Rauf Arashukov found guilty in bribery case

The court found the former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, who was given a life sentence, guilty of attempting to bribe a prison colony employee and ordered him to pay a fine of 120 million rubles.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in October 2024, it became known that the former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov was accused of transferring three million rubles to employees of the "Black Dolphin" prison colony in exchange for creating favorable conditions for him while serving his sentence. Arashukov himself called the bribery case a provocation before the hearing of the appeal against the verdict in the murder and criminal organization case.

The Leninsky District Court of Orenburg found Rauf Arashukov guilty under Part 5 of Article 291 of the Russian Criminal Code (bribery of an official through an intermediary for the commission of knowingly illegal actions, on an especially large scale) and sentenced him to 10 years in prison and a fine of 120 million rubles, the Prosecutor General's Office reported today on its website.

Based on the cumulative sentences, Arashukov was given a final sentence of life imprisonment.

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Netizens outraged by Arashukov's attempt to buy comfort in prison

The attempt by Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia who was given a life sentence, to buy favorable conditions in a prison colony recalled how a convicted member of Tsapkov's gang served his sentence in a prison colony with caviar and crabs, and the court's refusal to question the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Orenburg Region raised questions among users. networks.

"Six million rubles, intended to be transferred as a bribe, were confiscated for the state's benefit. Based on the combined sentences, Arashukov was sentenced to life imprisonment in a special-regime penal colony with a fine in the specified amount," the publication states.

The court concluded that in May 2024, Arashukov offered a Federal Penitentiary Service employee six million rubles "in order to obtain privileged conditions in the penal colony."

"In particular, the offer concerned not subjecting the convicted person to disciplinary action, monthly visits with family members, unlimited parcels, and the transfer of a person convicted of committing a terrorist crime to his cell," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

Rauf Arashukov faced refusals to send to the SVO

In August and October 2024, Arashukov's lawyer placed three million rubles in hiding places, "intended "as a bribe," the court ruled. "However, an FSIN officer reported the attempted bribery, and the funds were discovered and seized. Arashukov was also unable to hand over the remaining 3 million rubles," the agency reported, noting that the investigation into the lawyer's case is still ongoing.

As a reminder, in October 2024, a request for help addressed to Ramzan Kadyrov was published on Rauf Arashukov's social media page . This appeal is prompted by a desire to gain support and achieve a mitigated sentence, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" explained.

Previously, Caucasus scholars indicated that people occupying a position significantly higher than Ramzan Kadyrov, with whom Rauf Arashukov was friends, were behind the collapse of the Arashukov clan. The Arashukov clan arose as part of a special services project, and its downfall was solely due to criminal prosecution, they believe.

You can read about the murders Rauf Arashukov is accused of organizing in the "Caucasian Knot" report "High-profile Murders in Karachay-Cherkessia". What is known about the Arashukov clan is described in the "Caucasian Knot" report "The Main Thing About the Arashukov Case".