Russia opens criminal fraud case against former co-owner of retail chains Lenta and Rive Gauche
Meduza · 9 Oct 2026

Russia opens criminal fraud case against former co-owner of retail chains Lenta and Rive Gauche

Dmitry Kostygin, the former co-owner of the Russian supermarket chain Lenta and the Rive Gauche chain, has been detained, the Russian business news outlet RBC and the St. Petersburg-based news outlet Fontanka reported, citing sources. On October 8, a Moscow court placed Kostygin under house arrest.


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