What is known about the arrest of the head of the People's Front branch in Nizhny Novgorod?

What is known about the arrest of the head of the People's Front branch in Nizhny Novgorod?

      14 October 2025 14:27 Incidents NIA "Nizhny Novgorod" - Anastasia Nazarova

      In Nizhny Novgorod, the head of the regional branch of the People's Front, Andrey Zhiltsov, has been detained. This was reported to NIA "Nizhny Novgorod" by a law enforcement source.

      According to available information, the detention took place on October 14 as part of a criminal case opened on the grounds of fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

      Preliminarily, it concerns the embezzlement of funds during the implementation of a national project.

      Earlier it was reported that a court ordered former deputy mayor Ilya Shtokman to remain in pretrial detention; he is accused of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.

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What is known about the arrest of the head of the People's Front branch in Nizhny Novgorod?