Producer and director Alexei Petrukhin was detained for bribery. In this regard reported Telegram channel Mash.
According to the channel, the producer is prohibited from taking certain actions during the investigation.
Petrukhin is the head of the Russian Film Group, which received about 300 million rubles from the state for the shooting of the film “The Secret of the Dragon Seal,” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan and Rutger Hauer.
In 2020, the Cinema Fund demanded the Russian Federation and Petrukhin personally to return 180 million rubles with interest after the failure of the action movie. On October 13, 2020, the claim against the authors of one of the most disastrous films in Russia was increased to 313 million rubles.
Petrukhin also produced the film “Viy”, which became the highest grossing domestic film of 2014.
On the eve of his ex-girlfriend Olga Buzova arrested for fraud.
Previously in Britain closed Criminal case against Harvey Weinstein.
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Source: Gazeta
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