
At the hearing in the Kirovles case, Prosecutor Sergei Bogdanov demanded the sentence of oppositionist Alexei Navalny to six years of general regime, Rapcy reports. The prosecutor emphasized that he insisted on a real, not a conditional term. He also requested an additional punishment for Navalny in the form of a fine of 1 million rubles, referring to the fact that the damage from crimes imputed by the defendant was not reimbursed.
For businessman Peter Officer, Bogdanov requested five years of general regime, also with a millionth fine. “It will be fair and in proportion,” the prosecutor concluded. He added that such a sentence will serve as a lesson for others. Another prosecutor, Evgeny Cheremisinov, supported his colleague.
According to Anna Vedita, a spokesman for Navalny Vedita, "" The oppositionist replied: "Everything will be fine!"
Gazeta.ru notes that when reading the indictment, Bogdanov made a remarkable reservation: "All this confirms the presence of convicts in the actions of the convicts ... Oh, sorry, the defendants ..."
On Wednesday, Judge of the Leninsky District Court Kirov Sergey Blinov, the leading process, rejected the defense of the defense to conduct financial, economic and commodity expertise. “I think the decision is predetermined. You are personal responsibility for the fact that an unlawful sentence will be sentenced,” Navalny told Blinov.
Navalny also congratulated the judge on the birthday of the author of the novel "Process" Franz Kafka. "It is very symbolic that this happened today, on the birthday of Kafka, which many years ago in his famous work actually predetermined the outcome of this process. I ask you to bring it to the protocol: my personal congratulations to the judge of Kafka’s birthday," the defendant said.
On Tuesday, Blinov rejected the defense of his discharge for the fourth time. The lawyers again stated that "the defense has reasonable doubts in the independence, objectivity and impartiality of the judge."
On June 18, in the previous, the judge refused Navalny and the officer calling all 13 defense witnesses. "It is not indicated that specifically these persons can inform the court," he said in support of such a decision.