Following numerous inquiries regarding the details of Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin buying a Mercedes, the prosecution authorities of Sverdlovsk Region produced an official statement.

All the materials regarding the incident have been placed with the regional division of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service for further investigation in accordance with the order of the region’s prosecutor Yuri Ponomarev,’ the authorities report.

In addition, the prosecution authorities have already conducted an investigation of their own, with the final verdict to be returned by the region’s prosecutor on May 23, 2011.