# Former Russian Academy of Sciences library director Oleg Shorin arrested in Moscow on fraud charges

https://mins.news/en/item/103479

- Meduza, 2026-10-16 17:20 UTC
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- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/16/former-russian-academy-of-sciences-library-director-oleg-shorin-arrested-in-moscow-on-fraud-charges

> A Moscow court ordered Oleg Shorin, former director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Library for Natural Sciences, held in custody on large-scale fraud charges, Kommersant reported. The basis for the charges is unknown, and the library said it did not know why he was being prosecuted.