14:01, 31 October 2025

The prosecution has requested a prison sentence for lawyer Diana Tsipinova.

The Urvan District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has begun oral arguments in the case of lawyer Diana Tsipinova. The state prosecution has requested a sentence of 2.5 years in a penal colony.

As reported by Kavkazsky Knot, the case of Kabardino-Balkaria lawyer Diana Tsipinova is being re-examined in the Urvan District Court following the overturning of her sentence by the cassation court. The defense presented evidence of the innocence of the lawyer accused of assaulting a security officer.

On July 7, 2023, the Urvan District Court found no criminal offense in the actions of Kabardino-Balkaria lawyer Diana Tsipinova, accused of assaulting a security officer, and acquitted her. On November 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria rejected the prosecutor's appeal and upheld Tsipinova's acquittal. The Cassation Court in Pyatigorsk upheld the prosecutor's demands and overturned the acquittal. Tsipinova's guilty verdict will impact the entire legal community; security forces may view it as permission to obstruct the work of lawyers, her defense attorney believes. The trial court unreasonably favored the defense's evidence, according to a cassation ruling in the case of Kabardino-Balkaria lawyer Diana Tsipinova, who allegedly assaulted a security officer. The cassation ruling in Tsipinova's case is clearly incriminating, and the court exceeded its authority in evaluating the evidence and its credibility, Tsipinova's defense attorney stated.

In the Urvan District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, the prosecution requested a sentence of 2.5 years' imprisonment in a penal colony and a ban on practicing law for two years in the case of lawyer Diana Tsipinova, the Russian Agency for Legal and Judicial Information reports on its website.

The lawyer's defense insists on her acquittal. Nver Gasparyan, Vice President of the Federal Chamber of Advocates (FPA), stated that the charges contain significant violations. Specifically, the investigator's recusal was reviewed by an unauthorized person, and the charges erroneously stated the motive as "personal hostility."

"Two and a half years' imprisonment for an innocent person is an invitation to the court to commit a miscarriage of justice. We hope the court will remain true to truth and the law," Gasparyan noted.

Another defense attorney, Rustam Tarkhanov, an attorney with the Kabardino-Balkarian Chamber, emphasized that Tsipinova should be considered a victim in this case, not a defendant: "She is subject to rehabilitation. We hope the court heard our arguments."

During the hearing, the defense again motioned to return the case to the prosecutor, arguing that Tsipinova's recusal of the investigator was handled in violation of the law. In addition, the lawyers drew the court's attention to an error in the charge under Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code - no_translate_0 - - it incorrectly stated the motive "personal hostility," the agency notes.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/416823