Natalia Fedorenko
Natalia Fedorenko, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 137 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the right to privacy); “The Judge's Pet Spitz Case”. Sentence (October 9, 2024): 300 hours of correctional labour, as well as a two-year ban from practising law. Status: at large.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Defence attorneys, Lawyers
Sentence
300 hours of correctional labour, as well as a two-year ban from practising law.
Upheld January 14, 2025
Charges
- Article 137 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the right to privacy
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case's initiation was a challenge made by Fedorenko to the judge of the Gelendzhik City Court: Fedorenko felt that he could not objectively adjudicate the lawsuit about the demolishing of the building, as it hosted a veterinary clinic where he treated his pet Spitz.
Latest event
January 14, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld, released from serving the sentence
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The Judge's Pet Spitz Case
Criminal case
The Judge's Pet Spitz Case
Details and sources
Full summary
A lawyer from Gelendzhik.
Represented a client who acted a third party on the plaintiff's side in a case of illegal construction. Challenged the judge, arguing that he was a client in the veterinary clinic located in the disputed building and had treated his pet Spitz there, thus making him unfit to objectively adjudicate the case. The judge accepted the challenge and referred the case to a colleague.
On the 29th of February 2024, the Krasnodar Region Bar Association considered a submission made by the chairman of the Gelendzhik court that requested to deprive Fedorenko of her status as a lawyer on the basis of her collecting and disclosing information about a judge's personal life, but ultimately found no wrongdoings in her actions.
On the 5th of May 2024, a case of violating the right to privacy was initiated against Fedorenko. On the 2nd of October, Fedorenko was taken into in custody.
On the 10th of October 2024 Fedorenko was sentenced to 300 hours of corrective labour. In addition, the court banned her from practising law for two years.
On the 14th of January 2025, the Court of Appeal released Fedorenko from punishment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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