The situation with the detention of MP Valery Rashkin for illegal hunting in Saratov is within the competence of the police and environmental services, said the press secretary of the president Russian Dmitry Peskov. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
“ We have seen reports in the media – this is the first. Probably law enforcement officers and major environmental departments should come to the appropriate conclusions, ”a Kremlin spokesman said. the Russian Federation Valery Rashkin was suspected of illegal hunting. Last night the parliamentarian in the car “ Lada Largus '' arrested by police officers and the Hunting and Fishing Committee, upon examination in the trunk, a dead moose was found.
Commenting on media reports on this incident, the president of the interregional public body in the field of animal welfare “ Alliance for Animal Defenders '' (Moscow) Yuri Koretskikh called & nbsp; such behavior is unacceptable to any citizen of Russia, let alone a person of high rank.