Influential St. Petersburg Businessman Ilya Traber Detained in Russia

Influential St. Petersburg businessman Ilya Traber has been detained. According to Fontanka, law enforcement officers searched his country residence on the morning of June 17, while Federal Security Service (FSB) personnel were seen at the businessman's office on Starorusskaya Street, 12, in central St. Petersburg, as well as at enterprises belonging to him. Traber was questioned by officers from the central apparatus of Russia's FSB and was subsequently taken to Moscow for further interrogation. His business partner, Vladimir Danilenko, was detained alongside him and was also transported to the capital. The reason for the detention of Traber and Danilenko may be the 2020 murder of lawmaker and businessman Alexander Petrov in Vyborg. Reports indicate that Traber could face charges related to arranging a contract killing.