The case of Elena Blinovskaya has been completed. What you need to know

Savyolovsky District Court Moscow has sentenced blogger Elena Blinovskaya to five years in prison in a general regime colony. She was also charged 587 million rubles and her property was transferred to the state. The creator of online marathons has been released from punishment for tax evasion due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. How Blinovskaya's almost two—year trial ended is described in the Izvestia article.

What the court decided in Blinovskaya's case

• The verdict in Blinovskaya's case was announced on March 3. The prosecutor's office requested that she be sentenced to six years in prison, fined 1.5 million rubles and banned from engaging in commercial activities for five years. The defense asked to give Blinovskaya a reprieve from execution, as she has minor children.

• As a result, the court practically satisfied the demands of the prosecutor's office. Blinovskaya was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, a fine of 1 million rubles and a ban on engaging in commercial activities for four years. At the same time, she escaped punishment under one of the articles of the case — on charges of tax evasion, since the statute of limitations for this violation has expired.

• The court also upheld a civil lawsuit filed against Blinovskaya. She will have to pay 587.619 million rubles. The property of the "queen of marathons", including luxury real estate and land plots in Moscow, the Moscow region and Crimea.

What Blinovskaya was accused of

• Blinovskaya was charged under three articles The Criminal Code of Russia: Part 2 of Article 198 ("Tax evasion of an individual"), paragraph "b" of Part 4 of Article 174.1 ("Money laundering") and part 1 of Article 187 ("Illegal circulation of funds of payments"). On the last point, two episodes were considered in relation to the "marathon queen". We told you more about Blinovskaya's criminal case here.

• The investigation found that Blinovskaya evaded taxes by 918 million rubles from 2019 to 2021, which, taking into account the fines and penalties accrued since then, amounts to 1.4 billion rubles (her debt has recently grown by about 400 thousand rubles daily). To do this, she used a simplified taxation scheme, formally splitting up her entire business. Blinovskaya received income from 18 organizations and three individual entrepreneurs under her control.

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• Blinovskaya gave the appearance to the funds saved on taxes that they had been acquired legally. She issued fictitious loans to her controlled companies under the guise of contributing funds to the authorized capital. Thus, the creator of online marathons received 716 million rubles.

• The latest episode of the charges concerns the fact that Blinovskaya illegally used the electronic keys of two controlled legal entities. She made payments on their accounts without the knowledge of the CEOs.

What losses Blinovskaya suffered

• During the process, Blinovskaya filed for bankruptcy, which allowed her to begin selling her property and repay debts to the Federal Tax Service (FTS). However, she then filed an appeal against the court's decision, as she hoped to pay off her debts on her own with the help of her existing assets.

• The appeal against Blinovskaya's bankruptcy decision was not satisfied. In February 2025, shortly before the verdict in the criminal case was announced, the Moscow Arbitration Court seized her property. The interim measures included land plots and premises in Yalta, Istra near Moscow and Moscow, as well as two Lamborghini Urus and Bentley Continental cars.

• Blinovskaya was able to partially satisfy the requirements of the Prosecutor General's Office during the criminal process, and by February 2025 they had decreased to 587 million rubles. At the same time, claims for a total of 1.5 billion rubles remain against her from the Federal Tax Service, VTB banks and Sberbank.

What awaits Alexey Blinovsky

• The criminal case against Blinovskaya's husband, Alexei, was assigned to a separate proceeding. He was also charged under articles on complicity in tax evasion and money laundering obtained by criminal means. According to investigators, he was an intermediary in his wife's illegal schemes.

• In April 2024, Blinovsky signed a contract for military service and left for the special operation zone. He did this on the advice of lawyer Elman Pashayev, who promised to end the criminal prosecution. The criminal case against Blinovsky was eventually suspended. However, two months later, Blinovsky was put on the federal wanted list when he failed to appear in Moscow for investigative actions. After some time, Pashayev himself was arrested on charges of fraud, who organized Blinovsky's departure to the front.

• At the court sessions in the case of Blinovsky's wife, he took the blame for the fragmentation of the business. At the same time, he pointed out that did not seek tax evasion, but wanted to simplify accounting in this way. At the same time, at the beginning of the trial, he pleaded not guilty to both charges against him.

• Alexey Blinovsky also went through bankruptcy proceedings. Less than a week before his wife's verdict was announced, the Moscow Arbitration Court also seized his property. The list includes 40 land plots and 20 premises in Moscow, the Republics of Adygea and Crimea, Kostroma and Yaroslavl regions, shares in eight companies and funds in bank accounts totaling 1.4 billion rubles. Two hunting rifles, two jet skis, an all-terrain vehicle, a speedboat, seven trailers, a UAZ car and a Harley Davidson motorcycle were also placed under protective measures.