Three former police officers who were previously convicted in the case of journalist Ivan Golunov will serve their sentences not in a colony, but in a network of correctional centers of the Federal Penitentiary Service. It is reported by RBC with reference to Golunov himself.
According to the journalist, Maxim Umetbaev, Akbar Sergaliyev – they received eight years in a penal colony – and Denis Konovalov (five years) were sentenced to forced labor in the network of correctional centers of the Federal Penitentiary Service. Roman Feofanov, who also received eight years in prison, was denied a motion by the court to replace the sentence.
Recall that another person involved in the case – the former head of the drug control department of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Closed Joint-Stock Company of Moscow Igor Lyakhovets – received 12 years in prison. All police officers involved in the case were accused of abuse of power, falsification of evidence and drug trafficking.
Ivan Golunov was detained in June 2019. He was suspected of preparing drugs for sale and was placed under house arrest. Golunov denied the allegations. According to him, the persecution was related to his professional activities and he was simply planted drugs found during searches.
Later, the charges against the journalist were dropped, and criminal cases were opened against the police officers involved in the persecution of Golunov.
Source: Rosbalt
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