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Ex‑Senator Rauf Arashukov Gets 10 Years for Bribing Prison Officer

The defense plans an appeal over what it calls a provocation.

Overview

  • An Orenburg court added a 10‑year term and a 120 million‑ruble fine to Arashukov for offering a bribe to a correctional officer.
  • By cumulative verdicts, his final punishment remains life imprisonment to be served in a special‑regime colony, with the new fine attached.
  • Prosecutors said he sought privileged conditions by offering 6 million rubles in 2024, with his lawyer placing 3 million in caches later seized after an FSIN officer reported the attempt.
  • The court ordered confiscation of 6 million rubles; prosecutors had asked for about 12 years and a 420 million‑ruble fine, but the judge imposed a 20‑times‑the‑bribe penalty.
  • In separate cases, prosecutors requested nine years and a 55 million‑ruble fine for former Vladimir city head Dmitry Naumov, and a former Chelyabinsk police division chief was sentenced to 7.5 years for taking a 250,000‑ruble bribe.