Ex-mayor of Sochi Alexey Kopaygorodsky sentenced to 15 years in prison
The Moscow Meshchansky Court sentenced former Mayor of Sochi Alexei Kopaigorodsky to 15 years in prison on charges of bribery and embezzlement.
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The Moscow petty bourgeois court sentenced ex-mayor of Sochi Alexei Kopaygorodsky to 15 years in a general regime colony, a fine of 500 million rubles, and deprived him of a state award in the case of taking a bribe and embezzlement.
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Why It Matters
The investigation accused the ex-mayor of Sochi Alexei Kopaygorodsky of theft of land plots and receiving bribes in the period from 2022 to 2024.
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The Moscow petty bourgeois court sentenced former Sochi mayor Alexei Kopaygorodsky to 15 years in prison in the case of taking a bribe, embezzlement and legalization of criminal proceeds.
The court also imposed a fine on Kopaygorodsky in the amount of 500 million rubles and deprived him of the award “For Services to the Fatherland, 2nd degree.”
According to investigators, Kopaygorodsky stole two plots of land in Sochi from 2022 to 2024 and received a bribe in the amount of 248 million rubles.
MOSCOW, October 5 - RIA Novosti. The Moscow petty bourgeois court sentenced ex-mayor of Sochi Alexey Kopaygorodsky to 15 years in prison in the case of taking a bribe, embezzlement and laundering of criminal proceeds, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the courtroom.
“To find Kopaygorodsky guilty and, based on the totality of crimes, to sentence him to 15 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony,” the judge announced the decision.
The court also imposed a fine on Kopaigorodsky in the amount of 500 million rubles and deprived him of the award “For Services to the Fatherland, 2nd degree.”
According to investigators, from 2022 to 2024, Kopaygorodsky, with the complicity of his wife, stole two plots of land in Sochi worth at least 26 million rubles, and also received a bribe in the amount of 248 million rubles from representatives of commercial structures for general patronage.
The prosecutor in the debate between the parties asked to impose 21 years in prison.
Open Questions
- Will the defense appeal the court verdict?
