The leader of the Orekhovskaya organized crime group, Sergei Butorin, asks to cancel his life sentence

The leader of the Orekhovskaya organized crime group, Sergei Butorin, nicknamed Osya, who was sentenced to life, appealed to the Supreme Court of Russia and demanded that his life sentence be overturned. This was reported by the Shot Telegram channel.

According to the channel, Butorin tried to be released together with his bodyguard Marat Polyansky. They both filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, in which “Osya” asked to replace his life sentence with a fixed one, and Polyansky asked to reduce his sentence by a couple of years. The complaints of both were not considered and were returned, citing Article 401.17 (“Inadmissibility of making repeated cassation complaints, presentations”) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation.

In 1994, Butorin recreated the Orekhovskaya group, which disintegrated after the death of its leader Sergei Timofeev (Sylvester). In 1996, he faked his death to hide from law enforcement agencies, and two years later, when the gang was defeated, he fled abroad. In 2001, Osya was detained in Spain, where he received 8.5 years in prison. In 2009-2010, he was finally extradited to Russia. Here he received a life sentence, which he is serving in correctional colony No. 18 “Polar Owl” in the village of Kharp.