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He Was Supposed to Fund Russia’s Drive to Replace Western Imports. So How Did an Adult-Diaper Factory End up Losing 50 Million Rubles?

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Moscow court has ordered the detention of Dmitry Kolobov on suspicion of fraud on an especially large scale. Kolobov formerly headed the Industry and Trade Ministry’s Department for Industrial Development and Socially Significant Goods. The Russian state news agency TASS and the business news outlet RBC reported the detention, citing sources.

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The Moscow District Court arrested the former Director of the Department for the Development of Industry and Social Goods, Dmitri Kolobov, who is suspected of fraud in a particularly large amount, as reported by TASS and RBC, citing sources.

·Riga, Latvia
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The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow has detained Dmitry Kolobov, former Director of the Department for the Development of Industry and Socially Important Goods of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. According to TASS, the case is related to the alleged theft of funds allocated for innovative import substitution projects.

·Moscow, Russian Federation (the)
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The Moscow Court arrested the former Director of the Department of Industrial and Social Development, Dmitri Kolobov, Ministry of Promtorg Dmitri Kolobov, in a case of theft at import, as reported by TASS, TV Rain: news, video, air, online, archive, programme of transmissions.

·Russian Federation (the)
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The Meshchansky Court of Moscow arrested Dmitry Kolobov, former director of the department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in a criminal case on fraud on an especially large scale, TASS writes. According to the state agency's source, when the judge read out the ruling, Kolobov fainted. One of the episodes, with a damage of 50 million rubles, involves the production of adult diapers from Russian cellulose. And the total damage may amount t…

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Новая газета - Novayagazeta.ru broke the news on Friday, July 17, 2026.
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