Margarita Alekhina, Anastasia Yuditskaya
the Court repeatedly found Navalny guilty in the “case “Kirovec”
Alexei Navalny
Politician Alexei Navalny convicted in the “case “Kirovec”. According to the law on presidential elections, after the court decision comes into force Navalny will not be able to stand for the post in 2018
Leninsky district court of Kirov found politician Alexei Navalny and businessman Pyotr Ofitserov guilty in the “case of “Kirovles”, the correspondent of RBC.
the Court has established that Navalny organized a disadvantage for “Kirovles” the deal, announced judge Alex vtyurin. According to him, Navalny “has developed the criminal plan of the” theft, including using the Director of “Kirovles” Vyacheslav Opaleva. Officers “assisted in the Commission of a crime”, establishing Vyatka forest company, said the judge. The company bought the “Kirovles” timber at a lower price, and resell it at market.
on Wednesday, February 8, the court announces the verdict on the “case “Kirovec”. According to investigators, Navalny and Officers imposed “Kirovles” with disadvantageous conditions under which the forest was transferred to Vyatka forest company (VLK) for implementation. In total, the company delivered 10 million cubic meters of materials in the amount of nearly 16.2 mln RUB According to the materials of the case, VLK bought the forest at a lower price, and resell at the market. Investigators say that Navalny, Ofitserov and Opalev therefore has committed theft “in favor of third parties”.
Prosecutor Sergei Bogdanov at the meeting of February 3, asked to sentence Navalny and Ofitserov to five and four years probation.
the Case is considered again. The previous sentence was handed down in 2013. The court ordered both defendants a suspended sentence. The European court of human rights found that Russia violated the rights of Navalny and Ofitserov to a fair trial (article 6 of the European Convention on human rights) and the right to punishment under the law. In November 2016 on the basis of the decision of Strasbourg, the Supreme court overturned the conviction of Navalny and Ofitserova, sending the case to the court of Kirov on the revision.
According to the Russian legislation, after the entry of the verdict into force Navalny will not be able to participate in the presidential elections in 2018. At the end of 2016 opposition politician announced the beginning of the campaign.
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