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Inna Churilova

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Inna Churilova, Moscow. Charges: Article 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code (Large-scale extortion with the view to obtain property); “Inna Churilova's case”. Sentence (July 5, 2023): 4 years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 1 million roubles. Status: at large.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Office workers

Sentence

4 years

suspended imprisonment, a fine of 1 million roubles

Verdict July 5, 2023

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigators, she was involved in extorting 1.2 million rubles from the vice-president of Promsvyazbank in exchange for the extension of the "block on negativity" in the telegram channel of Alexandra Bayazitova.

Latest event

July 5, 2023 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict: 4 years.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 4 years

  2. · Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

  3. · Preventive measure: house arrest

  4. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  5. · Persecution begins

    Inna Churilova's case

  6. · Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility

Criminal case

Inna Churilova's case

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The case of extorting the vice president of Promsvyazbank; The case of "blocks from negativity"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A PR manager. In August 2022, was taken into custody in an extortion case. She pleaded guilty. On 2 November she was transferred under house arrest. In July 2023, Churilova was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence and a fine of one million roubles.

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