Pichugin, sentenced to life imprisonment in the Yukos case, was denied pardon
On June 9, former Yukos security chief Alexei Pichugin, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for a series of murders and attempts, was denied a pardon. It is reported by RBC with reference to the lawyer Ksenia Kostromina. The refusal document was signed by the governor of the Orenburg region, Yuri Berg, in which the colony is located. As Kostromina's lawyer explained, the document does not contain the motives that served as the reason for the refusal.