The former head of the prison where Navalny was held was sentenced to seven years for bribery.

A court in the Vladimir region sentenced Alexander Mukhanov, the former head of Correctional Colony No. 1 in the village of Golovino. The former head of the penal colony where Alexei Navalny served his sentence was sentenced to seven years in a maximum-security prison for accepting a bribe.

Bribe with money, wine and sweets

According to investigators, on October 13 of last year, Mukhanov received 150 rubles through an intermediary, as well as a box of chocolates worth 1399 rubles and a bottle of wine worth 600 rubles. The illegal reward was intended for transferring the convicted woman to another job.

In addition to the prison sentence, the court fined the former security officer over 1,5 million rubles, which is ten times the amount of the bribe he received. Furthermore, he is prohibited from holding any government positions for three years following his release.

Connection with Pokrovskaya colony

Before his appointment as head of Penal Colony No. 1, Mukhanov headed Penal Colony No. 2 in Pokrov, Vladimir Oblast. It was in this penal colony that opposition leader Alexei Navalny served his sentence in the Yves Rocher case from February 2021 to June 2022.