The ex-mayor of Sochi Kopaygorodsky confiscated 319.8 million rubles

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow confiscated 319.8 million rubles from the former mayor of Sochi Alexei Kopaygorodsky, an amount equivalent to the bribes he received. In addition, from Kopaygorodsky and his wife Yanina jointly recovered 121 million rubles. legalized criminal proceeds. Another 26.2 million rubles. the court recovered from the former mayor in favor of the administration of Sochi in compensation for damages, the correspondent of RBC.

The total amount of confiscated and recovered funds amounted to 467 million rubles. Judge Olesya Mendeleeva also appointed the former mayor of Sochi 15 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 500 million rubles. Kopaygorodsky was found guilty of taking bribes in the amount of more than 300 million rubles, embezzlement in an especially large amount and legalization of criminal proceeds.

He was deprived of the medal “For Services to the Fatherland” II degree and banned after his release for 14.5 years to hold senior positions in the government. The wife of the former mayor Yanina Kopaigorod court found guilty of mediating in corruption crimes of her husband and forcing a witness to give false testimony. She was appointed nine years in a general regime colony and a fine of 500 million rubles.

The defense of Kopaygorodsky intends to appeal the verdict, lawyer Elizaveta Metkina told RBC.

The case also involved a former assistant to Kopaygorodskaya Alexander Pasunko. The court fined him 190 thousand rubles for bribing a witness.