The decision overrules a previous court ruling that allowed Bogdanov, who is under investigation for money laundering, to go to Moscow for six days.
Lukoil’s Petrotel refinery and four of its officials, including Bogdanov, have been indicted in Romania on suspicion of money laundering in a EUR2 billion criminal investigation. Prosecutors have seized Lukoil assets worth that amount as part of the probe.
Prosecutors have placed an impound on assets of Lukoil Europe Holdings B.V. for EUR2 billion in accounts opened in the UK and the Netherlands and shares owned in the Romanian refinery.
In October 2014, investigators searched Lukoil’s offices in Ploiesti week on suspicions of defrauding the state of EUR230 million through tax evasion and money