Mayor of Crimea’s Yevpatoria arrested for abuse of power

 Andrei Filonov

SIMFEROPOL, April 4. /TASS/. The Kiev District Court of Simferopol has arrested Mayor of Yevpatoria Andrei Filonov until March 31 on the suspicion of abuse of power, TASS reports from the court hall.

"Arrest for one month and 28 days, until March 31, will be chosen as a measure of restraint," the judge stated.

Earlier, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) launched a criminal case against Filonov under suspicion of abuse of power. Filonov has served as head of the city’s administration since November 2014.