Friday, March 16, 2012

Russian Oppositionist’s Husband Gets 5 Years in Jail on Economic Charges

A court in Moscow sentenced businessman Alexei Kozlov to five years in prison for stealing shares in a company producing imitation leather. Kozlov was arrested in the courtroom and placed in detention. Kozlov's case has been one of the most high-profile in Russia in recent years. Investigators maintain that Kozlov used fake documents to steal the company shares. Kozlov pleaded not guilty. Kozlov and his wife, journalist and well-known opposition leader Olga Romanova, claim he was framed. Kozlov was convicted and sentenced related to the same charges in 2009, but the Supreme Court reversed the conviction; now the court has convicted Kozlov again on remand.

http://www.rapsinews.com/judicial_news/20120315/262065342.html
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1892859
http://youtu.be/Mw3OqjNBRAk (video)

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