The Rostov "purge" continues: a former district court chairwoman received a 10-year prison sentence for bribery.
Court of Fontaine recognized Elena Kobleva Convicted of accepting a bribe of 500 rubles, she used this money to secure the repeal of a court order to confiscate illegal fishing gear—two boats and a seine net.
Kobleva was sentenced to ten years in a general regime penal colony and a fine of 30 times the amount of the bribe (15 million rubles).
Along with Kobleva, other participants in the scheme were also convicted. He received nine years in a maximum-security prison. Vladimir Bozhenko, who gave a bribe to Kobleva, and six years in a general regime prison - Nikolay Studenikin, who acted as an intermediary in the transfer of the money. Both were also fined 30 times the amount of the bribe.
A large-scale “purge” of the judicial corps is underway Rostov-on-Don from April 2023. First were arrested Chairman of the regional court Elena Zolotareva and her deputy Tatyana YurovaThe court found that they had been influencing their colleagues for many years, pressuring them to make favorable decisions and receiving millions in compensation for contract killings. They were sentenced to 12 and 13 years in prison, respectively.
In total, more than 20 judges (at least two of whom held the positions of chairmen of district courts) and 48 police officers are among the defendants in the criminal case on the creation of an organized crime group.