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| Sobchak a suspect in the case of extortion, media writes |
| 2022-10-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] Journalist Ksenia Sobchak became a suspect in the extortion case, RT reported on its Telegram channel , citing a source. "Sobchak is being held as a suspect in the extortion case," RT said in a statement. RIA Novosti does not yet have official confirmation of this information. Earlier, an interlocutor of the agency, who was familiar with the situation, said that the journalist had left for Lithuania through Belarus, and until the last moment everyone thought that she was flying to Turkey - it was there that she bought a ticket for today. On the eve it became known about the detention of the commercial director of Sobchak Kirill Sukhanov - according to the source of RIA Novosti, he is a defendant in a criminal case of extortion from officials and businessmen through Telegram channels. In what status - no data. The next day, the former editor-in-chief of the secular magazine Tatler, Arian Romanovsky, was also detained, who had already been charged with extortion on an especially large scale (the plot was not disclosed in detail). Today, the court must choose a measure of restraint for him. Whether Sobchak, Sukhanov and Romanovsky are involved in the same case is not yet known. In general, according to the Criminal Code, Part 3 of Article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Extortion" provides for imprisonment for a term of seven to fifteen years, as well as a fine of up to one million rubles. |
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