Yekaterinburg Court Shutters Charity of Ex-Mayor Roizman

Yekaterinburg Court Shutters Charity of Ex-Mayor Roizman

A court in the city of Yekaterinburg ordered the closure of a charity foundation created by prominent Kremlin critic and former mayor Yevgeny Roizman over alleged misuse of funds, the exiled news outlet Mediazona reported Monday.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg liquidated the Roizman Foundation. This was reported by the correspondent of “M...

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg upheld the claim of the Ministry of Justice to liquidate the fund of the former mayor of the city, Yevgeny Roizman*.

On April 14, a court in Yekaterinburg liquidated the Roizman Foundation, an organization that helped children with rare diseases. Thus, Judge Zhanna Stekolnikova upheld the claim of the Ministry of Justice for the Sverdlovsk Region. The agency accused the fund of misspending, while the organization itself denies the charges. The Roizman Foundation, founded by opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman, raised money, among other things, for the most e…

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg liquidated the Roizman Foundation, Mediazona reports. The lawsuit was filed by the Ministry of Justice for the Sverdlovsk Region after another audit. RIA Novosti, citing documents, wrote that the foundation allegedly collected more than 222 million rubles for the treatment of two children diagnosed with SMA, but did not use them for their intended purpose — and they remained at the disposal of the o…