Billionaire Traber Released from Detention Over Health

Businessman Ilya Traber has been cleared of murder charges.

Consensus

Ilya Traber was released from the pre-trial detention center 'Lefortovo'.
The release was due to a significant deterioration in Traber's health.
Medical documents were submitted by Traber's legal team to support the request.
Traber was released on August 27, around 19:00 MSK.
Traber is accused of ordering the murder of Alexander Petrov.
The murder occurred on October 24, 2020, in the village of Velikoye near Vyborg.
Traber has not admitted guilt.
The charges against Traber have not been dropped.
Traber is a prominent St. Petersburg businessman involved in port and fuel industries.
Traber is associated with the Primorsky UPK project.
Traber was arrested on June 17.
Other individuals are under investigation in the same case, including Vladimir Danilenko, Ali Sulthan Nadirbegov, and Said Saladinov.

Traber is the founder of a major infrastructure-port group, and he exited the company's co-founders after his arrest. — vm
The case involves the murder of a deputy and businessman Alexander Petrov, and the investigation was transferred to the central office of the Investigative Committee of Russia. — tg_sotavisionmedia
Traber is accused of ordering the killing of a deputy from the Vyborg district of Leningrad Oblast. — kommerant