Plato Lebedev left the colony

The former head of the MEL MENATEP Platon Lebedev left the colony in Velsk. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the representative of the regional Federal Penitentiary Service. "Plato Lebedev left the colony in the Arkhangelsk region at about 22:20 Moscow time," he said.

On Friday evening in the colonyreceived documents for the release of Lebedev . "The colony received documents from the Supreme Court, there are already all grounds for the liberation of Plato Lebedev, he will be released in the near future," said the representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

Earlier, the press service of the Arkhangelsk Federal Penitentiary Service reported that the leadership of the colony could not free Lebedev due to the lack of originals of documents. Lebedev himself was in a date for dates with his relatives.

The lawyer Platon Lebedev Vladimir Krasnov sent an appeal to the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Alexander Kornienko. In it, he demanded to take urgent and comprehensive measures for Lebedev’s immediate exit to freedom. "According to the Secretariat of the Presidium of the Supreme Court, the document necessary for the release of Lebedev (an official notification with the presentation of the decision) was sent to your address yesterday. However, as it became clear to me from a conversation with the head of IK -14, he still has no corresponding instructions," Krasnov wrote in his statement.

Krasnov warned the head of the colony that the defense side "would appeal that they did not fulfill the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Court, and demand moral compensation for the harm caused to Lebedev."

On the eve of the Presidium of the Supreme Court reduced the punishment of Lebedev to the already served . Lebedev spent in prison for more than 10 years, his term expired on May 2, 2014.