Overview
- During closing arguments at Moscow’s Izmaylovsky Court, the state requested a 17-year strict-regime sentence plus a two-year restriction of freedom.
- Medvedkin is charged with murdering former Digital Platforms director Ivan Pozdnyakov and attempting to murder company founder Arseny Shcheltsin.
- Investigators say a June 8, 2024 confrontation on Sireneviy Boulevard escalated into a knife attack, after which Pozdnyakov died of acute blood loss and Shcheltsin was hospitalized.
- Reports conflict on the defendant’s stance in court, with TASS citing a guilty plea framed as self-defense and RIA Novosti reporting a denial of guilt.
- The court attached civil claims to the criminal case: 5 million rubles from Pozdnyakov’s family and 2 million rubles from Shcheltsin.