The verdict remains unchanged: the cassation court rejected the appeals of Liliya Chanysheva and Rustem Mulyukov.
The Sixth Cassation Court considered the cassation appeals of the defense of the convicted persons today Samara. Rustem Mulyukov participated in the meeting via video link from Colony No. 29 in Perm, Chanysheva's lawyers are from Ufa, presence Lilia Chanysheva It wasn't necessary - she was abroad.
«Your letters, cards, your attention - it warms me very much, makes me very happy and supports me greatly, so I thank you all from the bottom of my heart, you are doing a great good deed“,” Mulyukov thanked during a break in the meeting.
Mulyukov is a first-degree disabled person and requires hemodialysis three times a week. The administration of the pretrial detention center, the penal colony where he is serving his sentence, and the prosecutor's office petitioned for his release, but the court ignored their requests.
This is already the second cassation hearing. Last June, the court sentenced Lilia Chanysheva, the former head of Navalny's Ufa headquarters, was sentenced to 7,5 years in prison, and Rustem Mulyukov to 2,5 years. The prosecution considered the sentence too lenient, and the case went to the cassation court, which returned it for a new trial in the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan. Chanysheva was sentenced in April. tightened up to 9,5 years, Mulyukov's term remained unchanged.
Liliya Chanysheva and 15 other political prisoners out released on August 1st - they were exchanged for Russian citizens, convicted for crimes abroad. Legal release and deportation abroad issued through a pardon signed by Putin.
As explained "NotMoscow"Lawyers, courts, and pardons are two different legal processes. Pardons are exemptions from punishment granted to already convicted individuals. However, pardons do not constitute innocence, as guilt and responsibility are determined only by the court.