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Platon Lebedev arrived in Moscow
The former head of Menatep Platon Lebedev, freed from the Velsky colony, arrived in Moscow on Saturday morning. This was reported by ITAR-TASS by the lawyer of the former prisoner Vladimir Krasnov.
The defender found it difficult to say whether Lebedev would remain in Russia or leave the country. It is possible that in the near future Lebedev will collect a press conference on this occasion, Krasnov said.
The night before, 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," the representative of the department explained.
On Friday evening in the colonyreceived documents for the release of Lebedev . 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.
In this regard, 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.