The rector of Russia's presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANKHiGS), Vladimir Mau, has been detained on embezzlement charges.
The Interior Ministry's Main Directorate for Moscow said on June 30 that Mau's arrest was linked to a high-profile fraud case launched last year against former Deputy Education Minister Marina Rakova and the director of the RANKHiGS's Institute of Social Studies, Sergei Zuyev.
Russian authorities said at the time that Rakova was suspected of embezzling 50 million rubles ($950,000) from the ministry.
Mau's pretrial restrictions will be decided by a court in Moscow within 48 hours.