Overview
- The Moscow City Court rejected defense appeals and left the convictions in force, confirming the legality of the first-instance rulings.
- Former Rosatom executive Gennady Sakharov received 12 years in a strict-regime colony with a fine of about 228 million rubles, and businessman Elgudji Kokosadze received 8 years with a fine of about 98 million rubles.
- Judges made only technical clarifications to the operative part of the verdicts without altering the punishments.
- Investigators have opened a new criminal case against Sakharov as authorities hold seized funds and valuables, with jewelry and luxury watches stored in Gokhran and asset freezes applied to real estate and bank operations.
- The bribery case centers on roughly 32.6 million rubles connected to contracts involving Rosatom-linked entities, and media accounts differ on Kokosadze’s current custody status, though the court did not ease penalties.