the enterprise, including personnel, are within the competence of the General Director. We have no influence on the solution of these issues, "the ministry told CNews
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The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications at that time planned to transfer to the Post from Rostelecom the functions of the only contractor for the development of a single portal of public services (EPGU), but this initiative was not implemented.

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I have always been cautious about this idea, "Parshin said. - There were no competencies, no infrastructure, no people who could pull this very difficult project. One can guess about the "political" meaning of this venture. The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications needs some achievements in the field of electronic government, which the new team still does not have. Apparently, EPSU was considered as an option of a "quick victory" - a new more convenient and functional portal in a short time. But it's not that easy to do
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Criticism of the portal that existed at that time, according to Parshin, was largely fair:

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Indeed, it is necessary to prioritize services, simplify the interface, develop additional services, optimize interaction in the register of public services, the holder of which is the Ministry of Economic Development. At the same time, the portal has an undeniable advantage. EPGU exists, its users are millions of citizens who receive services with its help. So the risks associated with the revolutionary alteration of the portal, in my opinion, significantly exceed the possible gain. But colleagues in the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications have a different opinion
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When it became obvious that the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications did not have enough administrative opportunities to transfer the portal from Rostelecom to Mail, another, to put it mildly, ambiguous idea arose - to create a portal for complex services (the Ministry of Communications published the corresponding draft government decree for public discussion in August 2013, - editor's note), according to the functionality of the YePGU-2, - said Maxim Parshin
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Through this portal, according to the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, citizens could access services provided by non-state organizations (legal, educational, medical, etc.), as well as a number of public services. It was assumed that Russian Post would create and maintain this portal at its own expense.

Parshin believed that "two portals almost about the same thing are just stupidity and senseless spending of funds."

As for the ability of the Post to provide public services directly through its branches, then, according to Parshin, this project was already actually launched by him: "I understood what to do when I worked at the Post. It's for other people to understand right now.'

Parshin, according to him, agreed with the employees involved in public services that they themselves make decisions on further work in the Post.

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I have absolutely no interest in having the projects that I was launching and that are associated with me die, "he added
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At the same time, Parshin is not familiar with Rodion Shishkov's team: "In any case, I would like to wish him success in this very difficult direction."[1]

2014: Deputy Head of Rostrud

In 2014-2015, Maxim Parshin worked as deputy head of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment.

2016: Return to the Ministry of Economic Development

Since January 2016, Parshin has been Director of the Department for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and Competition of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. In this post, the official was engaged in the development of measures to support the development of small and medium-sized businesses. In particular, within the framework of project 1 "Upgrade Laboratory," measures of financial support, assistance in export activities, digital and infrastructure services for small companies were proposed.

2018: Appointed Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Curator of Super Services

On August 16, 2018, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appointed Maxim Parshin as Deputy Minister of Digital Development of the Russian Federation.

Minister Konstantin Noskov in an interview with TAdviser described Parshin's duties as follows:

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Maxim Parshin is a digital state. Everything related to public services in electronic form and the back office of the state administration, interdepartmental and internal departmental document management, and so on.
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Before Parshin, Deputy Minister Alexei Kozyrev was responsible for the development of e-government.

2020

Loss of authority of e-government curator and super services

After the appointment of Maksut Shadayev as head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications in January 2020, Deputy Minister Maxim Parshin lost the powers of the curator of the digital state development department, which is engaged in the transfer of public services to electronic form and the development of super services. He will also cease to lead the federal project "Digital Public Administration" of the national program "Digital Economy."

Before being appointed minister, Shadayev worked as the general director of RT Labs, which was a contractor for the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media for super services. And Parshin, accordingly, was in the role of the customer regarding Shadayev-contractor.

As of February 2020, the documents of the digital state development department are signed by First Deputy Minister Oleg Pak, sources say TAdviser. Perhaps this is temporary, until the release of a new deputy minister, to whom the topic of superservices will be transferred.

Parshin, according to a source familiar with the situation, will continue to work as deputy minister, but his new powers have not yet been approved. An option is being discussed in which he will be responsible for the implementation of the Digital Economy national program as a whole instead of another Deputy Minister Yevgeny Kislyakov, who is likely to leave the ministry.

In addition, Parshin may become the head of one of the federal projects of the Digital Economy national program.

Head of the Digital Technologies Federation Project

In February 2020, Maxim Parshin headed the Federal Project "Digital Technologies" of the National Program "Digital Economy."

Joining Rusnano's Board of Directors

On September 23, 2020, Rusnano approved a new board of directors. He was left under house arrest by the head of the Russian Venture Company, Alexander Povalko. His place was taken by Deputy Minister of Finance Irina Okladnikova. Read more here.

TAdviser interview

In September 2020, in an interview with TAdviser, Russian Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maxim Parshin spoke about the features of a new support program for projects for the development and implementation of Russian digital solutions. Read more here.

Duties of Maxim Parshin as the head of the Digital Technologies Fedproject

According to the order of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation of December 2020, Maxim Viktorovich Parshin, as the head of the Digital Technologies fedproject, oversees the development of state policy in the field of information technology development, creating favorable conditions for the development of Russian companies in the ICT field. Coordinates the work of the IT Development Department and the Department of International Cooperation. Read more here.

2021

Chairman of the WSIS Forum

On March 24, 2021, RIA Novosti reported that the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Parshin was appointed chairman of the World Summit Forum on the Information Society (WSIS) as part of the official appointment of the Russian Federation as the presiding country of the WSIS in 2021.

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The WSIS Forum is precisely the format where representatives of all interested parties can gather in a large composition to determine trends, priorities and innovations in order to accelerate the implementation of the ICT for Development agenda, Maxim Parshin made a welcoming speech, stressing the integral contribution of WSIS to the development of the digital agenda.
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The deputy head of the Ministry of Digital Development shared Russia's experience in a pandemic, and also noted a significant increase in the distribution of the online format of many administrative procedures and the transfer of many government services into electronic form to support citizens and businesses.

The WSIS Forum is a meeting dedicated to the development of information and communication technologies and aimed at accelerating sustainable development in accordance with the directions of the WSIS. At the initiative of the International Telecommunication Union, the forum has been held annually since 2009. The forum is being held under the auspices of the UN[2] the [3].

62nd place in the industry in terms of income and 23rd in terms of the cost of personal cars

For the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, the income of the family of Maxim Parshin amounted to 10.4 million rubles[4].

The total average estimated value cars in the deputy's family Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media amounted to 14 million rubles. The list of announced transport funds includes: A4 personal car Audi and Audi A6 Allroad Quattro[5]

Real estate: apartment in the property - 52.3 m ²; apartments owned by a spouse (or children) - 87.7 m ² (1/2 each for a spouse and a child); land plot - 681 m ² for individual housing construction; house - 89.9 m ² ([6].

2022

Member of the Presidium of the Commission on Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko held the first meeting of the Commission on Scientific and Technological Development in 2022 via videoconference. This became known on February 7, 2022. At the meeting, the composition of the presidium of the commission was approved, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko. Read more here.

President of the Sports Programming Federation

Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maxim Parshin was elected president. Sports Programming Federations This was announced on November 2, 2022 in. Ministry of Digital Development Russia More details. here

2023

Maxim Parshin, Ministry of Digital Development, at TAdviser SummIT - about a "group of investors" who are ready to invest in IT projects that have not received state grants

At the TAdviser SummIT conference, TAdviser editor-in-chief Alexander Levashov conducted an open interview with Maxim Parshin, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. Maxim Parshin answered topical questions about the development of the Russian IT market: about the dynamics of import substitution, the growth of the salaries of IT specialists, the volume of investments of Russian state-owned companies in the domestic, ON measures taken Ministry of Digital Development to overcome the shortage of IT personnel, involvement in the profession related to IT, the development of sports programming. Among others, the Deputy Minister was asked about private investment as an important direction in the development of the Russian IT industry, about the mechanisms for stimulating the inflow of private investment into domestic IT projects, and the actions of the regulator in this direction. More. here

Detention in a bribe case

On July 13, 2023, it became known about the detention of the Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Maxim Parshin. He is accused of corruption.

According to Kommersant, the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (TFR) appealed to the Basmanny Court of Moscow with a petition to elect Maxim Parshin a preventive measure in the form of detention. He is charged with taking a bribe on an especially large scale (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). At the same time, the essence of the sane Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development of act by 18:00 Moscow time on July 13, 2023 is not reported. A Kommersant source in the Russian government said that Parshin was taken red-handed when receiving a bribe.

State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein said in his tg-channel that Parshin was taken red-handed at the time of receiving a bribe of 3.5 million (currency is not specified - note TAdviser) in one of the capital's restaurants. The money, according to the preliminary version, was intended for assistance in the allocation of grants.

"The totality of objective evidence regarding Parshin does not raise doubts about the guilt of the official, which, I hope, will not cast a shadow over the entire department as a whole!," Hinstein added.

Maxim Parshin in court

According to TAdviser  in the Ministry of Digital Development, in connection with the investigation carried out against the deputy head of the department Maxim Parshin, the ministry provides all the necessary assistance to law enforcement agencies.[7]

At about 22 o'clock in Moscow, information appeared on the website of the Moscow courts that the court issued a decision to refuse to satisfy the petition for Parshin's detention. Later, the Basmanny District Court reported that Parshin was elected a preventive measure in the form of house arrest for a period until September 12, 2023.

Appeal of house arrest by the Prosecutor General's Office

The Prosecutor General's Office appealed against the court's decision on the house arrest of the deputy head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maxim Parshin, accused of taking a bribe of 3.5 million rubles, and the general director and co-owner of BFT-Holding Alexander Monosov, who, according to the investigation, gave the official this bribe. This became known on July 18, 2023.

According to Kommersant, the investigation insisted on placing both accused in the pre-trial detention center, since, in his opinion, Parshin and Monosov "are highly likely" to destroy evidence in the case, threaten witnesses, obstruct the investigation in other ways or hide. The Prosecutor General's Office supported both applications for arrest. However, the Basmanny District Court, which issued the decision, did not find confirmation of the information of the prosecution about the attempts of Parshin and Monosov to put pressure on witnesses or hide.

Maxim Parshin

In turn, the defenders of the defendants presented documents that confirmed the presence of dependent children, chronic diseases, awards and thanks. The judge sent the defendants in the case under house arrest for two months, until September 12, 2023. She forbade them to use mail, the Internet, the phone and contact witnesses in a criminal case.

According to the decisions of the Basmanny District Court, protested by the supervision, Alexander Monosov will be in his apartment, and Maxim Parshin will be in his mother's house in the elite cottage village "Knyazhye Ozero" in the Moscow region. Since the decision published on the court's website does not talk about restrictions on the constant stay of Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development and walks, he can walk around the territory, the newspaper notes.

The Prosecutor General's Office appealed to the Moscow City Court, in which it declared the illegality and unreasonableness of the decisions made in the district court.[8]

Transfer of duties to Andrey Zarenin

Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Andrei Zarenin will act as another deputy minister of digital development, Maxim Parshin, who was previously arrested on charges of taking a bribe. This became known on July 20, 2023. Read more here.

Dismissal from the Ministry of Digital Development

Deputy Minister of Digital Development Maxim Parshin, who is being held in a criminal case on a bribe on an especially large scale, has been dismissed from his post. The corresponding decree was signed on July 18, 2023 by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

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To release Parshin Maxim Viktorovich from the post of Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation at his request, - says the document published on July 21 on the official portal of regulatory legal acts.
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Transfer to SIZO

On July 26, 2023, the Moscow City Court canceled ex-Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maxim Parshin of house arrest and sent him to a pre-trial detention center. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction.

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The decision of the Basmanny Court of Moscow to change, to change the measure of restraint for the accused Parshin from house arrest to detention until September 12, the judge announced the decision.
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Maxim Parshin

Maxim Parshin was charged with receiving a particularly large bribe (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Maximum liability involves up to 15 years in prison with a fine of up to one hundred times the amount of a bribe and with deprivation to hold certain positions for up to 15 years.

At a meeting of the Moscow City Court, the judge read out the decision of the prosecutor's office, which said that Parshin "does not admit guilt and does not express remorse." At the meeting, according to TASS, the investigation said that Maxim Parshin could use his position "to influence witnesses, including threatening them." In addition, the arrest was insisted on in connection with Parshin's deposits in foreign banks issued for his brother, which he "may use to obstruct justice."

Lawyers in the process countered the arguments of the investigation and argued that Parshin had no intentions to hide or resist the course of the investigation.

The ex-Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development himself said in the Moscow City Court that he was impressed, as a result, for a long time kept him "under the hood" and exercised total control over his life.

According to the investigation, the bribe was received from the head of Budget and Financial Technologies LLC (BFT) Alexander Monosov.

Maxim Parshin oversaw the work of the Russian Fund for the Development of Information Technologies (RFRIT), which is responsible for choosing "priority projects in the field of import substitution of system-wide and industrial software" and issuing grants.[9]

Extension of the term of detention in the pre-trial detention center

On September 7, 2023, the Basmanny Court of Moscow extended the former deputy head of the Ministry of Digital Science Maxim Parshin and the general director of BFT-Holding Alexander Monosov the term of detention, which had previously been elected by him as a preventive measure in the framework of a criminal corruption case. This was announced by the official Telegram channel of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction.

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The court decided to extend the measure of restraint to the head of the IT company and the ex-deputy minister of digital development, communications and mass media in the form of detention until December 12, 2023, the published message says.
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Photo from the courtroom on September 7, 2023 "(source: Telegram channel of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction)

The consideration of the case on the extension of the period of detention took place behind closed doors. In open mode, there was only the announcement of the court's decision[10].

It's a matter of particular complexity. The court refused to transfer Maxim Parshin from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest

Maxim Parshin and Alexander Monosov made an attempt to challenge the decision of the Basmanny Court in the Moscow City Court to extend his detention until December 12. This follows from the appeal decision of the Moscow City Court, published in early October 2023 on the website of the courts of general jurisdiction of Moscow. [11] of the [12]

Maxim Parshin, we recall, passes in a criminal case accused under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (receiving a bribe on an especially large scale), and Alexander Monosov - under Part 5 of Art. 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ( giving a bribe on an especially large scale). At first, they were placed under house arrest during the investigation, but then they changed the measure of restraint at the pre-trial detention center.

The lawyers of the accused consider the decision of the Basmanny Court illegal and unreasonable and asked to apply a milder measure to their clients, not related to isolation from society.

Parshin's defenders, in particular, referred to the fact that the materials submitted to the court lacked evidence indicating the need to apply an exceptional preventive measure to him in the form of detention. There is no information that Parshin intends to hide from the preliminary investigation and court bodies to prevent the preliminary investigation, the defense believes.

The Moscow City Court, however, pointed out that Maxim Parshin and Alexander Monosov are accused of committing crimes, the commission of which is punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than 3 years.

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In a criminal case, a significant amount of investigative and procedural actions must be carried out, what is the reason for the special complexity of the criminal case, and the grounds for changing the preventive measure to another, not associated with isolation from society, there is no reason to believe, that, being at large, Parshin M.V. and Monosov A.N. may hide from the preliminary investigation and court, as well as in another way to prevent the proceedings in a criminal case, - said in the appeal decision of the Moscow City Court.
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The arguments of the defense about unjustified prosecution are subject to verification when considering a criminal case on the merits, according to the Moscow City Court. And at this stage of criminal proceedings, there are no grounds to consider that they are not involved in the commission of the acts incriminated to them.

As a result, the Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Basmanny Court to extend the term of detention in the pre-trial detention center for both of them.

Earlier, in July, when considering the prosecutor's appeal against the court's decision on house arrest of Alexander Monosov, the prosecutor pointed out that Monosov had citizenship of the Russian Federation and Israel, "which could allow him to hide from the preliminary investigation and court"[13]

Extension of detention

On December 5, 2023, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow granted the request of the investigation and extended the term of detention of the former Deputy Minister of Digital Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Parshin and General Director of BFT-Holding Alexander Monosov for a period of 3 months, until March 12, 2024.

Details of the investigation into the case of ex-Deputy Minister of Digital Development Parshin and the restaurant where he was given the money were disclosed

The decision of the Basmanny Court to extend the term of detention until March 12, 2024 of Maxim Parshin and Alexander Monosov, published on the website of the courts of general jurisdiction of Moscow, contains some details of the progress of the investigation in the case.

The document says that the materials presented to the court indicate that there are sufficient grounds to believe that the suspicions of the involvement of Monosov and Parshin in the alleged act are justified, and this is confirmed by the totality of evidence.

In particular, it is indicated in the decision of the Basmanny Court, in the materials of operational-search activities, the fact of the transfer of Monosov funds to Parshin was recorded[14]. The money that Monosov handed over was found in a bag at a meeting of the accused in a restaurant of Russian provincial cuisine Voronezh"," located To Moscow in 4 Prechistenka Street.

Screenshot from the website of the Voronezh restaurant

Also in the materials of operational-search activities there are testimony of witnesses, protocols of searches, inspections of objects and other evidence.

Since the previous extension, the accused has taken preventive measures in the form of detention in a criminal case: partially completed the planned investigative actions, including inspections of items and documents seized during searches; Items of importance for the criminal case are attached as material evidence; inspections of carriers on which the results of operational-search activities are presented were carried out. According to the results of examinations, 7 phonoscopic forensic examinations were appointed.

In addition, witnesses were questioned and additional measures were taken to establish property that could be seized. In, the Ministry of Digital Development Russia tax authorities requested documents that are important for the criminal case. Other investigative and procedural actions were also carried out.

The term of the preliminary investigation in the criminal case in December was extended until March 12, 2024. The investigation will have to continue interrogating witnesses and examining items, including electronic media seized during the investigation, as well as media on which the results of operational-search activities are provided.

Also, for example, it is still necessary to obtain the conclusions of the appointed phonoscopic forensic examinations. Phonoscopic examination is one of the types of examination in forensic science, which is carried out to identify and determine the identity by voice and speech recorded on audio media, identify editing or other changes made to the recording, and study a person's voice.

The accused and their defense asked to change their measure of restraint to a milder one - house arrest, citing, among other things, family circumstances. But the court did not see the grounds for this.

According to the court, there is sufficient reason to believe that, being at large, Alexander Monosov and Maxim Parshin can hide from the preliminary investigation and trial authorities, threaten witnesses, as well as otherwise obstruct the proceedings in the criminal case.

Maxim Parshin found cryptocurrency and financial assets abroad

In February 2024, the Moscow City Court considered the appeals of the lawyers of ex-Deputy Minister of Digital Development Maxim Parshin and co-owner, ex-general director of BFT-Holding Alexander Monosov, in which they asked to appoint their clients a milder preventive measure instead of detention. The court again decided to leave them in jail.

At the same time, in the resolution of the Moscow City Court, published on the portal of the courts of general jurisdiction of Moscow, the previously not mentioned factor "surfaced, which, among others, influenced the decision not to release Maxim Parshin from the pre-trial detention center:" Parshin M.V. has financial assets abroad, as well as assets in digital cryptocurrency "Material[15]. What kind of assets are we talking about, the document does not specify.

After being detained in July 2023, Maxim Parshin was first sent under house arrest, but then transferred to custody

According to the 273-FZ "On Combating Corruption," persons holding the positions of deputy heads of the Federal Investment Fund, including those who are prohibited from opening and having accounts/deposits, keeping cash and valuables in banks outside the Russian Federation, owning and using foreign financial instruments.

As for Alexander Monosov, deciding on the measure of restraint, the Moscow City Court took into account, among other things, that he had a second citizenship. Earlier, open court documents included information that we are talking about Israeli citizenship.

The last time the preventive measure in the form of detention was extended to the defendants until March 12. It is possible that there may be a further extension, since the court in the appeal ruling states that the criminal case under investigation is distinguished by "a large volume and special complexity."

SIZO extension until June 12

As TAdviser found out, on April 10, the lawyers of ex-Deputy Minister Maxim Parshin and ex-general director of BFT-Holding Alexander Monosov will again try to challenge the preventive measure chosen by their clients. They have been asked more than once to be transferred from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest pending the completion of the investigation and trial in a criminal corruption case.

According to information published in the database of courts of general jurisdiction of Moscow, the last time the measure of restraint was extended to Parshin and Monosov in March, leaving them in custody until June 12, 2024. The lawyers asked to be returned back to house arrest, which they were under for a short time last year immediately after their arrest, but the court refused to grant the applications.

Investigative actions in the criminal case have not yet been completed and the collection of evidence continues, which, the investigator believes, Parshin and Monosov, being at large, can destroy. The court agreed with the arguments that there were sufficient grounds to believe that, being at large, Parshin and Monosov could hide from the preliminary investigation authorities, as well as otherwise prevent the proceedings in the criminal case[16].

In the applications for the extension of detention submitted to the court in March, the investigator indicated that it was still necessary: to familiarize the accused and their defenders with the conclusions of 8 phonoscopic forensic examinations; after familiarization with the conclusions of experts, if the accused agree to testify, additionally interrogate them; complete interrogations of witnesses and inspections of items, including electronic media seized during the investigation; to bring the final charge against Maxim Parshin and Alexander Monosov; perform other investigative and procedural actions.

If the preventive measure cannot be challenged now, then Parshin and Monosov will collectively spend almost a year in the pre-trial detention center.

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Photos of the Parshin Maxim Viktorovich