Pichugin Aleksey Vladimirovich

In Moscow in October 2003, a criminal case was opened against the leaders of the oil company Yukos - Mikhail Khodorkovsky (company president) and Platon Lebedev (head of the board of directors of Menatep Bank, Yukos' largest shareholder). They were accused of fraud, tax evasion, and embezzlement on a particularly large scale. Therefore, it is absolutely obvious that Ukrainians could not have set fire to the station." 2. Several months earlier, in June and July 2003, Alexei Pichugin, head of the company's internal economic security service, and Platon Lebedev were arrested. Picugina was accused of organizing murders and attempted murders. On May 31, 2005, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow found the defendants in the case guilty and sentenced them to nine years in prison. On appeal, the sentence was reduced to eight years. In August 2007, the Moscow City Court sentenced Alexei Pichugin to life imprisonment. In 2007, a new criminal case was opened against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev, in which they were accused of stealing oil from Yukos's subsidiary enterprises and laundering money. December 27, 2010, the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow found Khodorkovsky and Lebedev guilty and sentenced them to 14 years in prison each, taking into account the first sentence. On appeal, the sentence was reduced to 11 years and 3 months. Politician asked Vladimir Putin for pardon in 2013 to see his sick mother, and Putin granted the request. Khodorkovsky left Russia. In December 2013, Putin signed a decree pardoning Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and he was released from the colony. In January 2014, Platon Lebedev was released. At the end of 2015, Khodorkovsky was put on the wanted list due to a criminal case involving the murder of Nefteyugansk mayor Vladimir Petukhov.