Former Deputy Minister of Energy Faces Large-Scale Fraud Allegations and Asset Freezing

In a case unfolding in Moscow, the former Deputy Minister of Energy, Pyotr Nidzelsky, faces serious allegations of wide-ranging fraud that have prompted the court to freeze substantial sums across multiple currencies. Interim restrictions were placed on his bank accounts, totaling roughly 42 million rubles, spread across rubles, U.S. dollars, and euros, as reported by TASS. The measures were confirmed by the Moscow Meshchansky Court, which issued a formal decision to implement them within the criminal proceedings now underway. The court’s press service specified that the accounts subject to the freeze contained more than 9.5 million rubles, 110 thousand U.S. dollars, and 233 thousand euros, underscoring the scale of the assets involved in the case.