The state prosecution asked for six years in prison for the person involved in the case of Alushta “extortionists”

The prosecutor asked for five years in prison for the deputy of the Alushta City Council Pavel Stepanchenko, six years for the editor of the local newspaper "Your Newspaper" Alexei Nazimov and four years on probation for cameraman Andrei Oblezov, accused in the case of extorting 150 thousand from a representative of "United Russia" for not publishing materials, damaging his reputation. about this on Facebook . wrote Journalist Anton Naumlyuk

In addition, Naumlyuk writes that the Qualification Board of Judges of Crimea will conduct an audit against Judge Vashchenko, who fined Alla Litvinchuk, a witness in the case of Pavel Stepanenko, for allegedly false testimony. Litvinchuk filed a complaint. In her opinion, the judge deliberately did not provide the materials of the case, delaying the process. The Board replied that the arguments of the complaint are our confirmation.

In his publications, the journalist mentions appointed lawyer Anna Svartsevich, who, according to him, interrogated the defendants in the absence of the main lawyer, listened to the public prosecutor in the debate and refused all the motions of the defense accumulated by the judge during the process.

• In October 2016, Aleksey Nazimov, editor of the Tvoyaya Gazeta publication, Pavel Stepanchenko, deputy of the Alushta City Council, and Andrey Oblezov, a videographer, were arrested on suspicion of extortion (Article 163 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, the journalist Nazimov demanded that the Alushta representative of United Russia pay 150,000 rubles for not publishing materials discrediting his reputation. In November 2017, the journalist admitted in court that he had taken money from a deputy because of threats of physical violence.
• Opposition MP Pavel Stepanchenko and cameraman Andrei Oblezov are involved in the case as accomplices. It is known that Stepanchenko actively opposed building in Alushta, held rallies and was subjected to administrative arrest under the article on disobedience to the lawful order of police officers. Andrei Oblezov is under house arrest.