Lenur Islamov failed to get the absentee sentence overturned in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
14:07, 23 December
Image source: facebook.com/Nikolay Polozov
Russia's Supreme Court has upheld in absentia a sentence handed down in absentia to businessman Lenur Islamov, who received 18 years in a maximum security prison "for organizing the 2015 energy blockade of Crimea and creating an illegal armed group".
The lawyer Nikolay Polozov told about it, reports "Interfax".
"The sentence and the appeal decision were upheld”, - Polozov said.
According to him, Islamov's defense now intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
"Next is the European Court of Human Rights", - the lawyer stressed.
What is known
- On December 10, the Supreme Court of Crimea sentenced Islamov to 19 years in a maximum security prison. The verdict was handed down in absentia, as Islamov has been living in Ukraine in recent years and is wanted in Russia.
- Islamov was charged under three articles of the Criminal Code: paragraph "a, b" of Part 2 of Article 281 (sabotage committed by an organized group that caused serious consequences), Part 1 of Art. 208 (organization of illegal armed groups) and Part 2 of Article 280.1 (public appeals to carry out extremist activities using the media or information and telecommunication networks, in particular on the Internet).
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