Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has called on Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to fire the long-standing chief of the Moscow subway system Dmitry Gayev on suspicions of embezzlement, prosecutor's office spokeswoman Marina Gridnyova said on Tuesday.
The appeal follows a probe into the activities of the Moscow subway, Gridnyova said.
According to the probe, Gayev, 59, devised several sophisticated schemes from which he earned kickbacks from many of the contracts which the Moscow subway concluded with other companies.
Over the last five years, Gayev has allegedly illegally earned some 112 million rubles ($3.64 million), investigators said.
The subway system management also concluded deals which affected passenger tariffs negatively, according to the investigation.
Gayev has so far not commented on the charges.
MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti)
