Moscow City Court puts convicted State Duma deputy Belousov on the wanted list
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The Moscow City Court, which today, August 3, sentenced State Duma deputy Vadim Belousov in absentia to ten years in prison, put him on the wanted list. The court believes that the deputy did not appear at the meeting, at which the verdict was announced in his case, without good reason.
“On August 3, 2022, the Moscow City Court ruled that convicted Vadim Vladimirovich Belousov was put on the wanted list due to his failure to appear without good reason for the announcement of the verdict and the failure to establish his whereabouts,” the court told TASS.
Vyacheslav Plahotniuc, Vadim Belousov’s defender, told the agency that he was going to come to today’s meeting, the reasons for his absence are unknown. “Maybe something happened to him, so we will first need to find out the reason for his absence,” said Mr. Plahotniuc. The lawyer is going to appeal against the decision of the court to put the deputy on the wanted list.
Formerly Moscow City Court acknowledged Guilty State Duma deputy from the party “Fair Russia – For the Truth” Vadim Belousov in taking a bribe of 3.25 billion rubles. He was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony. The deputy also has to pay a fine of 500 million rubles.
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