05:54, 19 August 2026

The sentence of former deputies of the Volgograd city duma has been upheld.

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The cassation court upheld the sentence of former deputies of the Volgograd city duma Evgeny Shchur, Fyodor Litvinenko, and Alexey Zverev, convicted of fraud.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", at the end of October last year, the court sentenced former deputies of the Volgograd city duma Evgeny Shchur and Fyodor Litvinenko to 13 years in prison, while their colleague Alexey Zverev received 14 years. In early February, the appellate court upheld the sentence, but their defense filed a cassation appeal.

Former deputies of the Volgograd city duma Evgeny Shchur, Fyodor Litvinenko, and Alexey Zverev were unable to appeal the fraud sentence, writes "Volga-Media" on August 18.

The decision to uphold the sentence was made by the Fourth Cassation Court. In addition to Shchur, Litvinenko, and Zverev, Maxim Kalashnikov and Natalia Volodina were also convicted, and their sentences were also left unchanged.

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Translated automatically via OpenAI from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/425894