Former Sochi mayor Alexei Kopaygorodsky, whom the court arrested in the case of embezzlement and embezzlement, is being investigated for his involvement in other crimes, TASS reports citing law enforcement agencies.
“The information is being verified. If confirmed, new charges will be brought against the former mayor of Sochi.” – said the agency’s interlocutor.
The former official is charged with section 4 of art. 160 of the Penal Code (large-scale embezzlement or embezzlement), the article provides for up to ten years in prison. Former mayor’s lawyer Pavel Zaitsev He said that it was about the appropriation of two pieces of land; the investigation estimated damages in the case at 3.7 million rubles; According to SHOT, Kopaygorodsky is suspected of creating an organized crime group and selling places in cemeteries.
The former mayor was detained in Lugansk. Moscow’s Meshchansky court detained him until November 18. The former official denies any guilt.
Kopaygorodsky led Sochi from September 2019 to May 2024. After his resignation, he volunteered for the front. TASS, citing the former official’s defense, wrote that he transferred money to help affected children from Donbass.
In court he asked to be sent back to the front. In addition, Zaitsev said that Kopaigorodsky’s wife “is now also in the area of the Northern Military District and helps servicemen of the Russian army in solving combat missions.”
