Saveliev's defendant was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison

The prosecutor asks the Tverskoy Court of Moscow to impose a sentence of 6.5 years in a high-security penal colony for Sergei Dyukov, accused in the case of former senator Dmitry Saveliev. A source told Izvestia about this on April 13.

Dyukov was also asked for two years of restriction of freedom. Due to the partial addition of sentences (he was convicted earlier), the defendant may be given eight years of strict regime.

Earlier that day, the prosecutor asked for a 10-year sentence in a high-security penal colony for Saveliev in the attempted murder case.

On March 25, the court sentenced Yuri Nefedov, accused in the Saveliev case, to four years in a high-security penal colony. Nefedov admitted his guilt.

In February last year, Saveliev, who was accused of organizing the murder of his former business partner Sergei Ionov, appealed against the extension of his arrest. The ex-senator was detained on August 2, 2024, as he was leaving a meeting of the Federation Council, and his immunity was lifted. It was noted that in August 2023, due to personal hostility, he instructed his friend to organize the murder of businessman Sergei Ionov.

A criminal case was opened on this fact under Part 3 of Article 33, Part 1 of Article 30, paragraph "h" of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organization of preparations for murder"). Izvestia reported that the senator promised a reward of $100,000 for the murder, but Saveliev pleaded not guilty. Later, the jury convicted Saveliev in the attempted murder case.

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