Rostov ex-judge Kobleva sentenced to 10 years for bribes

Elena Kobleva, the former chairman of the Soviet District Court of Rostov-on-Don, was sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony in a case of a large bribe with a fine of 15 million rubles. This was reported on February 9 in the press service of the courts of the Krasnodar Territory.

"Elena Kobleva was found guilty of committing a crime under paragraph "b" of Part 5 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Receiving a large bribe"). Elena Kobleva was sentenced to 10 years in prison to serve her sentence in a general regime colony, with a fine of 30 times the amount of the bribe," the report says.

The agency also noted that Elena Kobleva was deprived of the right to hold government positions for a period of 10 years. In addition, the court confiscated 500 thousand rubles from the former judge, which correspond to the amount of the bribe received.

The report also says that together with Kobleva, Vladimir Bozhenko and Nikolai Studenikin were convicted of handing over a bribe and for mediating a bribe.

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Consent to initiate criminal proceedings against the former chairman of the Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don Kobleva was given by the VKKS on December 8, 2025. Also on December 8, 2025, a criminal case was opened against Oleg Batalshchikov, a retired judge of the Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don. The battalion was suspected of two episodes of receiving bribes.

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