The sentence for Irina Polishchuk stood firm in the appeal.

The Rostov Regional Court upheld the four-year sentence of the former head of Zernograd, Irina Polishchuk, convicted in a case of abuse of power.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", in October, the Rostov Regional Court began reviewing the appeal of the former head of the Zernograd administration, Irina Polishchuk, convicted for abuse of power.

The first session of the appellate court, scheduled for October 15, ended shortly after it began. The reason was the absence of Polishchuk's lawyer. The defender had previously notified the court that he was participating in another trial in one of the Rostov courts, reported the publication "Bloknot-Rostov".

Irina Polishchuk herself connected to the session via video conference from Novocherkassk SIZO-3. Due to technical problems, the convicted person could hardly hear what was happening in the courtroom. The judges advised her to contact the administration of the detention center to have the staff fix the speaker malfunction.

As a result of the appellate review, the Rostov Regional Court found no grounds to change the imposed sentence. The sentence for Irina Polishchuk of four years of imprisonment in a general regime colony was left unchanged.

It should be noted that Polishchuk did not admit her guilt, stating that the criminal case was fabricated due to her refusal to sign a contract for the repair of the water pipeline with a company that was recommended to her. She presented recordings of conversations with officials from the Zernograd and Aksai districts, who urged her to sign the contract, as well as with the company's leaders.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia filed an anti-corruption lawsuit for the seizure of assets of the former head of the Rostov-on-Don administration, Alexei Logvinenko, totaling nearly 1.6 billion rubles.