Fattakhov’s lawyers insist that the matter is a misclassification of what happened – we are talking about civil legal relations. It is no secret in the region that Fattakhov and Murtazin are old friends. Defenders of the former minister say that Murtazin himself offered to help in building the house, but upon completion of the work he reduced the price. Fattakhov valued the services at 12 million rubles, his friend – at 25 million. Since they did not draw up an agreement on old friendship, everything escalated into a banal showdown and a statement to the authorities.
The fact that the republican investigator did not take this into account, as well as the lack of evidence that Murtazin repaired Fattakhov’s house at his own expense and free of charge, can be explained by the turnover of personnel in the department. And even in typical bribery cases there are civil exceptions. 
Recently, the court extended Fattakhov’s detention until September. At the same time, as far as one can understand, the prosecution has yet to understand all the circumstances of this complicated story.
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