The grip has weakened

The Supreme Court overturned the conviction of businessman Alexey Kozlov. In March 2009, Kozlov was sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of fraud on a particularly large scale. Information about the reversal of the sentence was confirmed to a number of publications by Kozlov’s wife, journalist Olga Romanova.

The case against Kozlov was initiated in 2007, after he decided to leave the business of the Finvest company, which he headed. According to unconfirmed reports, the initiator of the case was his business partner, former senator Vladimir Slutsker. According to Romanova, the documents used by the investigation against Kozlov were sent by fax directly from Slutsker’s office (at that time he was still working in the upper house). At the same time, Kozlov’s case was conducted by the same investigative group that a year later conducted the case of Sergei Magnitsky.

In September 2010, Olga Romanova filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General's Office. She claimed that the case against her husband was fabricated and demanded a legal assessment of Slutsker’s actions. At that moment, Slutsker had just lost his seat in the Federation Council and, as a result, his immunity.