The Moscow prosecutor’s office is pursuing a sentence of 11 years and 6 months for retired judge Elena Kondrat, accompanied by a substantial fine in a bribery mediation case. This update was released by the regional supervisory authority handling the investigation.
The state prosecutor requested that Kondrat acknowledge the charges and be sentenced to 11 years and 6 months in a penal colony. The proposed penalty includes a fine equal to 65 times the amount of the bribes involved, totaling 253,383,000 rubles. The court could also impose additional restrictions on Kondrat’s future professional duties.
As part of the request, the prosecutor’s office asked for a six-year prohibition on holding certain positions within courts and law enforcement after Kondrat’s release, aimed at limiting regulatory access to similar roles in the future.
In April, investigators completed their work on Kondrat. The inquiry from September 2020 outlined a meeting with another Moscow capital arbitration judge at a restaurant. During that encounter, Kondrat briefed the colleague about several defendants in a case who allegedly sought a $50,000 bribe to avoid accountability under the law.
The judge who received the information was urged to act as an intermediary to secure the bribe. Yet the colleague chose to report the proposition to law enforcement authorities, and the supposed agreement was monitored under the supervision of security agencies to gather evidence.
Meanwhile, a prior trial in Moscow resulted in a harsh sentence for a person described as a notable figure from Abkhazia, convicting them to 16 years imprisonment for murder and related offenses tied to illegal acts involving seeds.