Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Moscow Region Alexei Kuznetsov has been released from the Bryansk colony, where he was serving a sentence for the theft of nearly 14 billion rubles. The former official was sentenced to 14 years in prison, but spent less than half the term behind bars. This was reported by Izvestia newspaper on Monday, June 22.
“Former First Deputy Prime Minister of the Moscow Region Government Alexei Kuznetsov has been released from the Bryansk colony,” the report says. material.
The man served six years, and this period was obtained due to the time the former official spent in France awaiting extradition, as well as in a Russian pre-trial detention center, where the year is considered a year and a half. The man complained that he would not be hired now because of his criminal record and age.
Earlier, the former head of BKF Bank, Olga Miremskaya, was released on conditions. The woman got 19 years, but spent only 4.5 years behind bars. What exactly was Meriskaya tried for and why she was released so early, is in a separate article from Evening Moscow.