Leonid Nevzlin
Leonid Nevzlin, born 1959, Moscow. Charges: Article 160 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Misappropriation or embezzlement, that is, theft of someone else's property); “Leonid Nevzlin share embezzlement case”. Sentence (May 23, 2013): 6 years imprisonment; previously convicted under Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code; Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code; Article 160 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Entrepreneurs · Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment
Upheld December 16, 2013
Other verdicts
- July 31, 2008 — imprisonment for life
Charges
- Article 160 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Misappropriation or embezzlement, that is, theft of someone else's property
- Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of preparation for murder with aggravating circumstances
- Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Applies to the organizer of the crime
- Article 198 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Evasion of tax payments by an individual on a particularly large scale
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he embezzled shares of the Eastern Oil Company.
Latest event
June 23, 2023 — added to the register of “foreign agents”
Timeline
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Leonid Nevzlin's case of organising murders and attempted murders, embezzlement of property and tax evasion
Criminal case
Leonid Nevzlin's case of organising murders and attempted murders, embezzlement of property and tax evasion
Thematic group: Vladimir Petukhov's murder case
Leonid Nevzlin share embezzlement case
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Israel, Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.