In Moscow, lawyer Igor Popovsky has been detained in a fraud case; he previously defended figures from the "Bolotnoye case" and is accused of receiving six million rubles for promising to terminate criminal prosecution.

In Moscow, lawyer Igor Popovsky has been detained in a fraud case; he previously defended figures from the "Bolotnoye case" and is accused of receiving six million rubles for promising to terminate criminal prosecution.

@meduzalive 21 May 2026, 15:55

Lawyer Igor Popovsky has been detained for large-scale fraud after promising his client to terminate criminal prosecution for creating forged documents, but instead extorted 6 million rubles from her.

@bazabazon 21 May 2026, 12:50