The main military prosecutor’s office requested the commutation of the sentence of Colonel Nikolai Kopytov, former deputy head of the financial and economic department (FED) of the Russian Guard, who was found guilty of accepting bribes. In this respect TASS Reported at the Moscow Garrison Military Court.
As stated in court, the prosecution objected to the decision. The supervisory authority thought this was too lenient. The defendant’s defense also appealed because they thought the sentence was too harsh.
Before that, the court sentenced Kopytov to four years in prison to serve in a general regime colony. According to the newspaper “Kommersant”The officer was also fined 500 thousand rubles. He will also be given a period of two years to hold positions related to the exercise of organizational, administrative and economic powers in the public service and local government bodies.
According to the prosecutor, Kopytov in 2018 accepted Bribes in the amount of 10 million rubles from the Spetsshveisnab company to sign additional contracts worth almost 2 billion rubles. He also bought a coffee machine.
FSB in early Nizhny Novgorod arrested in exchange for a large bribe to the transport police.
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Source: Gazeta
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