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Resul Veliliaev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Resul Veliliaev, born 1957, Moscow. Charges: Article 238 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code (Manufacturing, stocking or transporting with a view to selling or sale of goods and produce…); “The case of expired sweets in Crimea”. Sentenced on March 18, 2020. Status: at large.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Entrepreneurs

Sentence

Fine

Verdict March 18, 2020

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

  • Article 238 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code — Manufacturing, stocking or transporting with a view to selling or sale of goods and produce, performing of works or services that do not satisfy consumers' life and health safety criteria; by a group of persons by prior agreement or by an organized group.
Full wording of the charges

He participated in organising the importation of expired sweets and biscuits to Crimea

Latest event

March 18, 2020 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  2. · Persecution ends

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

  4. · Persecution begins

    The case of expired sweets in Crimea

Criminal case

The case of expired sweets in Crimea

Other defendants in the case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

He is a businessman, the owner of the company “KrymOpt”, the founder of the Bekir Choban-zade Charitable Foundation for the Promotion of Interethnic Harmony, a public figure and a philanthropist. On the night of 27 April 2018, he was detained in Crimea and taken to Moscow. This was preceded by searches in KrymOpt shops and facilities, as well as at the homes of Veliliaev and his relatives. On 28 April, he was taken to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre in Moscow. On 24 April 2019, he was released on personal recognizance. On 19 March 2020, Veliliaev was sentenced to a fine, its amount is unknown.

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