Sobchak's ex-director released on parole
Former commercial director of Ksenia Sobchak, Kirill Sukhanov, has been released. The Skopinsky District Court of the Ryazan region granted the request for early release on probation for Kirill Sukhanov, commercial director of Ksenia Sobchak's project 'Watch Out, Media'.
Consensus
- Kiryll Suhonov was released from prison on parole
- Suhonov served four years in custody
- Suhonov was convicted in 2024 of extortion
- The extortion case involved demanding 11 million rubles from Sergey Chemezov, head of Rostec
- The demand was for blocking negative posts about Chemezov in the Telegram channel 'Tushite svet'
- Suhonov was tried alongside Arian Romanovsky and Tamerlan Bigaev
- The initial sentence was 7.5 years, later reduced to 5.5 years
- The decision to release Suhonov was made by the Skopinsky District Court in Ryazan Oblast
- Sobchak called the original verdict unjust and stated she had tried to have it mitigated
- Arian Romanovsky was released in May 2026
Points of divergence
- Suhonov was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison in 2024 — ramio
- The Moscow City Court mitigated Suhonov's sentence in 2024 — vesti
- Suhonov's sentence was reduced to 5.5 years after the initial 7.5-year sentence — tg_echoonline_news
- The Moscow City Court reduced Suhonov's sentence to 5 years and 6 months in September 2024 — fontanka
- The Moscow City Court reduced Suhonov’s sentence by two years in September 2024 — meduza
- Sobchak described the original verdict as disproportionate — vedomosti
- The initial sentences were between seven and seven and a half years — tg_varlamov_news
Coverage (12 sources)
- Sobchak's director released from prison where he sat for extortion — РИАМО
- Former commercial director of Ksenia Sobchak released on parole — Вести
- On freedom by UDO came Kirill Sukhanov — commercial director of Ksenia Sobchak — ЭХО / Новости
- Former director of Ksenia Sobchak's holding Kirill Sukhanov released on probation — Фонтанка
- Former commercial director of Ksenia Sobchak Kirill Sukhanov went free — ASTRA
- Former commercial director of Ksenia Sobchak Kirill Sukhanov went free. He served four years for extortion against the head of Rostec — Meduza
- Former director Ksenia Sobchak released on probation — Ведомости
- Former commercial director of Ksenia Sobchak Kirill Sukhanov released from colony on PVO, according to Skopin card file... — Varlamov News
- Commercial Director of Sobchak Released After Sentence for Extortion Case — Вечерняя Москва
- Former commercial director of Ksenia Sobchak Kirill Sukhanov released on freedom — Дождь (Telegram)
- Commercial Director of Ksenia Sobchak Kirill Sukhanov Released from Prison — He Served Four Years for Extortion Case — Mash
- Commercial Director of Ksenia Sobchak Kirill Sukhanov Released from Prison — He Served Four Years for Extortion Case — Mash