Cassation explained the refusal of Blinovskaya in the postponement of punishment

Cassation clarified the refusal of the convicted for tax evasion and money laundering blogger Elena Blinovskaya to postpone the execution of punishment until her young child is 14 years old. As established by the court, the child is provided with proper care from relatives and relatives, TASS reported, citing court documents.

The court also concluded that Blinovskaya was in unhindered contact with her children through correspondence and visits.

In addition, the court of first instance found that Blinovskaya’s children “live with their father in a comfortable apartment”, where “all the necessary conditions for their living, upbringing and development have been created.” Raising children, as follows from the documents, engaged in the father, grandparents, and nanny.

In March 2025, the Savelovsky court sentenced Blinovskaya to five years in prison, a fine of 1 million rubles and a ban on doing business for four years for evading 906 million rubles. taxes and laundering 716 million rubles. Later, the Moscow City Court commuted the sentence - the term was reduced to four and a half years, and the fine was reduced to 950 thousand rubles.

The defense of Blinovskaya asked to postpone the execution of the sentence until the youngest child reaches 14 years. Elena Blinovskaya has four children: the eldest son Vsevolod, twins Plato and Myron, as well as the youngest daughter Aurora. Blinovskaya’s husband Alexei left for the military operation zone in Ukraine in the autumn of 2024. The case against him for tax evasion was later dropped.

Blinovskaya explained the request to reduce the term or grant a delay by the fact that her husband is in the zone of a military operation, and the children are left without proper supervision. In July 2026, the court of cassation left the sentence of the blogger unchanged, in November it was appealed to the Supreme Court.