The Supreme Court will consider the appeal to life imprisonment for former senator of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Rauf Arashukov on October 23, according to the court file.
“Hearing (open court): 10/23/2024”, – says the case card.
Former senator Rauf Arashukov and his father identified as people in the case Raúl Arashukovformer principal investigator Andrei Filippovformer director of the Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Stavropol branch in Mineralnye Vody Guzer Khashukaevformer first deputy head of the RF IC department for the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Kazbek Bulatov and former director of the Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of the Interior for the region Timur Betuganov.
The verdict against all defendants in the case was handed down in December 2022. Law enforcement officers detained Rauf Arashukov on January 30, 2019 during a plenary meeting of the Federation Council. The Arashukovs were sentenced to life imprisonment for hitmen; his case was heard separately; the other four defendants received sentences ranging from 5 to 22 years. In addition, Arashukov Sr. was found guilty of stealing more than 4.4 billion rubles from Gazprom structures in southern Russia. The ruling came into force, RIA Novosti recalls.
