The Moscow City Court imprisoned Kirill Sukhanov, the former commercial director of the Caution Media holding owned by Ksenia Sobchak, accused of extorting large sums of money from the head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov. writes about it DEA News.
The meeting took place closed on Wednesday, August 16. Journalists were only allowed to be present at the announcement of the results, according to which Sukhanov and the other defendants in the case could not leave the isolation ward for the time being. Among them are Arian Romanovsky, former editor-in-chief of Tatler magazine, and Tamerlan Bigaev.
“The verdict remains unchanged,” Judge Anastasia Ryzhova quoted the agency.
According to the investigation, Sukhanov demanded 11 million rubles from Chemezov in exchange for his refusal to post defamatory information on social networks with his accomplices. The attackers planned to spread information through the Put Out the Light Telegram channel, but their activities were stopped by law enforcement.
As a result, a criminal case was opened against men in accordance with paragraph “b” of Part 3 of Article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. They face up to 15 years in prison by law.
At the same time, Ksenia Sobchak immediately stated that she has nothing to do with the activities of the Put Out the Light Telegram channel and other related platforms. However, in February 2023, the TV presenter visit Meeting of the Moscow City Court, which considered the appeal of the former commercial director of “Caution Media”.
formerly Sobchak statedHe publicly apologized to Chemezov and is ready to do anything to help Sukhanov and his colleagues.