The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation will consider a life sentence complaint to ex-Senator Arashukov

The Supreme Court will consider a life sentence complaint to a former senator from Of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic to Rauf Arashukov on October 23, follows from the court file.

"Hearing (open court session): 10/23/2024," the case file says.

The persons in the case are ex-Senator Rauf Arashukov, his father Raul Arashukov, former senior investigator Andrei Filippov, ex-director of the Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Stavropol branch in Mineralnye Vody Guzer Khashukaev, former first deputy head of the department The RF IC for the KCR Kazbek Bulatov and the former head of the Center for Countering Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region Timur Betuganov.

The verdict against all the defendants in the case was handed down in December 2022. Law enforcement officers detained Rauf Arashukov on January 30, 2019 during the plenary session of the Federation Council. The Arashukovs were sentenced to life sentences for contract killings, their case was heard separately, the other four defendants received sentences ranging from 5 to 22 years. In addition, Arashukov Sr. was additionally found guilty of embezzling more than 4.4 billion rubles from Gazprom's structures in southern Russia. The verdict has entered into legal force, RIA Novosti reminds.