MOSCOW, July 21 (RAPSI) – The Moscow City Court on Tuesday reversed house arrest of Dmitry Natarov, ex-assistant to a chief of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), in a case over bribe taking and child molestation, the court’s press service told RAPSI.

The matter is to be reconsidered by a lower court.

Earlier, Moscow’s Presnensky District Court placed Natarov under house arrest until August 25. The man stands charged with child molestation and bribery.