MOSCOW, 14 Mar. The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction withdrew from consideration the cassation appeal of the defense of the municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov against the verdict for fakes about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, since the convict himself also appealed the court's decision, the press service of the court reported.
«The cassation appeal was withdrawn from consideration. During the court session, it turned out that Gorinov also filed a cassation appeal, but the court has not yet received it. In this regard, such a decision was made,» the agency's interlocutor said.
It is expected that the Second Court of Cassation will return to consider all complaints within one or two months.
Earlier, the Meshchansky Court of Moscow found Gorinov guilty of publicly disseminating deliberately false information about the use of the RF Armed Forces using his official position by a group of persons and motivated by political hatred (points «a», «b», «e» part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and sentenced to seven years in a penal colony. Later, the Moscow City Court slightly reduced this decision — by one month, to six years and 11 months in prison.
According to the investigation, Gorinov and the head of the Krasnoselsky municipal district Elena Kotenochkina announced false data about the actions of the Russian army at a meeting of the council of deputies. Kotenochkina has been put on the wanted list, her case has been separated into a separate proceeding.