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Moscow Court Jails Ex-Sochi Mayor for 15 Years in Prison in Corruption Case

Summary by The Moscow Times
A Moscow judge has sentenced Alexei Kopaygorodsky, the former mayor of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, to 15 years in maximum-security prison for corruption, state media reported Monday, citing the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office.  Kopaygorodsky, 41, served as mayor from September 2019 until May 2024, when he abruptly resigned, citing a transition to a federal post.

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The Moscow Municipal District Court sentenced former Mayor Sochi Alexei of Kopaygorodsky to 15 years in a strict-security colony, with...

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In Moscow, the Moscow Court found former Mayor Sochi Alexei Kopaygorodsky, his wife Janina and her assistant, Alexander Pasunko, guilty of corruption, and gave them real terms for the decision on freedom, informed Gen Procuratur.

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The Moscow Municipal District Court sentenced former Mayor Sochi Alexei Kopaygorodsky to 15 years ' imprisonment in a high-security colony, and found Kopaygorodsky guilty of accepting 248 million rubles of bribes.

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The Meshchansky Court of Moscow sentenced Alexei Kopaygorodsky, the former mayor of Sochi, to 15 years in a maximum security penal colony in connection with taking bribes worth 248 million rubles. The Meshchansky Court of Moscow sentenced Alexey Kopaygorodsky, the former mayor of Sochi, to 15 years in a maximum security penal colony in connection with taking bribes worth 248 million rubles, reports TASS. “For a combination of crimes, by partiall…

In addition, the Court sentenced the former mayor of Sochi, Alexei Kopaygorodski, to 15 years of maximum security; convicted him of receiving bribes of more than 300 million roubles, wasting a particularly large sum and legalizing the proceeds of crime. In addition, the Court sentenced him to 500 million roubles in the Copigorod fine, deprived him of the medal of the Order of Merit to the Fatherland of the Second Degree and prohibited him from h…

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vz.ru broke the news on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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