OREANDA-NEWS The former governor of the Russian Sakhalin Region, Alexander Khoroshavin, was sentenced to 15 years in a high-security colony in a corruption case, the Sakh.com media reports. In addition, the ex-head of the region will have to pay 500 million rubles fine.

According to the portal, the judge announced the verdict to Khoroshavin and Leskin for four days. During the announcement of the final part, where the directly appointed deadline is called, Khoroshavin read the book and did not stop, notes Sakh.com.

Khoroshavin is currently serving time on the first case. In February 2018, the ex-governor was sentenced to 13 years in a high-security colony and fined 500 million rubles in the case of taking bribes and money laundering. Together with him, his former adviser Andrei Ikramov (9.5 years in a strict regime colony), ex-deputy chairman of the regional government Sergey Karepkin (8 years in a colony), former Minister of Agriculture, Trade and Food Nikolai Borisov (2.5 million rubles fine) received terms.

Later, an investigation into the second corruption case began. In April 2020, the prosecutor's office approved the charge. The ex-governor was accused of committing crimes under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code (receiving bribes), part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code, part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code (preparation for receiving bribes).

According to investigators, a group of officials headed by Khoroshavin organized the receipt of bribes in the amount of 2 million to 10 million rubles. from citizens who wanted to participate in the elections of deputies of the City Duma of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The conclusion stated that the crimes were committed in the period from May to November 2014.

Andrei Lobkin, the former mayor of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and Anatoly Makarov, an ex-government employee, are also on trial. They were put on the international wanted list, as they disappeared abroad, writes Sakh.com. Another person involved was the former head of the Sakhalin region secretariat Vyacheslav Gorbachev. In October 2019, he was given 7.5 years probation.