Far justice

The European Court of Human Rights satisfied the complaint of the former head of the Yukos economic security department Alexei Pichugin to violations committed during the courts in his second case, and awarded him 15 thousand euros of compensation, including legal costs. This was reported by RAPSI.

It is reported that Pichugin complained about non -compliance with the principle of the presumption of innocence against him and violations in the study of witnesses in the courts in his second case.

Politzek himself demanded to start a new trial in his case, which, according to Pichugin, would be the most adequate compensation for the damage claimed in the complaint. He also requested 100 euros for each day of imprisonment, starting from August 6, 2007, when the Moscow City Court sentenced him to a life sentence in the first case, and before the release for the time of preparation for the re -process, as well as 13 thousand euros as compensation for intangible harm.

According to the position of the Russian authorities expressed during the trial, Pichugin could not count on cash payments.

In October 2012, the ECHR satisfied Pichugin’s complaint about the verdict in the first case. The court recognized the court violated in relation to the Politzek of Article 3 (torture prohibition), 5 (the right to freedom and personal integrity) and 6 (the right to a fair trial) of the European Convention. On this complaint, Pichugin was awarded 9.5 thousand euros. In accordance with the decision of the ECHR, the first sentence to Politzeku was supposed to be revised, but in October 2013 the Supreme Court confirmed the life sentence of the Politzek.

Pichugin was arrested in June 2003. In March 2005, he was sentenced to 20 years of strict regime on charges of organizing the murder of Tambov businessmen Sergey and Olga Gorin. In August 2007 in the second case, Pichugin received a life sentence . This time he was announced guilty of organizing several more murders and attempts, including the murder of the mayor of Nefteyugansk Vladimir Petukhov committed in 1998. The political prisoner is serving a sentence in the IK-6 of the Black Dolphin Special District in the city of Sol-Iletsk Orenburg region.