Textbook monopoly behavior: Meduza takes a closer look at the recent arrest of former deputy education minister Marina Rakova — and the multi-billion ruble publishing company her plans threatened to disrupt

From graduating from the prestigious Bauman Moscow State Technical University to serving as Russia's deputy education minister and Sberbank's vice president, Marina Rakova has had an impressive career as a public figure. Nonetheless, on October 7, she was sent to a pre-trial detention center on charges of large-scale embezzlement. Rakova's former Sberbank colleagues Maxim Inkin and Yevgeny Zak were also detained, as well as former Moscow School for the Social and Economic Sciences ("Shaninka") director Kristina Kryuchkova and rector Sergey Zuyev. Meduza explains the charges -- and how they're connected to recent attempts by Rakova and others to restructure Russia's education system. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/10/30/textbook-monopoly-behavior