The police came with searches to the Novosibirsk Institute of Laser Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The media reported that a criminal case was opened against the director

Law enforcement agencies are conducting searches in the Novosibirsk Institute of Laser Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. About it informs TASS.

Local edition “Continent Siberia” writesthat investigative actions are being carried out within the framework of a criminal case brought against the director of the institute, Alexei Taichenachev. He is suspected of committing a crime under Part 1 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code (abuse of office).

Information about searches confirmed RBK Taichenachev. “Searches are being carried out, so far I cannot give any more comments. The searches are being carried out by the police, ”he said.

The Institute of Laser Physics of the RAS Branch was established in 1991 on the basis of the Laser Physics Department of the Institute of Thermophysics of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Department of Plasma Physics and Space Modeling of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. As noted by TASS, the Institute conducts research on many international programs.