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Zamoskvoretsky court explained Navalny's suspended sentence
The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow, when passing the verdict in the case of Yves Rocher, in which Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 3.5 years of probation, was guided by data on the personalities of the defendants, the nature of their acts, the role of each of the defendants in the case in the commission of the crime and the actual circumstances of the case, said the press service of the court.
The court clarified that the criminal code allows the imposition of a suspended sentence on a citizen who has already been sentenced on probation if he is found guilty of crimes of small or medium gravity, as was the case with Alexei Navalny.
For what reasons it was decided to sentence the brother of Alexei Navalny, Oleg, who had no previous convictions, to 3.5 years of real life, the press service of the Zamoskvoretsky court did not specify.
When imposing punishment, the court took into account the actual circumstances of the case, the identity of the defendants, the nature of the acts committed by them, the role of each in the commission of crimes. […] The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation allows the imposition of a suspended sentence on a person who has already been sentenced on probation.
- On January 12, lawyers for Alexei and Oleg Navalny received the text of the verdict in the Yves Rocher case, handed down on December 30. On the same day, the convicts' defense filed a brief complaint of procedural violations and plans to file a fuller complaint against the verdict at a later date.
- According to Alexei Navalny's lawyer Vadim Kobzev, the reasoning part of the verdict in the Yves Rocher case does not contain justification why one of the defendants was given a suspended sentence and the other a real one.
- On December 30, 2014, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow found Alexei and Oleg Navalny guilty of fraud in concluding contracts with Yves Rocher Vostok and Multiprofile Processing Company.