The ex-head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region was sentenced to 15 years in a maximum security colony

The Podolsky City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced the former head of the Serpukhov District of the Moscow Region, Alexander Shestun, to 15 years in a strict regime colony, Interfax reports .

Shestun was found guilty under several criminal articles at once: fraud committed on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code); legalization of funds received as a result of a crime (paragraph “b” of part 4 of article 174.1 of the Criminal Code); illegal entrepreneurial activity (Article 289 of the Criminal Code); receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code).

Yulia Shestun's wife, before the announcement of the verdict, called the process "demonstrative-punitive".

The prosecutor's office demanded that Shestun be sentenced to 20 years in prison in a strict regime colony.

• On the eve of the verdict in Podolsk, traffic police officers stopped a bus with Shestun's support group for inspection, and also detained in front of the court building. a picket participant demanding the release of Shestun was
• Oleksandr Shestun was detained in June 2018 on charges of abuse of power - allegedly he illegally transferred a plot of land to a legal entity at a reduced cost. Prior to his arrest, he announced threats of a criminal case because of the approval of a rally against garbage dumps. The ex-head of the Serpukhov district said that he was threatened by the governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov. Then the charge was reclassified to "fraud". Other articles appeared later.
• The Prosecutor General's Office stated that Shestun has property worth 10 million rubles, which does not correspond to his income. In February 2019, he was charged with a bribe of 9 million rubles.