Moscow Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Gozman's Wife

A court in Moscow issued an arrest warrant in absentia for the wife of politician Leonid Gozman*, Marina Egorova, at the Lefortovsky Court.

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Marina Yegorova, wife of Leonid Gozman, was arrested in absentia by the Levtovskiy District Court in Moscow.
The arrest was related to allegations of obstructing the investigation into a case of smuggling cultural artifacts.
Yegorova was previously placed under house arrest in October 21024.
She left Russia for Israel in November 2015.
The case involves the alleged smuggling of family silver and nickel cutlery from Russia to Germany.
The items were claimed to be household utensils, not cultural artifacts.
The case was initiated after a driver was detained at the Russian-Estonian border in summer 2023.
The driver, Peter Furt, is also a suspect in the case and is currently in custody in Pskov.
Leonid Gozman is a political figure who has been declared an 'agent of foreign influence' in Russia and is currently outside the country.
Gozman was previously sentenced in absentia to 8.5 years for spreading 'fake news' about the military and to 10 years for 'justifying terrorism'.

The defense attorney, Irina Biryukova, claims the court's record contains an error: Yegorova was not charged with obstruction of justice, and the charge listed in the court database is incorrect. She maintains that the original charge remains Article 226.1, part 3 of the Criminal Code. — tg_bbcrussian
The case was initiated in October 2024 after a driver was caught attempting to transport family cutlery to Berlin, where Yegorova's daughter lives. — novaya_eu
The case was initiated on 27 September 2024, and the court ordered house arrest on 4 October 2024. — vesti
Yegorova admitted guilt in the case of smuggling cultural artifacts. — kommersant
The court's database lists the case as being under Article 294, part 2 of the Criminal Code, and the decision was made on 9 September 2026. — vm