The Collegial Panel determined... the verdict of the Savelyovsky…
The Collegial Panel determined... the verdict of the Savelyovsky Court... the appellate court's ruling to leave unchanged, and cassation complaints - not satisfied. Defense intends to further appeal the decision - now at the Supreme Court.
Consensus
- The Second Kassation Court of General Jurisdiction rejected the appeals against Elena Blinovskaya's verdict.
- The court upheld the decision of the Savelovsky District Court in Moscow.
- Blinovskaya was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison, reduced from an initial 5-year sentence.
- She was fined 1 million rubles and banned from commercial activity for four years.
- The court ordered the confiscation of property worth 587 million rubles into state ownership.
- Blinovskaya had already served nearly three years of her sentence, including time in pre-trial detention and under house arrest.
Points of divergence
- The court determined that the verdict of the Savelovsky Court and the appellate ruling were to remain unchanged, and rejected the cassation appeals without satisfaction. — vesti
- Blinovskaya was convicted of tax evasion, not money laundering as stated in Vesti's report. — vedomosti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Приговор Елене Блиновской оставили без изменений — Вести
- Кассационный суд оставил в силе приговор Блиновской — Ведомости