Opposition leader found guilty in corruption case

Opposition leader and candidate for mayor of Moscow Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to five years in prison for masterminding a property embezzlement scheme.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 18.07.2013.

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MOSCOW Opposition leader and candidate for mayor of Moscow Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to five years in prison for masterminding a property embezzlement scheme. At the same time, Director of the limited liability company Vyatka Forest Company Pyotr Ofitserov was sent to prison for four years, Itar-Tass is reporting. Opposition leader found guilty in corruption case They were put on trial for stealing 10 thousand cubic meters of timber and incurring damages worth 16 million rubles to the Kirov regional state-run enterprise Kirovles. The election headquarters of the Russian opposition leader said they had decided to withdraw his candidacy for the upcoming mayoral election in Moscow. The Moscow Election Commission had earlier announced that the nomination would not be removed until Navalny's conviction becomes final, i.e., not prior to the decision of the Court of Appeal. Navalny's lawyers said they would appeal the ruling which they believe was "politically motivated, as well as the whole process against one of the leaders of the opposition." If the court rejects the appeal Navalny, a convicted person, will not be able to ever run for political office, noted writer and member of the Coordination Council of the opposition Boris Akunin. Itar-Tass is reproting that detectives found that “Navalny, being an advisor of the governor in the Kirov Region, masterminded a property embezzlement scheme at Kirovles, engaging in a conspiracy with Ofitserov and Kirovles Director General Vyacheslav Opalev.” From May to September 2009 the convicts stole over 10,000 cubic meters of timber, inflicting a damage of 16 million rubles to the budget of the Kirov Region, according to this. The defense argued during the trial that Vyatka Forest Company had paid to Kirovles for the timber it took over. Before the trial started, Vyacheslav Opalev pleaded guilty, received four years probation, and became a prosecution witness. During the trial, Navalny and his lawyers insisted that it was "a political process," and said the authorities had launched it "in retaliation for his political activity." (Tanjug) Tanjug

Opposition leader found guilty in corruption case

They were put on trial for stealing 10 thousand cubic meters of timber and incurring damages worth 16 million rubles to the Kirov regional state-run enterprise Kirovles.

The election headquarters of the Russian opposition leader said they had decided to withdraw his candidacy for the upcoming mayoral election in Moscow.

The Moscow Election Commission had earlier announced that the nomination would not be removed until Navalny's conviction becomes final, i.e., not prior to the decision of the Court of Appeal.

Navalny's lawyers said they would appeal the ruling which they believe was "politically motivated, as well as the whole process against one of the leaders of the opposition."

If the court rejects the appeal Navalny, a convicted person, will not be able to ever run for political office, noted writer and member of the Coordination Council of the opposition Boris Akunin.

Itar-Tass is reproting that detectives found that “Navalny, being an advisor of the governor in the Kirov Region, masterminded a property embezzlement scheme at Kirovles, engaging in a conspiracy with Ofitserov and Kirovles Director General Vyacheslav Opalev.”

From May to September 2009 the convicts stole over 10,000 cubic meters of timber, inflicting a damage of 16 million rubles to the budget of the Kirov Region, according to this.

The defense argued during the trial that Vyatka Forest Company had paid to Kirovles for the timber it took over.

Before the trial started, Vyacheslav Opalev pleaded guilty, received four years probation, and became a prosecution witness.

During the trial, Navalny and his lawyers insisted that it was "a political process," and said the authorities had launched it "in retaliation for his political activity."

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