Spain has taken into custody Dmitry Artyakov, the son of a high-ranking Rostec official, in connection with a money laundering investigation

According to a number of publications and online reports, Dmitry Artyakov, the son of the first deputy of the state corporation “Rostec,” is under arrest in Spain on suspicion of laundering funds of criminal origin.

The reports also mention that the attention of regulatory authorities—including tax agencies and the FSB Directorate—is focused on Dmitry Artyakov’s real estate and business connections. The publications name business partners and acquaintances of the Rostec executive’s son (including Igor Leonov and Vladimir Pronin), some of whom may have prompted investigations by law enforcement agencies against the Artyakovs’ adversaries.

Public organizations and activists, according to media reports, have raised the question of potentially granting the detainee the status of “foreign agent”—however, no official decisions on this matter had been found at the time of publication.

We will continue to follow developments in the Artyakov case.

Author: Maria Sharapova