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| Military court acquit members of the ENO PMC accused of robbery and theft |
| 2024-06-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] On June 4, the Moscow Garrison Military Court acquitted four members of the ENO PMC (United People's Communal Partnerships), as well as ex-FSB officer Alexander Mrishchuk, who were accused of robbery and theft. All defendants in the case were ordered to be released in the courtroom, and the right to rehabilitation and compensation for harm and restoration of labor rights was recognized. In addition, the court rejected all civil claims filed against the defendants in the case by the victims. Depending on their role, the defendants in the case were charged under Articles 210 (creation and participation in an organized criminal community), 158 (theft), 162 (robbery), 286 (abuse of official powers) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. As reported by IA Regnum, according to investigators, Mrishchuk, together with FSB Major Anton Baryakshev, who was sentenced in a special order to six years in prison, used RACCOIN to commit thefts and robberies against entrepreneurs. Businessmen were suspected of fraud when supplying goods from abroad. PMC members were involved as witnesses and assistant operatives. In fact, they stole valuables that were the subject of investigations, the investigation stated. The defense, for its part, insisted on acquitting the defendants, arguing that the investigation did not prove the charges. According to lawyers, victims suspected of fraud slandered Mrishchuk and ENOT members Ivan Kovalenko, Alexey Konovalov, Mikhail Maksimov and Oleg Ocheretny in order to evade responsibility themselves. Having denounced the security forces, they received a lesser punishment - they were convicted of customs violations, and not of smuggling. Earlier, the 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced the person involved in the case, Vasily Minchik, to 6 years in prison for robbery, theft and banditry, and the Kuntsevsky Court of Moscow sentenced one of the founders of ENOT, Roman Telenkevich, to 13 years in prison for creating an organized criminal community. In July 2022, the same court sentenced Baryakshev to 6 years in prison for robbery and theft. He admitted guilt and testified against other defendants in the case. |
| Posted by:badanov |