MOSCOW, December 7. /TASS/. Moscow’s Basmanny Court has ruled to take into custody Yevgeny Shitikov, who was detained as part of an investigation into unauthorized access to the Russian Interior Ministry’s data base, according to a TASS reporter in the courtroom.

The man, an entrepreneur engaged in rental of certain equipment, will spend in custody until February 6, 2024. He pled not guilty.