Blogger and business coach Ayaz Shabutdinov said he should not be imprisoned for being an entrepreneur. He said this at the hearing regarding the extension of the sentence; The recording was published in his newspaper. Telegram-channel.
According to Shabutdinov, this is because the court decision does not indicate that the blogger is doing business.
“I was nominated twice for the Entrepreneur of the Year award. As a result, now I read the court decision and it turned out that I was not engaged in entrepreneurial activity. “What I’ve been doing for almost 10 years,” he said.
The blogger added that his company employs hundreds of people and that he is not “some bad guy who misleads and runs off with the money.”
“Now people continue to work for our company. The company provides services. In our opinion, what is happening is nonsense. <…> I have a feeling that everything that is happening puts some kind of pressure on my work,” Shabutdinov concluded.
Trial in November 2023 arrested Shabutdinov in the case of eight cases of fraud. According to the investigation, damage from the activities of the business coach amounted to approximately four million rubles. He did not admit his guilt.
The defense wants Shabutdinov to be placed under house arrest, but the court approved detaining the blogger in a pre-trial detention center during the investigation. In February 2024, the Moscow Tagansky District Court complied with the prosecutor’s request and elongated He was detained for two months until April 16.
It turns out that Shabutdinov appeared before has changed a lot requesting two months detention.