The wife of the ex-mayor of Sochi Kopaigorodsky asked to send the children to her in jail

Yanina, the wife of former Sochi mayor Alexei Kopaigorodsky, wants to meet with her children in jail. On April 15, Elizabeth Metkina, Kopaigorodskaya's lawyer, told Izvestia.

According to the defender, the ex-mayor's wife is having a hard time separating from her children. At the moment, they are under the care of her son, who is forbidden to communicate with his parents, who are in custody.

It is specified that Kopaygorodskaya has five children, the youngest of whom is only a year old.

Embezzlement of land plots and bribes. The case of the ex-mayor of Sochi Kopaigorodsky

The ex-mayor of Sochi was detained on September 25, 2024 in the special operation zone, on the same day he was arrested, this measure of restraint was then repeatedly extended. According to the latest information, he is suspected of receiving a bribe of 43 million rubles from a businessman through his wife.

The wife of the former mayor was detained in November 2024, and on November 13 she was placed under house arrest. She also had her credit accounts for 100 million rubles seized. Lawyer Ivan Mironov told Izvestia that she was suspected of embezzlement with her husband. Metkina told Izvestia on March 7 that new episodes had appeared in the couple's case, and Kopaygorodskaya could be charged with mediating her husband in accepting bribes from Sochi developers and pressuring witnesses.