UFA, September 5 Leninsky district court of Ufa sentenced ex-hockey player of the club » Salavat Yulaev» Anvar Suleimanova to five years of suspended imprisonment in the case of attempted bribery of a military registration and enlistment office officer in order to evade military service, a correspondent reports from the courtroom. Earlier it was reported that the parties had debated in court. The state prosecutor asked the court to punish Suleimanov with a fine of three million rubles to the state. The defense of the hockey player asked the court, when sentencing, to take into account his full confession of guilt and to impose a punishment not related to deprivation of liberty. In the last word, Suleymanov told the court that he repented of his deed. «The court sentenced Suleymanov to five years in prison, suspended for four years «, — said the judge. Hockey player's lawyer Gulshat Kamaletdinova told reporters that she did not intend to appeal the court's verdict. «We are satisfied with the verdict, we will not appeal,» she said. The defender added that the court reclassified the case from «bribery» to «attempted bribery.»
