The state prosecution has requested six years in prison for blogger Hasanov

The state prosecution has requested six years in prison for blogger Huseyn Hasanov in the case of money laundering. Mikhail Yusupov, Hasanov's lawyer, informed Izvestia about this on July 31.

The trial takes place in absentia, since the defendant is located outside of Russia.

According to the prosecution, Hasanov evaded paying taxes in the amount of over 170 million rubles, after which he legalized part of the funds by concluding a contract for the purchase and sale of real estate.

The blogger himself pleads not guilty. He stated on social media that he had paid off the tax arrears, and his interests in court were represented by a team of lawyers.

The defense asks to acquit Hasanov, insisting that there are no signs of money laundering in his actions. According to Yusupov, the qualifying feature of this crime is not any financial transactions, but only actions aimed at legitimizing the origin of funds.

According to him, the prosecution did not provide evidence that his client intended to conceal the origin of his income.

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Hasanov's realtor, Vadim De, said on April 7 that the blogger had threatened him after trying to terminate the real estate real estate deal. According to De, when selling apartments worth about 70 million rubles, instead of the 60 million rubles stipulated in the contract, packs of cookies were placed in a safe deposit box.

On January 28, Hasanov was charged in absentia under paragraph "b" of Part 4 of Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Legalization (laundering) of funds or other property acquired by a person as a result of committing a crime") and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of detention.