Elena Blinovskaya is suspected of tax evasion and money laundering on an especially large scale. She was detained near a forest in the Smolensk region when she tried to cross the border with Belarus in a luxury car.
Earlier it was reported that the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against her on the fact of money laundering. Later it became known that she was detained while trying to leave the country and was taken to the second department for the investigation of especially important cases.