Leonid Nevzlin
- Criminal Code
- Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 105 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 160 (part unknown), Russian Criminal CodeArticle 198 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases against "foreign agents"
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (in absentia), Life imprisonment (in absentia)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2008-07-31
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
Entrepreneur, lives in Israel. In the past, he was one of the heads of the Yukos oil company, one of the presidents of the Russian Jewish Congress, rector of the Russian State University for the Humanities, and a member of the Federation Council. On 4 July 2003 Nevzlin was summoned for questioning in the case of Platon Lebedev, one of the co-owners of Yukos, about the theft of Apatit shares. Shortly thereafter, he left for Israel. In January 2004, Nevzlin was put on the wanted list on charges of embezzlement of property and tax evasion. Later he was also accused of organising murders and attempted murders. On 1 August 2008, Nevzlin was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment. On 24 May 2013, Nevzlin was sentenced in absentia to six years' imprisonment in a new case involving the embezzlement of shares in the Eastern Oil Company, which was taken over by Yukos.
Others charged under Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
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