
Lawyers filed an appeal against the court decision on 15 years in prison
The defense of the former mayor of Sochi Alexei Kopaygorodsky and his wife Yanina filed an appeal against the verdict of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow in a case of bribery and embezzlement.
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The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sentenced ex-mayor of Sochi Alexei Kopaygorodsky to 15 years in prison, and his wife Yanina to nine years.
The defense of the former mayor of Sochi Alexei Kopaygorodsky filed an appeal against the verdict in the case of bribery and money laundering, as follows from court materials available to RIA Novosti.
The verdict was appealed on October 6. The date for the appeal hearing has not yet been set.
On Monday, October 5, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sentenced Kopaigorodsky to 15 years in prison in the case of taking a bribe, embezzlement and legalization of illegal income. The court also imposed a fine on him in the amount of 500 million rubles and deprived him of the award “For Services to the Fatherland”, II degree. His wife Yanina was sentenced to nine years in prison, and she was also given a fine of 500 million rubles.
According to the Russian Investigative Committee, from 2022 to 2024, Kopaygorodsky, with the complicity of his wife, stole two plots of land in Sochi worth at least 26 million rubles. He also received 248 million as a bribe for patronage from representatives of commercial structures.
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