The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow sentenced retired municipal deputy and TV journalist Ketevan Kharaidze to four years in a penal colony in a case of extortion. This was reported by a SOTA correspondent and the press service of the court.
Kharaidze was fined 700,000 rubles and banned from holding positions in state bodies for two years after his release. The court also satisfied the claim against Kharaidze for 5 million rubles from the victim. «1» />Old pipes, 10 thousand in a coat pocket and Duma elections. What do we know about the case against Mundep Ketevan Kharaidze
According to the prosecution, 64-year-old Kharaidze, who fought against infill development in the capital, extorted 15 million rubles (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code) from a representative of the Stone Hedge development company Andrey Stepanov, and also fueled dissatisfaction among the residents of the area with the construction of an elite residential complex and threatened to disrupt it .
A criminal case against Kharaidze was opened in the summer of 2021 after she announced her participation in the elections to the State Duma. The only material evidence was the two five thousandth bills mentioned in the indictment, which were found in the pocket of the deputy's coat.
The deputy herself does not admit guilt and connects the case with a conflict with Stone Hedge, which was then building an elite Cameo Moscow Villas complex on Dolgorukovskaya Street. Residents of neighboring houses said that due to problems with the sewage system, they began to “drown in feces.”
After her detention in June 2021, Kharaidze was sent to a pre-trial detention center, where she went on a hunger strike for a week and a half in protest against her arrest. In July 2021, she was released under house arrest. In September 2021, Kharaidze again won the municipal elections in her district. Due to the conditions of the preventive measure, she cannot participate in the meetings, she is also prohibited from using the telephone, mail and the Internet.
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