Olga Zaletskaya
Olga Zaletskaya, born 1974, Karelia. Charges: Article 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Fraud (committed by a group, on an especially large scale or with deprivation of the right to…); “The Petropita case”. Sentence (August 24, 2017): Four years' suspended imprisonment, 500,000 roubles fine. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 19, 2015; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 10, 2015.
In brief
Karelia · Petrozavodsk · Municipal employees
Sentence
4 years
Four years' suspended imprisonment, 500,000 roubles fine
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Fraud (committed by a group, on an especially large scale or with deprivation of the right to housing)
Full wording of the charges
In January 2012, she became a director of Petropita, which had emerged from bankruptcy proceedings, and initiated the sale of the Petrozavodsk school catering plant building.
Latest event
January 1, 2022 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 19, 2015
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, August 10, 2015
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure changed
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The Petropita case
Criminal case
The Petropita case
Other defendants in the case
- Alexandra Kornilova — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Anastasia Kravchuk — At large, 3 years 6 months
Thematic group: The Petropita case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 24 April 2014, Olga Zaletskaya's flat was searched as part of a case of fraud in connection with the sale of the Petrozavodsk school catering plant building; on 25 March 2015, she was detained and placed in pre-trial detention; after her arrest, Tatyana Inozemtseva, head of the guardianship department of the Ministry of Education of Karelia, asked the city guardianship department of Petrozavodsk "why Zaletskaya's children have not yet been placed in an orphanage"; on 6 April, Zaletskaya was placed under house arrest; on 27 July, she was released on bail of one million rubles.
On 25 August, she was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence with a probation period of five years and a fine of 500,000 rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.