Overview
- A Vakhitovsky District Court in Kazan sentenced former Tatarstan prosecutor’s office employee Ali Kupov to eight years in a strict‑regime colony, a fine exceeding 3.2 million rubles, loss of his senior‑justice rank and a 4.5‑year ban on public service.
- Kupov was convicted of bribery, abuse of power and obstructing justice after pressuring police to return seized phones without forensic tests and receiving an expensive smartphone as a bribe.
- Co-defendant Evgenia Pokrovskaya received five years in prison and a 2.2 million ruble fine, while Artem Myasnikov was given a three‑year suspended sentence.
- In Chuvashia, a court gave the former deputy head of Alatyr three years and two months in a general‑regime colony, imposed a 2.8 million ruble fine and barred him from state and municipal posts for three and a half years, with custody taken in the courtroom.
- Investigators said the Alatyr official twice took bribes totaling 115,000 rubles in March and September 2022 for help securing a municipal contract and easing acceptance and payment for work on a children’s park.