The ex-governor of the Sakhalin Region Alexander Khoroshavin was sentenced to 15 years in a second corruption criminal case.
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“They were sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 500 million rubles,” the representative of the court specified.
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The criminal case has been dragging on since 2020, then for the first time on September 7, the first court session was held in the Yuzhno-Sakhalin court. According to investigators, in 2014, members of the group headed by Khoroshavin organized the receipt of bribes from 2 to 10 million rubles from people who planned to run for deputies of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Duma. In total, from May to November 2014, according to the investigation, more than 100 million rubles were received. Khoroshavin and former vice-mayor of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Alexei Leskin became defendants in the criminal case. Two more members of the group are put on the international wanted list.
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Alexei Leskin was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony.
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The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation reports that Leskin and Khoroshavin are also deprived of the right for 5 years to hold positions related to the implementation of the functions of a representative of power, with the implementation of organizational, administrative and administrative powers in state bodies, local governments.
On February 9, 2018, t⠀he Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Court sentenced Khoroshavin in the first criminal case for bribes to 13 years in prison with a term to be served in a strict regime colony. The ex-governor was also fined 500 million rubles and deprived of state awards.
