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June 9th, 2015 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
The Russian Investigative Committee’s agency for serious crimes has launched a case against MP Ilya Ponomaryov, suspecting him of alleged complicity in the 2013 corruption scandal at the Skolkovo Foundation.
The news was announced Tuesday by the Investigative Committee’s
spokesman, Vladimir Markin. He also said that the case dates
further back and concerns the 2010 contract under which
Ponomaryov received $750,000 for a research paper and several
lectures which he only partly delivered.
Tass quoted Markin as saying that starting the criminal case was
licensed by the State Duma as required by the Russian law. He
also said that, as Ponomaryov currently lives outside the Russian
Federation, investigators planned to put him on the international
wanted list and demand his extradition.
The corruption scandal mentioned by investigators broke out in
early 2013 when law enforcement agencies discovered that one of
the senior managers of the Skolkovo Foundation had paid State
Duma deputy Ilya Ponomaryov about $750,000 for 10 lectures and
one research paper. The MP received the fees but either failed to
deliver the promised work completely or executed it very poorly.
The politician pleaded not guilty, saying that the fees were fair
and proportionate to the amount of work done.
The probe and subsequent court hearings proved these allegations
to be true. Alexey Beltyukov, Vice President of the Skolkovo
Foundation, was suspended and a criminal investigation into his
case goes on to this day. Ponomaryov was not prosecuted because
of his parliamentary immunity but the court ordered him to return
the money. After this, Ponomaryov left the country over fears
that bailiffs would ban his trips abroad over an unpaid debt.
Since then he has been living in the United States.
READ MORE: Skolkovo vice president suspended over
graft case
From the very beginning, Ponomaryov claimed that the case against
him and his partners in Skolkovo was groundless and revenge for
his opposition activities. The MP actively participated in 2011
street protests against alleged violations in parliamentary polls
and got expelled from the Fair Russia party – its leaders said
that it was not right for any lawmaker to claim that the election
was not fair and yet remain in the parliament formed by this very
election. However, by law Ponomaryov cannot be stripped of his
parliamentary seat without a criminal trial and sentence.
Later, Ponomaryov gained some notoriety by being the only Russian
MP who voted against accepting the Republic of Crimea into the
Russian Federation.
After Russian media reported about the State Duma’s plans to hold
a vote on Ponomaryov’s immunity, the lawmaker repeatedly stated
that he did not intend to return as that would be tantamount to
voluntarily going to prison. Currently he lives primarily in the
United States and claims that he earns his living through
research, public lectures and providing advice to Russian startup
companies entering international markets.
In early April, the State Duma almost unanimously voted to have
Ponomaryov’s parliamentary immunity lifted. He was the sixth
Russian MP to be deprived of his immunity since the last State
Duma elections.
Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/266026-russia-ponomaryov-probe-investigators/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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