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Angara region: The court refused to release the ex-mayor of the Olkhonsky district
The court of the Irkutsk region refused to liberate the ex-mayor of the Olkhonsky district, Sergei Kopylov, sentenced to three years of the colony due to the construction of the road to Lake Baikal. The verdict remained unchanged, the editorial office of Siberia. Reali, lawyer Dmitry Dmitriev.
According to Dmitriev, according to the appellate lawsuit of Kopylov’s defense, the court agreed to test the time that Kopylov spent under house arrest. As a result, the former mayor remains to spend more than two years in the colony. "We do not agree with the court decision. In connection with the emergence of new cassation courts in the country, we will sue the Kemerovo region," Dmitriev said.
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About a thousand inhabitants of the Irkutsk region were published on Monday, September 30, to the rally in support of the ex-mayor of the Olkhonsky district, Sergei Kopylov. Participants of the action protested against the sentence Kopylov in the criminal case of abuse of authority. They are sure that the verdict is unfair, and the official received a deadline due to confusing legislation in the field of Baikal’s protection, because he achieved the construction of the road necessary for Lake Lake Baikal. The whole month, while the court was considering an appeal by the sentence of Kopylov, residents of the region arranged single pickets in his support.
- In July, more than 300 residents of the Irkutsk region entered the rally in defense of the convicted mayor of the Olkhonsky district, Sergei Kopylov. He received three years in colony for abuse of authority. However, local residents believe that the ex-official was behind bars due to the "construction of the long-awaited road." According to investigators, during the reconstruction of the highway, he provided the road workers with federal lands, although he did not have such powers, since the territory belonged to the national park. Local residents confirm that people have been living near the Baikal National Park, and because of Russian laws, they "in fact, deprived of the right to housing."
- On June 13, the Echite-Bulagsky District Court sentenced the former mayor of the Olkhonsky district of Sergei Kopylov to three years in a general regime colony. He was found guilty of excess of official powers in the construction of the road in the municipality. The verdict has not yet entered into legal force. The ex-official will appeal him, and if the Russian courts do not hear evidence of his innocence, he intends to apply to the European Court of Human Rights.