06:25, 5 May 2026

The arrest of the former deputy head of Pyatigorsk has been extended.

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The court remanded former deputy head of Pyatigorsk, Svetlana Marchenko, accused of abuse of office, in custody for two months.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in early March, a court in Stavropol sent Svetlana Marchenko, first deputy head of the Pyatigorsk administration, to pretrial detention. She is accused of abuse of office. According to investigators, in 2020, she helped unidentified individuals win an auction for the right to reconstruct hydraulic structures on the Alikonovka River in Kislovodsk.

The Leninsky District Court of Stavropol extended the pretrial detention of Svetlana Marchenko, former deputy head of the Pyatigorsk administration, Interfax reported on May 4.

The official, accused of abuse of office, will remain in custody until July 5, meaning her pretrial detention has been extended by two months.

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