This decision was made on the consideration of appeals of convicts and prosecutors protest
The Moscow City Court today upheld the verdict of the brothers Alexei Navalny and Oleg imposed by the so-called case of “Yves Rocher” correspondent BFM.ru.
In this case, the second instance court dismissed each sentenced to an additional punishment ─ pay a fine of half a million rubles.
After the meeting pppozitsioner said BFM.ru, that does not agree with the decision and intends to seek the abolition of the sentence, including the Supreme Court of Russia.
The judgment appealed against both the defense and the prosecution. Lawyers for convicted demanded to recognize the judicial act illegal and justify brothers.
Navalny was brief. “There’s nothing to grovel. I ask to cancel the sentence and recognize us not guilty », ─ he turned to the court of second instance. Oppositionist demanded the immediate release of the court of his younger brother. He suggested that he become a “hostage” of his political activities.
Oleg Navalny joined his request. He admitted that he was “rather tired” in jail.
In turn, the prosecutor’s office insisted on a change of the judgment, considering the sentence too lenient. Prokuraturor Hope Ignatov asked qualify charges against the defendants charged in the original edition under the Criminal Code “fraud on a large scale».
For Oleg Navalny prosecutor demanded 10 years of imprisonment, and for Alexei ─ 8 years in prison.
December 30 last year Zamoskvoretskiy court in Moscow has sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his younger brother Oleg to 3.5 years in prison and a fine of 500 thousand rubles each. And Alex was appointed conditional and Oleg real time. He was taken into fighting in the courtroom. Alexei Navalny Court upheld under house arrest until the sentence comes into force.
Both were found guilty of theft by fraud 26.7 million rubles from the subsidiary of the French cosmetics company Yves Rocher ─ «Yves Rocher East”, as well as almost 4.5 million rubles from the Multidisciplinary processing company in the organization of cargo from Yaroslavl to Moscow.
The court characterized the actions of the defendants’ fraud in business (Article 159.4 of the Criminal Code). Also, the brothers were convicted for the legalization of property acquired as a result of the crime (Part 2 of Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code).
The court also upheld the claim multi-processing company and awarded nearly 4.5 million rubles.
The defendants insisted on his innocence. They claimed that their company – “Main subscription agency” usually takes brokering and not to raise the price of transportation.
According to Alexey Navalny, he is being persecuted because of his political activities, and his brother – in order to put pressure on him. Oppositionist after the sentence several times violated the terms of restriction and detained by the police.
Alexei Navalny has been previously convicted. July 18, 2013, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 500 thousand rubles for the organization of embezzlement of 16 million rubles of the regional enterprise “Kirovles.” Kirov Regional Court commuted the punishment for a conditional. April 22, 2014 the district magistrate Babushkinsky Navalny fined 300 thousand rubles for defamation (Art. 1, Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code) on municipal deputy Alexei Lisovenko. The sentence came into force.
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