Convicted of extortion at the “Aeroflot” was released from punishment – RBC

Meshchansky Court of Moscow sentenced to imprisonment in a “union flight crews Sheremetyevsky” colony leaders of public organization Alexei Shlyapnikova, Valery and Sergey Pimoshenko Knyshova. However, the court decided not to give the sentence. It is reported by the correspondent of “RIA Novosti” from the courtroom

«sentence does not, because they have already served the sentence during the preliminary investigation,” -. Said the judge Oksana Mendeleev

<. p> The lawyers of the injured party said they would appeal the verdict. “Of course, we will appeal – evaluation of the evidence that I gave to the court, does not correspond to the actual circumstances of the case” – said the agency’s lawyer Vladimir Chebotarev

In the spring of 2015 the Meshchansky Court found the union members guilty of attempted theft from the airline “Aeroflot. “tens of millions of rubles. First, the court sentenced all to real terms of imprisonment, but the Moscow City Court quashed it satisfied the appeal lawyers. The case was sent for review, and the defendants were placed under house arrest.

According to the investigation, and Shlyapnikov Pimoshenko extorted a bribe in the amount of 100 million rubles. to the flight director of “Aeroflot” for an end to the protest actions of pilots. In November 2013, against the defendants in the case was a criminal case under part 3 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code and Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (preparation of a crime and fraud).