The Moscow regional prosecutor’s office has urged the court to convict Alexander Kizlyk, the former head of the customs investigations unit within Russia’s Federal Customs Service (FCS), to a decade behind bars. The update comes from TASS, citing representatives of the Dorogomilovsky district court in Moscow.
The case is being pursued under provisions addressing abuse of power resulting in damages exceeding 25 million rubles, according to official court filings. Prosecutors characterized the misconduct as a serious breach of duty that caused tangible losses, and they asked for a sentence commensurate with the alleged scope of harm. The court’s spokesman confirmed that the prosecutor pressed for a 10-year prison term for Kizlyk during the ongoing proceedings (Source: TASS).
According to the prosecution, between July 3, 2018 and July 22, 2019, employees within Russia’s Federal Customs Service allegedly issued illegal procedural decisions. Those decisions reportedly allowed individuals who had moved money across the border to evade criminal liability, undermining the integrity of border controls and consigning taxpayers to bear the cost of illicit activity. The implications of such actions, if proven, extend beyond a single case and touch on the functioning of customs controls at major points of entry (Source: TASS).
In a separate development, the former Sakhalin regional head, Alexander Khoroshaev, faces a long-standing corruption dispute. Investigators allege that in 2014 a group led by Khoroshavin engineered bribe payments ranging from two to ten million rubles from candidates seeking seats in the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Duma. The ongoing inquiry has kept attention on the broader issue of regional governance and the mechanisms through which public offices may be influenced by illicit payments (Source: Law enforcement briefings reviewed by press outlets).
Meanwhile, the Rostov court has handed down a sentence outlining a maximum of up to 25 years for members of a criminal group dubbed the Amazon crew. The verdict underscores the judiciary’s focus on organized networks operating across jurisdictions and the persistent effort to deter corruption and organized crime in different regions. The ruling is part of a wider pattern of high-profile prosecutions that aim to restore public trust in state institutions (Source: regional court announcements / press coverage).