In Sochi, ex-policeman sentenced to eight years for bribery

Adler district court of Sochi sentenced a former employee of the transport police Albert Doronin. He was found guilty of receiving a bribe by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. The court sentenced him to eight years in a high-security colony.

According to the court, in October 2024, Doronin, who held the post of head of the department for ensuring public order at the Sochi airport, together with a colleague, identified a passenger who brought 30 new smartphones from the UAE for subsequent resale. The police demanded from him 150 thousand rubles in order not to interfere with the import of goods without customs declaration.

According to the materials of the case, the employees did not limit themselves to demanding money, but offered their own way of circumventing customs control. They developed a scheme under which smartphones should be distributed among eight passengers to avoid recognition of the cargo as a commercial party. The date of the flight was also determined by the police. After that, the man from whom the money was demanded appealed to law enforcement agencies.

Illegal actions were revealed by employees of the FSB of Russia in the Krasnodar Territory. The criminal case against the second alleged participant of the scheme was separated into a separate proceeding.

During the trial, Doronin pleaded not guilty. He claimed the money given to him was a thank you for a consultation he thought was legitimate.

In addition to eight years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, the court imposed a fine of 750 thousand rubles on the former policeman. He was also banned for three years from holding positions in the civil service related to the exercise of the functions of a representative of power, and deprived of the special title of “senior lieutenant of the police”.

The sentence has not yet entered into force.

Earlier it was reported that in Sochi completed the investigation of the death of a man on the beach.