Former Minister for Open government Mikhail Abyzov paid 20 billion rubles to the Russian budget. This was announced by his lawyer Anatoly Kuznetsov.
According to him, the total amount of debt amounted to 32 billion rubles. Abyzov paid 20 billion from his own property.
Mikhail Abyzov was detained in the spring of 2019 in the case of creating a criminal community, fraud, illegal business activities, commercial bribery and money laundering. In October 2021, the court turned over 32 billion rubles of Abyzov into state income.