The Moscow court appointed the detained rector of the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergei Zuev as a preventive measure in the form of house arrest .
The inquiry request for the conclusion of & nbsp; under the court dismissed the custody. Zuev will be under house arrest until December 7, TASS reports.
Sergei Zuev's lawyer said he was satisfied with the court decision and considered it a great achievement.
The rector is involved in a criminal case of embezzlement by fraud 21 million rubles allocated under the federal project “ Teacher of the year '' of the national project “ Education. & # 39; & # 39;
On October 12, he was arrested by police and questioned as a suspect.
As part of the investigation into the case, the former Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Marina Rakova, her common-law partner and executive director of Shaninka. They don't admit their guilt in the fraud.