Penza, 28 September 2012. PenzaNews. New charges are officially brought against the head of the chemical-analytical laboratory of Penza Research Institute of Agriculture Olga Zelenina on Friday, September 28.

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“Olga Zelenina is charged with complicity in smuggling and preparation for illegal drug marketing in an organized group, and the power abuse,” news agency Interfax quoted the Head of the Department of Investigation of Federal Drug Control Service of Russia, General-Lieutenant Sergey Yakovlev.

“Today she was charged and offered to give an explanation of the merits of the charges. Legally these are new charges,” commented the agency interlocutor.

As reported earlier, on Wednesday, August 15, several people (some of them were masked and had weapons) raided the house of the expert Olga Zelenina. Later she was arrested for 48 hours in Lunino, the Penza region.

The whole day the family of Olga Zelenina did not have any information about her location and sent a statement to the police.

On Thursday night, August 16 under guard, Olga Zelenina was taken to Moscow hospital No. 40 with a diagnosis of angina pectoris.

According to preliminary information, the health of the detainee deteriorated after lengthy interrogations that were conducted first in Penza, and then in Moscow.

On Friday, August 17, Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Vladimir Lukin gave a personal surety for Olga Zelenina.

On August 20, Zyuzinsky Court of Moscow granted the request of the investigator of Russian Federal Drug Control Service to take Olga Zelenina into custody and keep there until October 15.