Golenko is accused of creating an organized criminal group for illegal personal enrichment.
Some 22 employees of the so-called "Ministry of Coal and Energy" of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DPR") have been detained on suspicion of embezzling over one hundred million Russian rubles.
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Previously, supporter of the "DPR" Konstantin Dolgov said that "DPR leader" Alexander Zakharchenko and his "deputy" Alexander Timofeev wanted to replace Golenko with their ally Igor Sosnovsky.